List of Sydney Swans coaches

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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.

Sydney Swans Australian rules football club

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

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No.CoachPWLDYears
1 Charlie Ricketts 41301101909–1912
2 Bill Thomas 39261211910–1911
3 Harvey Kelly 1914411913
4 Vic Belcher 53312111914–1917
5 Henry Elms 3327601918–1919
6 Herb Howson 3327601918–1919
7 Arthur Hiskins 167901920
8 Artie Wood 1651011921
9 Roy Cazaly 52123821922–1938
10 Charlie Pannam 108545401923–1928
11 Jim Caldwell 41301929
12 Fred Fleiter 146801929
13 Paddy Scanlan 36181801930–1931
14 Johnny Leonard 1913601932
15 Jack Bisset 80631701933–1936
16 Brighton Diggins 22001935
17 Herbie Matthews 90276211939–1957
18 Jack Baggott 1871101940
19 Joe Kelly 68353301941–1944
20 Bill Adams 70393011945–1948
21 Jack Hale 2891901948–1949
22 Gordon Lane 55242921950–1952
23 Laurie Nash 189901953
24 Ron Clegg 36152101958–59
25 Bill Faul 36122401960–1961
26 Noel McMahen 5494501962–1964
27 Bob Skilton 35161901965–1966
28 Tommy Lahiff 10101965
29 Alan Miller 38112521967–1968
30 Norm Smith 87266101969–1972
31 Graeme John 66155011973–1975
32 Ian Stewart 111496111976–77 / 1979–1981
33 Des Tuddenham 2291301978
34 Ricky Quade 57253201982–1984
35 Tony Franklin 10101984
36 Bob Hammond 83501984
37 John Northey 2261601985
38 Tom Hafey 70432701986–1988
39 Col Kinnear 66234211989–1991
40 Gary Buckenara 2532111992–1993
41 Ron Barassi 59134601993–1995
42 Brett Scott 20201993
43 Rodney Eade 152816921996–2002
44 Paul Roos 2021168422002–2010
45 John Longmire 1491024522011–present
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Key:

P = Played
W = Won
L = Lost
D = Drew

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