THE HOCKEY NEWS lists the salaries of NHL coaches, listing the length and terms of each deal. The following is each coach's '98-99 salary (rounded to the nearest thousand, U.S. dollars) and the year the deal expires. NOTES: (^) indicates dual role as coach/GM. Figures were not available for Devils coach Robbie Ftorek (THE HOCKEY NEWS, 11/20).
| COACH | TEAM | EXP | SALARY | | COACH | TEAM | EXP | SALARY |
| P. Quinn | TOR | '01-02 | $1.1M | T. Murray | FLA | '01-02 | $600G |
| S. Bowman | DET | '98-99 | $975G | J. Schoenfeld | PHX | '99-00 | $550G |
| J. Muckler | NYR | '99-00 | $950G | C. Hartsburg | ANH | '00-01 | $500G |
| D. Sutter | SJ | '00-01 | $825G | J. Martin | OTT | '00-01 | $427G |
| P. Burns | BOS | '00-01 | $800G | K. Constantine | PIT | '99-00 | $400G |
| J. Demers^ | TB | '01-02 | $800G | A. Vigneault | MON | '00-01 | $393G |
| M. Keenan | VAN | '99-00 | $800G | D. Graham | CHI | '00-01 | $340G |
| K. Hitchcock | DAL | '00-01 | $700G | B. Hartley | COL | '00-01 | $325G |
| J. Quenneville | STL | '00-01 | $700G | L. Ruff | BUF | '99-00 | $325G |
| M. Milbury^ | NYI | '02-03 | $700G | B. Trotz | NAS | '00-01 | $300G |
| L. Robinson | LAK | '98-99 | $700G | P. Maurice | CAR | '98-99 | $300G |
| R. Wilson | WAS | '00-01 | $675G | R. Low | EDM | '98-99 | $295G |
| R. Neilson | PHI | '99-00 | $650G | B. Sutter | CGY | '98-99 | $279G |
