There have been 38 head coaches of the Bulldogs club since their introduction into top-grade rugby league competition in 1935. Of these, most were full-time coaches, but six of them filled a captain-coach role while playing for the team.
List of coaches Updated as of the end of the 2025 NRL season +Key to listMember of National Rugby League Hall of Fame†Player coach
! colspan=11 | First Grade coaches |- ! No. !! Coach !! Career !! Games !! Wins !! Losses !! Draws !! Win % |- style="background:gold;" |1||style="text-align: left"| |1935|| 16 || 2 || 14 || 0 || 12.5% |-style="background:gold;" |2||style="text-align: left"| |1936|| 15 || 9 || 4 || 2 || 60.0% |- |3||style="text-align: left"| |1937|| 8 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 50.0% |-style="background:gold;" |4||style="text-align: left"| |1938|| 16 || 13 || 1 || 2 || 81.3% |- |5||style="text-align: left"| |1939, 1942|| 32 || 22 || 10 || 0 || 68.8% |-style="background:#D9F1E6;" |6||style="text-align: left"| |1940†|| 16 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 56.3% |-style="background:#D9F1E6;" |7||style="text-align: left"| |1941†, 1944†|| 22 || 11 || 11 || 0 || 50.0% |-style="background:#D9F1E6;" |8||style="text-align: left"| |1943†|| 14 || 3 || 11 || 0 || 21.4% |- |9||style="text-align: left"| |1944|| 9 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 33.3% |- |10||style="text-align: left"| |1945|| 14 || 4 || 9 || 1 || 28.6% |- |11||style="text-align: left"| |1946–1947|| 37 || 23 || 12 || 2 || 62.2% |-style="background:gold;" |12||style="text-align: left"| |1948|| 18 || 7 || 9 || 2 || 38.9% |- |13||style="text-align: left"| |1949|| 18 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 33.3% |- |14||style="text-align: left"| |1950, 1951–1952|| 48 || 18 || 29 || 1 || 37.5% |-style="background:#D9F1E6;" |15||style="text-align: left"| |1951†|| 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 50.0% |- |16||style="text-align: left"| |1953–1954|| 36 || 13 || 21 || 2 || 36.1% |-style="background:gold;" |17||style="text-align: left"| |1955–1956|| 36 || 10 || 26 || 0 || 27.8% |-style="background:#D9F1E6;" |18||style="text-align: left"| |1957†|| 18 || 3 || 14 || 1 || 16.7% |- |19||style="text-align: left"| |1958–1959|| 36 || 9 || 25 || 2 || 25.0% |- |20||style="text-align: left"| |1960–1962, 1965|| 75 || 30 || 42 || 3 || 40.0% |-style="background:gold;" |21||style="text-align: left"| |1963–1964|| 36 || 7 || 27 || 2 || 19.4% |- |22||style="text-align: left"| |1966|| 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 44.4% |-style="background:#D9F1E6;" |23||style="text-align: left"| |1967–1970†|| 92 || 49 || 41 || 2 || 53.3% |- |24||style="text-align: left"| |1971–1972|| 44 || 23 || 21 || 0 || 52.3% |- |25||style="text-align: left"| |1973–1977|| 118 || 62 || 49 || 7 || 52.5% |- |26||style="text-align: left"| |1978–1983|| 151 || 86 || 60 || 5 || 57.0% |- |27||style="text-align: left"| |1984–1987|| 106 || 70 || 33 || 3 || 66.0% |- |28||style="text-align: left"| |1988–1989|| 47 || 29 || 16 || 2 || 61.7% |- |29||style="text-align: left"| |1990–1997|| 181 || 110 || 67 || 4 || 60.8% |- |30||style="text-align: left"| |1998–2008|| 289 || 172 || 130 || 7 || 59.5% |- |31||style="text-align: left"| |2009–2011|| 66 || 35 || 31 || 0 || 53.0% |- |32||style="text-align: left"| |2011|| 8 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 62.5% |- |33||style="text-align: left"| |2012–2017|| 155 || 88 || 67 || 0 || 56.8% |- |34||style="text-align: left"| |2018–2020|| 57 || 19 || 38 || 0 || 33.3% |- |35||style="text-align: left"| |2020|| 11 || 2 || 9 || 0 || 18.2% |- |36||style="text-align: left"| |2021−2022|| 34 || 5 || 29 || 0 || 14.7% |- |37||style="text-align: left"| |2022|| 14 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 35.7% |- |38||style="text-align: left"| |2023−present|| 75 || 37 || 38 || 0 || 49.3%
See also
List of current NRL coaches List of current NRL Women's coaches
References
External links Bulldogs History Database Bulldogs statistics