List of South Melbourne / Sydney coaches

Coaches who have coached at least one match for South Melbourne / Sydney in a VFL/AFL premiership.

Coach List

No. Coach Season(s) Match(es) W-D-L Premiership(s)
1 Charlie Ricketts 1909-1912 41 30-0-11 1909
2 Bill Thomas 1910-1911 39 26-1-12
3 Harvey Kelly 1913 19 14-1-4
4 Vic Belcher 1914-1917 53 31-1-21
5 Bert Howson 1918-1919 33 27-0-6 1918
6 Arthur Hiskins 1920 16 7-0-9
7 Artie Wood 1921 16 5-1-10
8 Roy Cazaly 1922-1938 52 12-2-38
9 Charlie Pannam 1923-1928 108 54-0-54
10 Jim Caldwell 1929 4 1-0-3
11 Fred Fleiter 1929 14 6-0-8
12 Paddy Scanlan 1930-1931 36 18-0-18
13 Johnny Leonard 1932-1943 24 17-0-7
14 Jack Bisset 1933-1936 80 63-0-17 1933
15 Brighton Diggins 1935 2 2-0-0
16 Herbie Matthews 1939-1957 90 27-1-62
17 Jack Baggott 1940 18 7-0-11
18 Joe Kelly 1941-1944 63 31-0-32
19 Bill Adams 1945-1948 70 39-1-30
20 Jack Hale 1948-1949 28 9-0-19
21 Gordon Lane 1950-1952 51 22-2-27
22 Ron Clegg 1951-1959 40 17-0-23
23 Laurie Nash 1953 18 9-0-9
24 Bill Faul 1960-1961 36 12-0-24
25 Noel McMahen 1962-1964 54 9-0-45
26 Bob Skilton 1965-1966 35 16-0-19
27 Tommy Lahiff 1965 1 0-0-1
28 Allan Miller 1967-1968 38 11-2-25
29 Norm Smith 1969-1972 87 26-0-61
30 Graeme John 1973-1975 66 15-1-50
31 Ian Stewart 1976-1981 111 49-1-61
32 Des Tuddenham 1978 22 9-0-13
33 Ricky Quade 1982-1984 57 25-0-32
34 Tony Franklin 1984 1 0-0-1
35 Bob Hammond 1984 8 3-0-5
36 John Northey 1985 22 6-0-16
37 Tom Hafey 1986-1988 70 43-0-27
38 Col Kinnear 1989-1991 66 23-1-42
39 Gary Buckenara 1992-1993 25 3-1-21
40 Brett Scott 1993 2 0-0-2
41 Ron Barassi 1993-1995 59 13-0-46
42 Rodney Eade 1996-2002 152 81-2-69
43 Paul Roos 2002-2010 202 116-2-84 2005
44 John Longmire 2011-2022 283 177-2-104 2012