There were three head coaches of the Atlanta Flames in the team's history before the team moved to Calgary before the 1980–81 NHL season.

#	Name	Dates	Games	Record	Winning %	Playoffs	Notes
1	Bernie Geoffrion	1972-1975	208	77–92–39	.464	0–4
2	Fred Creighton	1975-1979	348	156–136–56	.529	1–8
3	Al MacNeil	1979–1980	80	35–32–13	.519	1–3	Does not include record in Calgary