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Kris Knoblauch (born September 24, 1978) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He had previously been the head coach of the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL).
He had a total of 13 seasons of coaching experience before joining Hartford, including two seasons as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and seven years as a head coach in the Canadian junior leagues. He compiled a record of 298–130–16–13 during that time. Knoblauch coached the Oilers to appearances in the 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup Finals.
Knoblauch interviewed for the vacant head coaching position with the University of Alberta Golden Bears men's ice hockey team and did so without consulting the Ice. Despite being on the Golden Bears coaching job shortlist, Knoblauch was relieved of his head coaching duties with the Ice on May 24, 2012.
During his four full seasons with the Erie Otters, the team had a 204–58–7–3 record (.768 points percentage) and won at least 50 games each season. They were the first team in Canadian Hockey League history to post four consecutive 50-win seasons. Under Knoblauch's leadership, Erie won the OHL Championship in the 2016–17 season. Additionally, the Otters made it to the OHL Championship in the 2014–15 season and won the Hamilton Spectator Trophy in recognition of having the OHL's best regular season record in consecutive seasons in 2015–16 and 2016–17. Knoblauch was the recipient of the Matt Leyden Trophy in 2015–16, making him OHL Coach of the Year that season. He also made OHL's Second All-Star Team in 2013–14.
Knoblauch was the head coach for Canada-Red at the 2015 World U17 Hockey Challenge and assistant coach with Canada at the 2017 IIHF World U20 Championship, where Canada earned a silver medal. During his seven total seasons as head coach of the Kootenay Ice and Erie Otters, Knoblauch compiled a record of 298–130–16–13, and coached such players as Connor McDavid, Alex DeBrincat, André Burakovsky, Connor Brown, Erik Černák, Anthony Cirelli, Travis Dermott, Sam Reinhart and Dylan Strome.
In his first year coaching the Edmonton Oilers, Knoblauch led the team to the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers. In the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs he coached the Oilers to a second consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, also against the Panthers.
| 1995–96 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 0 | — |
| 1996–97 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 29 | — |
| 1996–97 | Edmonton Ice | WHL | 73 | — |
| 1997–98 | Edmonton Ice | WHL | 193 | — |
| 1998–99 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 36 | — |
| 1998–99 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 102 | 6 |
| 1998–99 | Asheville Smoke | UHL | — | 5 |
| 1999–2000 | Alberta Golden Bears | CWUAA | 30 | — |
| 2000–01 | Alberta Golden Bears | CWUAA | 12 | — |
| 2001–02 | Alberta Golden Bears | CWUAA | 12 | — |
| 2002–03 | Alberta Golden Bears | CWUAA | 22 | — |
| 2003–04 | Alberta Golden Bears | CWUAA | 32 | — |
| 2004-05 | Austin Ice Bats | CHL | 76 | — |
| 2005–06 | Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne | Division 1 | 24 | — |
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