South Sydney Rabbitohs Men's First Grade Coaches

South Sydney Rabbitohs
Fri 16 Jun 2023, 09:39 AM

Coach Number	Name	Years	Games	Premierships
1	John ROSEWELL	1913	14
2	Arthur HENNESSY	1918, 1946	28	1
3	Owen McCARTHY	1924	9
4	Howard HALLETT	1925-26	30	2
5	Alf 'Smacker' BLAIR	1927, 1944	33	1
6	Charlie LYNCH	1928-34, 1937-40	165	4
7	Dave WATSON	1935-36, 1947-49	87
8	Jim TAIT	1941-43	42
9	Eric LEWIS	1945	14
10	Jack RAYNER	1950-57	162	5
11	Clive CHURCHILL, AM	1958, 1967-75	224	4
12	Denis DONOGHUE	1959-63	90
13	Bernie PURCELL	1964-66	57
14	Bob McCARTHY, MBE	1975, 1994	8
15	Johnny KING	1976	22
16	John O'NEILL	1977	22
17	Jack GIBSON, AM	1978-79	44
18	Bill ANDERSON	1980-82	71
19	Ron WILLEY	1983-85	77
20	George PIGGINS, AM	1986-90	120
21	Frank CURRY	1991-93	66
22	Ken SHINE	1994-97	85
23	Steve MARTIN	1998	18
24	Craig COLEMAN	1998-99, 2002	54
25	Paul LANGMACK	2003-04	35
26	Arthur KITINAS	2004	13
27	Shaun McRAE	2005-06	48
28	Jason TAYLOR	2007-09	73
29	John LANG	2010-11	48
30	Michael MAGUIRE	2012-17	153	1
31	Anthony SEIBOLD	2018	27
32	Wayne BENNETT, AM	2019-21	77
33	Jason DEMETRIOU	2022-2024	58
34	Ben HORNBY	2024-current	1

Notes:

Includes only official coaches in first grade premiership matches.
In the seasons which did not have an official coach, the captains on the day of the match were responsible for coaching and tactics used during the match, and sometimes even the club trainers, hence why no coach is listed for seasons 1908-1912, 1914-1917 and 1919-1923.
Games total correct to the end of round nine, 2024.
Thank you to Michael Curin for collating these coaching statistics.

Youngest official coach:

Jack Rayner - 28 years and 362 days.

Oldest official coach:

Wayne Bennett, AM - 71 years and 266 days.

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