The Buffalo Sabres have had 20 head coaches in their franchise history, but only three have coached more than 300 games with the franchise. The first to reach this milestone was Scotty Bowman, who was the head coach from 1980 to 1987 after coaching the Montreal Canadiens to four straight Stanley Cups.
He wouldn't have the same success, although the Sabres did reach the playoffs in five of his seven seasons with the team and had an impressive points percentage of .594 in 404 games. Another coach was Ted Nolan, who coached four seasons with the Sabres, but two of those seasons were during the 1990s, with the other two seasons coming almost 20 years later.