List of Sydney Swans coaches

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.

VFL/AFL #CoachGWLDWin%FGFWFLFDF Win%GFPYears 1 Charlie Ricketts 41 30 11 073.17 5 2 3 0 40.0021 1909–1912 2 Bill Thomas 39 26 12 1 66.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1910–1911 3 Harvey Kelly 19 14 4 1 73.68 0 0 0 0 0 0 1913 4 Vic Belcher 53 31 21 1 58.49 0 0 0 0 1 0 1914–1917 5 Henry Elms 33 27 6 0 81.82 0 0 0 0 1 1 1918–1919 6 Herb Howson 33 27 6 0 81.82 3 2 1 0 66.67 1 1 1918–1919 7 Arthur Hiskins 16 7 9 0 43.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 1920 8 Artie Wood 16 5 10 1 31.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1921 9 Roy Cazaly 52 12 38 2 23.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 1922–1938 10 Charlie Pannam 108 54 54 0 50.00 5 2 3 0 40.00 0 0 1923–1928 11 Jim Caldwell 4 1 3 0 25.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1929 12 Fred Fleiter 14 6 8 0 42.86 0 0 0 0 0 0 1929 13 Paddy Scanlan 36 18 18 0 50.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1930–1931 14 Johnny Leonard 19 13 6 0 68.42 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 1932 15 Jack Bisset 80 63 17 0 78.75 10 6 4 0 60.00 4 1 1933–1936 16 Brighton Diggins† 2 2 0 0 100.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1935 17 Herbie Matthews 90 27 62 1 30.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1939–1957 18 Jack Baggott 18 7 11 0 38.89 0 0 0 0 0 0 1940 19 Joe Kelly 68 35 33 0 51.47 2 1 1 0 50.00 0 0 1941–1944 20 Bill Adams 70 39 30 1 55.71 2 1 1 0 50.00 1 0 1945–1948 21 Jack Hale 28 9 19 0 32.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1948–1949 22 Gordon Lane 55 24 29 2 43.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 1950–1952 23 Laurie Nash 18 9 9 0 50.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1953 24 Ron Clegg 36 15 21 0 41.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1958–59 25 Bill Faul 36 12 24 0 33.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1960–1961 26 Noel McMahen 54 9 45 0 16.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1962–1964 27 Bob Skilton 35 16 19 0 45.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 1965–1966 28 Tommy Lahiff† 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1965 29 Alan Miller 38 11 25 2 28.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 1967–1968 30 Norm Smith 87 26 61 0 29.89 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 1969–1972 31 Graeme John 66 15 50 1 22.73 0 0 0 0 0 0 1973–1975 32 Ian Stewart 111 49 61 1 44.14 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 1976–19771979–1981 33 Des Tuddenham 22 9 13 0 40.91 0 0 0 0 0 0 1978 34 Ricky Quade 57 25 32 0 43.86 0 0 0 0 0 0 1982–1984 35 Tony Franklin† 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1984 36 Bob Hammond 8 3 5 0 37.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1984 37 John Northey 22 6 16 0 27.27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1985 38 Tom Hafey 70 43 27 0 61.43 4 0 4 0 0.00 0 0 1986–1988 39 Col Kinnear 66 23 42 1 34.85 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989–1991 40 Gary Buckenara 25 3 21 1 12.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1992–1993 41 Brett Scott† 2 0 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1993 42 Ron Barassi 59 13 46 0 22.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 1993–1995 43 Rodney Eade 152 81 69 2 53.29 8 3 5 0 37.50 1 0 1996–2002 44 Paul Roos 202 116 84 2 57.43 16 9 7 0 56.25 2 1 2002–2010 45 John Longmire 333 208 122 3 62.91 28 14 14 0 50.00 5 1 2011–2024 46 Dean Cox 23 12 11 0 52.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025–source

AFL Women's #CoachGWLDWin%FGFWFLFDF Win%GFPYears 1 Scott Gowans 44 16 28 0 36.36 2 1 1 0 50.00 0 0 2022 (S7)–2025 2 Colin O'Riordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2026–

Key #Number of coachesGTotal games coachedFGFinals games coachedWTotal winsFWFinals winsLTotal lossesFLFinals lossesDTotal drawsFDFinals drawsWin%Overall winning percentageF Win%Finals winning percentageGFGrand Final appearances: number of AFL Grand Final appearances achieved by the coachPPremierships: number of premierships achieved by the coach†Caretaker coach

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