There have been 43 coaches in the 116-year history of the South Fremantle Football Club, a West Australian Football League (WAFL) club.
The current Todd Curley is the longest serving coach, entering his tenth season in 2024, winning the premiership in 2020. [1] Clive Lewington coached the club for nine seasons, winning the premiership four times. John Todd (one premiership), Mal Brown (one premiership), John Dimmer (two premierships) and Joe Coates (two premierships) each coached the team in eight seasons.
Order | Coach | Seasons | Games | Comments |
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1 | Jack Leckie | 1911 | Captain-coach, former captain of Perth [2] | |
2 | Bert Banks | 1912 | Previously captain in 1909 [3] | |
3 | Joe Coates | 1913-20 | 1916 & 1917 premiership coach, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member | |
4 | Tom Cain | 1921, 27 | ||
5 | Billy Craig | 1922 | ||
6 | Bill McGilvray | 1923 | ||
7 | Percy Youlden | 1924 | Part year | |
8 | Tom Bell | 1924 | Part year, previously played for Essendon | |
9 | Tom Sullivan | 1925 | Part year | |
10 | Dolph Heinrichs | 1925 | Part year, [4] numerous spellings of his surname exist | |
11 | Jerry Sunderland | 1926, 28 | [5] | |
12 | Norm McIntosh | 1929, 33 | 38 | |
13 | Paddy Hebbard | 1930-31 | 19 | [6] |
14 | Ron Doig | 1932 | Doig died from injuries sustained during the 1932 first semi-final, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member | |
15 | Ron Edgar | 1934-35 | [7] | |
16 | Jack Jones | 1936-37 | Ron Cooper was appointed as playing coach, [8] but returned to the Eastern States before the season started. [9] Also played for East Fremantle and first class cricket for WA. [10] | |
17 | Bert Chandler | 1938-39 | ||
18 | Keith Shea | 1940 | ||
19 | John Bowe | 1941 | ||
20 | Roy Poole | 1942 | Underage competition | |
21 | Don Smith | 1943 | 17 | Underage competition |
22 | Bill Davey [11] | 1944 | 19 | Underage competition, listed as A Davies in SFFC yearbook, winless season [12] |
23 | Neil Lewington | 1945-46 | 30 | Capt-coach in 1945, non playing in 1946, resigned mid-year, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member [13] |
24 | Jim Ditchburn | 1946 | 13 | Appointed mid-year following Lewington's resignation [14] |
25 | Ross Hutchinson | 1947-49 | 62 | 1947, 1948 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
26 | Clive Lewington | 1950-58 | 201 | 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 premiership coach, South Fremantle and West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
27 | John Todd | 1959, 66-68, 95-98 | 172 | 1997 premiership coach, South Fremantle, West Australian and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
28 | Marty McDonnell | 1960-63 | 86 | |
29 | Ray Sorrell | 1964-65 | 42 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
30 | Hassa Mann | 1969-71 | 65 | 1970 premiership coach, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
31 | Mal Atwell | 1972-73 | 42 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
32 | Colin Beard | 1974-76 | 70 | |
33 | Percy Johnson | 1977 | 23 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
34 | Mal Brown | 1978-84, 92 | 189 | 1980 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
35 | Don Haddow | 1985-86 | 42 | |
36 | Stan Magro | 1987-90 | 89 | |
37 | Steve Hargrave | 1991 | 21 | |
38 | Mark Watson | 1993-94 | 43 | |
39 | Tony Micale | 1999 | 22 | |
40 | Peter Sumich | 2000-01 | 39 | |
41 | John Northey | 2002-03 | 38 | |
42 | John Dimmer | 2004-11 | 151 | 2005, 2009 premiership coach |
43 | Paul Hasleby | 2012-14 | 60 | |
44 | Todd Curley | 2015- | Appointed in October 2014 [15] | |
source: South Fremantle Football Club 2013 Yearbook, page 51; Games coached |
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