List of Gold Coast Suns coaches

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The following is a list of the Gold Coast Football Club senior coaches in each of their seasons in the Australian Football League.

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AFL

Statistics current to the end of round 23, 2023.

#CoachSeasonsGWLDWin%FGFWFLFDF Win%GFPRef
1 Guy McKenna 2011–2014882464027.27 [1]
2 Rodney Eade 2015–2017631646126.19 [2]
Dean Solomon201730300.00 [3]
3 Stuart Dew 2018–20231213684129.75 [4]
Steven King2023725028.57 [5]
4 Damien Hardwick 2024-2200100

VFL

Notes

Key

#Number of coaches
GTotal games coachedFGFinals games coached
WTotal winsFWFinals wins
LTotal lossesFLFinals losses
DTotal drawsFDFinals draws
Win%Overall winning percentage F Win%Finals winning percentage
GFGrand Final appearances: number of AFL Grand Final appearances achieved by the coach
PPremierships: number of premierships achieved by the coach
Caretaker coach

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References

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