List of South Sydney Rabbitohs coaches
There have been 34 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
2025−present
|
77 |
53 |
24 |
0 |
69% |
— |
2021 |
— |
—
|
33 |
Jason Demetriou |
2020, 2022−2024 |
60 |
31 |
29 |
0 |
51.7% |
— |
— |
— |
—
|
34 |
Ben Hornby |
2024 |
17 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
35% |
— |
— |
— |
—
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