List of South Fremantle Football Club coaches

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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.

Coaches

OrderCoachSeasonsGamesComments
1 Jack Leckie 1911Captain-coach, former captain of Perth [2]
2 Bert Banks 1912Previously captain in 1909 [3]
3 Joe Coates 1913-201916 & 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 1924Part year
8 Tom Bell 1924Part year, previously played for Essendon
9 Tom Sullivan 1925Part year
10 Dolph Heinrichs 1925Part year, [4] numerous spellings of his surname exist
11 Jerry Sunderland 1926, 28 [5]
12 Norm McIntosh 1929, 3338
13 Paddy Hebbard 1930-3119 [6]
14 Ron Doig 1932Doig 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 194317 Underage competition
22 Bill Davey [11] 194419 Underage competition, listed as A Davies in SFFC yearbook, winless season [12]
23 Neil Lewington 1945-4630Capt-coach in 1945, non playing in 1946, resigned mid-year, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member [13]
24 Jim Ditchburn 194613Appointed mid-year following Lewington's resignation [14]
25 Ross Hutchinson 1947-49621947, 1948 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
26 Clive Lewington 1950-582011950, 1952, 1953, 1954 premiership coach, South Fremantle and West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
27 John Todd 1959, 66-68, 95-981721997 premiership coach, South Fremantle, West Australian and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
28 Marty McDonnell 1960-6386
29 Ray Sorrell 1964-6542 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
30 Hassa Mann 1969-71651970 premiership coach, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
31 Mal Atwell 1972-7342 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
32 Colin Beard 1974-7670
33 Percy Johnson 197723 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
34 Mal Brown 1978-84, 921891980 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
35 Don Haddow 1985-8642
36 Stan Magro 1987-9089
37 Steve Hargrave 199121
38 Mark Watson 1993-9443
39 Tony Micale 199922
40 Peter Sumich 2000-0139
41 John Northey 2002-0338
42 John Dimmer 2004-111512005, 2009 premiership coach
43 Paul Hasleby 2012-1460
44 Todd Curley 2015-Appointed in October 2014 [15]
source: South Fremantle Football Club 2013 Yearbook, page 51; Games coached

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