The Summit in 1974
1974

In most cases, North American hockey experts would name legendary Anatoly Tarasov as the most known Russian coach ever. Inducted into the HHOF in Toronto in 1974, Tarasov represents a part of glorious era in Russian hockey history

The Summit in 1974 project presents both chronological and statistical independent overview of the most distinguished Soviet and Russian coaches from 1954 to 2003.

   Top International Tournaments:
   All-Time Most Successful
   Russian Head Coaches

  - by GOLD MEDALS WON
HEAD COACH WC OG CC GOLD
Chernyshev  11  4  -  15
Tikhonov  8  3  1  12
Kulagin  1  1  -  2
Bobrov  2  -  -  2
Mikhailov  1  -  -  1
Notes:
WC - World Championships
OG - Winter Olympics
CC - World Cup (Canada Cup)
  - by WINNING PERCENTAGE
HEAD COACH GC W L T PCT
Bobrov 30 26 2  2 90.0
Chernyshev 114 99 9  6 89.5
Tikhonov 182 147 23 12 84.1
Kulagin 35 28 6  1 81.4
Yurzinov 12 9 2  1 79.2
Tarasov 22 16 4  2 77.3
Vasiliev 8 6 2  0 75.0
Mikhailov 41 24 15  2 61.0
Fetisov 6 3 2  1 58.3
Dmitriev 11 5 4  2 54.5
Plyushchev 7 3 4 0 42.9
Yakushev 14 4 7  3 39.3

 

TEAM USSR Head Coaches

Team USSR/Russia 1954-2003:
All Head Coaches of the National Team

  Chernyshev
 

Arkady CHERNYSHEV, 1954-1957, 1961-1971
Major achievements:
Winter Olympics Gold (4): '56, '64, '68, '72
WC Gold (11): '54,'56, '63-'71
Assistant Coaches:
Vladimir Yegorov, Anatoly Tarasov
 

  Tarasov
 

Anatoly TARASOV, 1958 - 1960
Assistant Coaches:
Vladimir Yegorov
 

  Bobrov
 

Vsevolod BOBROV, 1972-1974
Major achievements:
WC Gold (2): '73-'74;
'72 USSR vs. Canada Summit Series:
Assistant Coaches:
Nikolay Puchkov, Boris Kulagin
 

  Kulagin
 

Boris KULAGIN, 1974-1977
Major achievements:
Winter Olympics Gold (1): '76
WC Gold (1): '75
'74 USSR vs. Canada Summit Series
Assistant Coaches:
Konstantin Loktev, Vladimir Yurzinov
 

  Tikhonov
 

Victor TIKHONOV, 1978-1992, 1994 (Winter Olympics); 2003-current
Major achievements:
Winter Olympics Gold (3): '84, '88, '92
WC Gold (8): '78,'79, '81-'83, '86, '89-'90
'79 Challenge Cup, '81 Canada Cup
Assistant Coaches:
Vladimir Yurzinov, Igor Dmitriev
 

  Mikhailov
 

Boris MIKHAILOV, 1993-1995, 2001-2003
Major achievements:
WC Gold (1): '93
Assistant Coaches:
Petr Vorobiov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov
 

 
 

Vladimir VASILIEV, 1996
Assistant Coaches:
Gennady Tsygurov
 

 
 

Igor DMITRIEV, 1997
Assistant Coaches:
Boris Mikhailov, Igor Tuzik
 

  yURZINOV
 

Vladimir YURZINOV, 1998
Assistant Coaches:
Petr Vorobiov, Zinetula Bilialetdinov
 

  yURZINOV
 

Alexander YAKUSHEV, 1999-2000
Assistant Coaches:
N/A
 

 
 

Viacheslav FETISOV, 2002 (Winter Olympics)
Assistant Coaches:
Vladimir Yurzinov, Vladislav Tretiak
 

 
 

Vladimir PLYUSHCHEV, 2003
Assistant Coaches:
Alexander Yakushev
 

       


 
 

 

 

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