There have been 38 head coaches of the Bulldogs club since their introduction into top-grade rugby league competition in 1935. Of these, most were full-time coaches, but six of them filled a captain-coach role while playing for the team.
First Grade Coaches | ||||||||||
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No. | Coach | Career | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Winning Percentage | |||
1 | Tedda Courtney | 1935 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12.5% | |||
2 | Frank Burge | 1936 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 60% | |||
3 | George Mason | 1937 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50% | |||
4 | Jimmy Craig | 1938 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 81.3% | |||
5 | Jerry Brien | 1939, 1942 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 68.8% | |||
6 | Alan Brady | 1940 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.3% | |||
7 | Ron Bailey | 1941, 1944 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45% | |||
8 | Roy Kirkaldy | 1943 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21.4% | |||
9 | Cec Fifield | 1944 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.3% | |||
10 | Bill Kelly | 1945 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 28.6% | |||
11 | Ross McKinnon | 1946–1947 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 62.2% | |||
12 | Arthur Halloway | 1948 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 38.9% | |||
13 | Henry Porter | 1949 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 33.3% | |||
14 | Alby Why | 1950–1952 | 36 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 38.9% | |||
15 | Vic Bulgin | 1952, 1955 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38.9% | |||
16 | Jack Hampstead | 1953–1954 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 36.1% | |||
17 | Vic Hey | 1955–1956 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 27.8% | |||
18 | Col Geelan | 1957 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 16.7% | |||
19 | Cec Cooper | 1958–1959 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 25% | |||
20 | Eddie Burns | 1960–1962, 1965 | 75 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 40% | |||
21 | Clive Churchill | 1963–1964 | 36 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 19.4% | |||
22 | Roger Pearman | 1966 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.4% | |||
23 | Kevin Ryan | 1967–1970 | 92 | 49 | 41 | 2 | 53.3% | |||
24 | Bob Hagan | 1971–1972 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 52.3% | |||
25 | Malcolm Clift | 1973–1977 | 118 | 62 | 49 | 7 | 52.5% | |||
26 | Ted Glossop | 1978–1983 | 151 | 86 | 60 | 5 | 57% | |||
27 | Warren Ryan | 1984–1987 | 106 | 70 | 33 | 3 | 66% | |||
28 | Phil Gould | 1988–1989 | 47 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 61.7% | |||
29 | Chris Anderson | 1990–1997 | 187 | 114 | 69 | 4 | 61% | |||
30 | Steve Folkes | 1998–2008 | 289 | 162 | 128 | 7 | 56.1% | |||
31 | Kevin Moore | 2009–2011 | 66 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 53% | |||
32 | Jim Dymock | 2011 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | |||
33 | Des Hasler | 2012–2017 | 155 | 88 | 67 | 0 | 56.8% | |||
34 | Dean Pay | 2018–2020 | 57 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 33.3% | |||
35 | Steve Georgallis | 2020 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | |||
36 | Trent Barrett | 2021−2022 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 14.7% | |||
37 | Michael Potter | 2022 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% | |||
38 | Cameron Ciraldo | 2023−present | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7% |
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