List of Sydney Swans coaches

The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Sydney Swans at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formally the VFL. They were known as South Melbourne prior to their relocation to Sydney in 1982.

VFL/AFL

# Coach G W L D Win% FG FW FL FD F Win% GF P Years
1 Charlie Ricketts 41 30 11 0 73.17 5 2 3 0 40.00 2 1 1909–1912
2 Bill Thomas 39 26 12 1 66.67 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1910–1911
3 Harvey Kelly 19 14 4 1 73.68 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1913
4 Vic Belcher 53 31 21 1 58.49 0 0 0 0 N/a 1 0 1914–1917
5 Henry Elms 33 27 6 0 81.82 0 0 0 0 N/a 1 1 1918–1919
6 Herb Howson 33 27 6 0 81.82 3 2 1 0 66.67 1 1 1918–1919
7 Arthur Hiskins 16 7 9 0 43.75 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1920
8 Artie Wood 16 5 10 1 31.25 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1921
9 Roy Cazaly 52 12 38 2 23.08 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1922–1938
10 Charlie Pannam 108 54 54 0 50.00 5 2 3 0 40.00 0 0 1923–1928
11 Jim Caldwell 4 1 3 0 25.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1929
12 Fred Fleiter 14 6 8 0 42.86 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1929
13 Paddy Scanlan 36 18 18 0 50.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1930–1931
14 Johnny Leonard 19 13 6 0 68.42 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 1932
15 Jack Bisset 80 63 17 0 78.75 10 6 4 0 60.00 4 1 1933–1936
16 Brighton Diggins† 2 2 0 0 100.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1935
17 Herbie Matthews 90 27 62 1 30.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1939–1957
18 Jack Baggott 18 7 11 0 38.89 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1940
19 Joe Kelly 68 35 33 0 51.47 2 1 1 0 50.00 0 0 1941–1944
20 Bill Adams 70 39 30 1 55.71 2 1 1 0 50.00 1 0 1945–1948
21 Jack Hale 28 9 19 0 32.14 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1948–1949
22 Gordon Lane 55 24 29 2 43.64 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1950–1952
23 Laurie Nash 18 9 9 0 50.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1953
24 Ron Clegg 36 15 21 0 41.67 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1958–59
25 Bill Faul 36 12 24 0 33.33 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1960–1961
26 Noel McMahen 54 9 45 0 16.67 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1962–1964
27 Bob Skilton 35 16 19 0 45.71 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1965–1966
28 Tommy Lahiff† 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1965
29 Alan Miller 38 11 25 2 28.95 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1967–1968
30 Norm Smith 87 26 61 0 29.89 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 1969–1972
31 Graeme John 66 15 50 1 22.73 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1973–1975
32 Ian Stewart 111 49 61 1 44.14 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 1976–1977
1979–1981
33 Des Tuddenham 22 9 13 0 40.91 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1978
34 Ricky Quade 57 25 32 0 43.86 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1982–1984
35 Tony Franklin† 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1984
36 Bob Hammond 8 3 5 0 37.50 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1984
37 John Northey 22 6 16 0 27.27 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1985
38 Tom Hafey 70 43 27 0 61.43 4 0 4 0 0.00 0 0 1986–1988
39 Col Kinnear 66 23 42 1 34.85 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1989–1991
40 Gary Buckenara 25 3 21 1 12.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1992–1993
41 Brett Scott† 2 0 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1993
42 Ron Barassi 59 13 46 0 22.03 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 1993–1995
43 Rodney Eade 152 81 69 2 53.29 8 3 5 0 37.50 1 0 1996–2002
44 Paul Roos 202 116 84 2 57.43 16 9 7 0 56.25 2 1 2002–2010
45 John Longmire 333 208 122 3 62.91 28 14 14 0 50.00 5 1 2011–2024
46 Dean Cox 23 12 11 0 52.17 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 2025–
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AFL Women's

# Coach G W L D Win% FG FW FL FD F Win% GF P Years
1 Scott Gowans 44 16 28 0 36.36 2 1 1 0 50.00 0 0 2022 (S7)–2025
2 Colin O'Riordan 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 0 0 N/a 0 0 2026–

Key

# Number of coaches
G Total games coached FG Finals games coached
W Total wins FW Finals wins
L Total losses FL Finals losses
D Total draws FD Finals draws
Win% Overall winning percentage F Win% Finals winning percentage
GF Grand Final appearances: number of AFL Grand Final appearances achieved by the coach
P Premierships: number of premierships achieved by the coach
† Caretaker coach

References

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