List of St Helens R.F.C. coaches

Last updated April 19, 2025

This list of St Helens R.F.C. coaches details the records and achievements of coaches at the club.

St. Helens Rugby Football Club currently play in the Super League, a rugby league football competition.

Coaches

This list shows the coaches at Knowsley Road since 1945.

Win percentage is rounded to one decimal place. The names of any caretaker coaches are supplied where known, and these periods are highlighted in italics.

Key

M: Matches played W: Matches won D: Matches drawn L: Matches lost

Name	From	To	M	W	D	L	Win%	Honours and achievements	Notes
Alfred Frodsham	1945	1949							^[1]
Peter Lyons	1949	1950							^[1]
Emlyn Jenkins	1950	1952							^[1]
Jim Sullivan	1952	1959							^[1]
Alan Prescott	1959	1962							^[1]
Stan McCormick	1962	1964							^[1]
Joe Coan	1964	1967							^[1]
Cliff Evans	1967	1970							^[1]
Jim Challinor	1970	1974						Challenge Cup: 1972	^[1]
Eric Ashton	May 1974	May 1980							^[1]
Kel Coslett	June 1980	May 1982							^[1]
Billy Benyon	May 1982	November 1985							^[1]
Alex Murphy	November 1985	January 1990	167	107	5	55	64		^[1]
Mike McClennan	February 1990	December 1993							^[1]
Eric Hughes	January 1994	January 1996	78	45	3	30	58		^[1]
Shaun McRae	January 1996	October 1998	70	50	2	18	71	Challenge Cup: 1996, 1997	^[1]
Ellery Hanley	December 1998	March 2000	34	26	0	8	76		^[1]
Ian Millward	March 2000	May 2005	95	71	2	22	75	Championship: 2000, 2002 Challenge Cup: 2001, 2004	^[1]
Daniel Anderson	May 2005	October 2008	77	57	0	20	74	World Club Challenge: 2007 Championship: 2006 League Leader's Shield:2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Challenge Cup: 2006, 2007, 2008	^[1]
Mick Potter	February 2009	October 2010	68	49	0	19	72		^[1]
Royce Simmons	February 2011	March 2012	41	24	4	13	59		^[1]
Mike Rush (Acting)	March 2012	October 2012							^[1]
Nathan Brown	October 2012	October 2014	62	39	1	22	63	Championship: 2014 League Leader's Shield:2014	^[1]
Keiron Cunningham	October 2015	October 2017	74	43	1	30	58		^[1]
Jamahl Lolesi (Caretaker)	2017	2017							^[1]
Justin Holbrook	2017	October 2019	87	70	0	17	80	Championship: 2019 League Leader's Shield:2018, 2019	^[1]
Kristian Woolf	2019	2022	14	10	0	4	71	Championship: 2020,2021,2022 Challenge Cup: 2021	^[1]
Paul Wellens	2023	Present	14	10	0	4	71		^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "Saints Coaching Register". Saints Heritage Society. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.

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[Saints_Coaching_Register-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "Saints Coaching Register". Saints Heritage Society. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.

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St Helens Rugby Football Club Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame
Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890–2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012–present)
League	Super League
World Club Challenge (3)	2001 2007 2007
Championships (17)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022
Challenge Cup (13)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008 2021
League Leaders Shield (9)	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2014 2018 2019 2022
Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire County Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Team of the Year Award (2006)
Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895) St Helens Ladies