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.
| No. | Coach | P | W | L | D | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Ricketts | 41 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1909–1912 |
| 2 | Bill Thomas | 39 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1910–1911 |
| 3 | Harvey Kelly | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1913 |
| 4 | Vic Belcher | 53 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 1914–1917 |
| 5 | Henry Elms | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1918–1919 |
| 6 | Herb Howson | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1918–1919 |
| 7 | Arthur Hiskins | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1920 |
| 8 | Artie Wood | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1921 |
| 9 | Roy Cazaly | 52 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 1922–1938 |
| 10 | Charlie Pannam | 108 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 1923–1928 |
| 11 | Jim Caldwell | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1929 |
| 12 | Fred Fleiter | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1929 |
| 13 | Paddy Scanlan | 36 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1930–1931 |
| 14 | Johnny Leonard | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1932 |
| 15 | Jack Bisset | 80 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 1933–1936 |
| 16 | Brighton Diggins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1935 |
| 17 | Herbie Matthews | 90 | 27 | 62 | 1 | 1939–1957 |
| 18 | Jack Baggott | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1940 |
| 19 | Joe Kelly | 68 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 1941–1944 |
| 20 | Bill Adams | 70 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 1945–1948 |
| 21 | Jack Hale | 28 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1948–1949 |
| 22 | Gordon Lane | 55 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 1950–1952 |
| 23 | Laurie Nash | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1953 |
| 24 | Ron Clegg | 36 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 1958–59 |
| 25 | Bill Faul | 36 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1960–1961 |
| 26 | Noel McMahen | 54 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 1962–1964 |
| 27 | Bob Skilton | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1965–1966 |
| 28 | Tommy Lahiff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1965 |
| 29 | Alan Miller | 38 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1967–1968 |
| 30 | Norm Smith | 87 | 26 | 61 | 0 | 1969–1972 |
| 31 | Graeme John | 66 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 1973–1975 |
| 32 | Ian Stewart | 111 | 49 | 61 | 1 | 1976–77 / 1979–1981 |
| 33 | Des Tuddenham | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1978 |
| 34 | Ricky Quade | 57 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 1982–1984 |
| 35 | Tony Franklin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1984 |
| 36 | Bob Hammond | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1984 |
| 37 | John Northey | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1985 |
| 38 | Tom Hafey | 70 | 43 | 27 | 0 | 1986–1988 |
| 39 | Col Kinnear | 66 | 23 | 42 | 1 | 1989–1991 |
| 40 | Gary Buckenara | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1992–1993 |
| 41 | Ron Barassi | 59 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 1993–1995 |
| 42 | Brett Scott | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1993 |
| 43 | Rodney Eade | 152 | 81 | 69 | 2 | 1996–2002 |
| 44 | Paul Roos | 202 | 116 | 84 | 2 | 2002–2010 |
| 45 | John Longmire | 237 | 149 | 86 | 2 | 2011–present |
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