List of South Sydney Rabbitohs coaches

There have been 34 coaches of the South Sydney Rabbitohs since their first season in 1908.

List of coaches

No.	Name	Seasons	Games	Wins	Losses	Draws	Winning Percentage	Premiers	Runners-up	Minor premiers	Wooden spoons
1	Arthur Hennessy	1908, 1918, 1946	39	22	17	0	56.4%	1908	1916	1908	1946
2	John Rosewell	1913	14	9	5	0	64.3%	—	—	—	—
3	Owen McCarthy	1924	9	6	2	1	66.7%	—	—	—	—
4	Howard Hallett	1925−1926	31	29	2	0	93.5%	1925, 1926	—	1925, 1926	—
5	Alf Blair	1927, 1944	34	24	9	1	70.6%	1927	—	1927	—
6	Charlie Lynch	1928−1934, 1937−1940	165	107	52	6	64.8%	1928, 1929, 1931, 1932	1939	1928, 1929, 1932	—
7	Dave Watson	1935−1936, 1947−1949	87	46	39	2	52.9%	—	1935, 1949	1949	—
8	Jim Tait	1941−1943	42	19	22	1	45.2%	—	—	—	—
9	Eric Lewis	1945	14	1	13	0	7.1%	—	—	—	1945
10	Jack Rayner	1950−1957	162	144	44	4	70.4%	1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955	1952	1950, 1951, 1953	—
11	Clive Churchill	1958, 1967−1975	226	143	80	3	63.3%	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971	1969	1968, 1969, 1970	—
12	Denis Donoghue	1959−1963	90	30	58	2	33.3%	—	—	—	1962
13	Bernie Purcell	1964−1966	57	33	24	0	57.9%	—	1965	—	—
14	Bob McCarthy	1975, 1994	8	1	7	0	12.5%	—	—	—	1975
15	Johnny King	1976	22	8	14	0	36.4%	—	—	—	—
16	John O'Neill	1977	22	3	19	0	13.6%	—	—	—	—
17	Jack Gibson	1978−1979	45	21	23	1	46.7%	—	—	—	—
18	Bill Anderson	1980−1982	73	35	35	3	47.9%	—	—	—	—
19	Ron Willey	1983−1985	80	38	41	1	47.5%	—	—	—	—
20	George Piggins	1986−1990	124	63	55	6	50.8%	—	—	1989	1990
21	Frank Curry	1991−1993	66	20	46	0	30.3%	—	—	—	—
22	Ken Shine	1994−1997	85	22	59	4	25.9%	—	—	—	—
23	Steve Martin	1998	18	3	15	0	16.7%	—	—	—	—
24	Craig Coleman	1998−1999, 2002	54	17	37	0	31.5%	—	—	—	—
25	Paul Langmack	2003−2004	35	5	29	1	14.3%	—	—	—	2003
26	Arthur Kitinas	2004	13	3	9	1	23.1%	—	—	—	2004
27	Shaun McRae	2005−2006	48	12	35	1	25%	—	—	—	2006
28	Jason Taylor	2007−2009	73	31	41	1	42.5%	—	—	—	—
29	John Lang	2010−2011	48	22	26	0	45.8%	—	—	—	—
30	Michael Maguire	2012−2017	157	88	69	0	56.1%	2014	—	—	—
31	Anthony Seibold	2018	27	17	10	0	63%	—	—	—	—
32	Wayne Bennett	2019−2021 2025−present	99	60	39	0	60.6%	—	2021	—	—
33	Jason Demetriou	2020, 2022−2024	60	31	29	0	51.7%	—	—	—	—
34	Ben Hornby	2024	17	6	11	0	35%	—	—	—	—

See also

• Sports portal

• List of current NRL coaches
• List of current NRL Women's coaches