List of South Sydney Rabbitohs coaches

There have been 33 coaches of the South Sydney Rabbitohs since their first season in 1908.

List of coaches

No. Name Seasons Games Wins Losses Draws Winning Percentage Premiers Runners-up Minor premiers Wooden spoons
1 Arthur Hennessy 1908, 1918, 1946 39 22 17 0 56.4% 1908 1916 1908 1946
2 John Rosewell 1913 14 9 5 0 64.3% — — — —
3 Owen McCarthy 1924 9 6 2 1 66.7% — — — —
4 Howard Hallett 1925−1926 31 29 2 0 93.5% 1925, 1926 — 1925, 1926 —
5 Alf Blair 1927, 1944 34 24 9 1 70.6% 1927 — 1927 —
6 Charlie Lynch 1928−1934, 1937−1940 165 107 52 6 64.8% 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932 1939 1928, 1929, 1932 —
7 Dave Watson 1935−1936, 1947−1949 87 46 39 2 52.9% — 1935, 1949 1949 —
8 Jim Tait 1941−1943 42 19 22 1 45.2% — — — —
9 Eric Lewis 1945 14 1 13 0 7.1% — — — 1945
10 Jack Rayner 1950−1957 162 144 44 4 70.4% 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955 1952 1950, 1951, 1953 —
11 Clive Churchill 1958, 1967−1975 226 143 80 3 63.3% 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971 1969 1968, 1969, 1970 —
12 Denis Donoghue 1959−1963 90 30 58 2 33.3% — — — 1962
13 Bernie Purcell 1964−1966 57 33 24 0 57.9% — 1965 — —
14 Bob McCarthy 1975, 1994 8 1 7 0 12.5% — — — 1975
15 Johnny King 1976 22 8 14 0 36.4% — — — —
16 John O'Neill 1977 22 3 19 0 13.6% — — — —
17 Jack Gibson 1978−1979 45 21 23 1 46.7% — — — —
18 Bill Anderson 1980−1982 73 35 35 3 47.9% — — — —
19 Ron Willey 1983−1985 80 38 41 1 47.5% — — — —
20 George Piggins 1986−1990 124 63 55 6 50.8% — — 1989 1990
21 Frank Curry 1991−1993 66 20 46 0 30.3% — — — —
22 Ken Shine 1994−1997 85 22 59 4 25.9% — — — —
23 Steve Martin 1998 18 3 15 0 16.7% — — — —
24 Craig Coleman 1998−1999, 2002 54 17 37 0 31.5% — — — —
25 Paul Langmack 2003−2004 35 5 29 1 14.3% — — — 2003
26 Arthur Kitinas 2004 13 3 9 1 23.1% — — — 2004
27 Shaun McRae 2005−2006 48 12 35 1 25% — — — 2006
28 Jason Taylor 2007−2009 73 31 41 1 42.5% — — — —
29 John Lang 2010−2011 48 22 26 0 45.8% — — — —
30 Michael Maguire 2012−2017 157 88 69 0 56.1% 2014 — — —
31 Anthony Seibold 2018 27 17 10 0 63% — — — —
32 Wayne Bennett 2019−2021 39 23 16 0 59% — 2021 — —
33 Jason Demetriou 2020, 2022−present 23 15 8 0 65.2% — — — —

See also

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References

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