The following is a list of coaches who have coached the St Kilda Football Club at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.

VFL/AFL No. Coach P W L D W% Years 1 Alex Hall 13 4 9 0 30.77 1906 2 Mick Grace 19 10 9 0 52.63 1908 3 Jimmy Smith 49 16 33 0 32.65 1909, 1915, 1918 4 Eddie Drohan 18 2 16 0 11.11 1911 5 George Sparrow 63 37 26 0 58.73 1913, 1920, 1928–29 6 Dave McNamara 50 22 26 2 46.00 1914, 1922–23 7 Wels Eicke 32 11 21 0 34.38 1919, 1924 8 Charlie Ricketts 27 5 21 1 20.37 1920–21 9 Norm Clark 35 14 21 0 40.00 1925–26 10 George Heinz 18 8 10 0 44.44 1927 11 Bill Cubbins 18 8 10 0 44.44 1930 12 Charlie Hardy 25 9 16 0 36.00 1931–32 13 Stuart King 11 2 9 0 18.18 1932 14 Col Deane 18 6 12 0 33.33 1933 15 Colin Watson 18 9 9 0 50.00 1934 16 Dan Minogue 54 30 24 0 55.56 1935–37 17 Ansell Clarke 55 28 27 0 50.91 1938–40 18 Bill Patterson 1 0 1 0 0.00 1938 19 Jack Knight 18 3 15 0 16.67 1941 20 Reg Garvin 24 7 16 1 31.25 1942–43 21 Hugh Thomas 38 8 28 2 23.68 1944–45 22 Allan Hird 38 5 32 1 14.47 1946–47 23 Fred Froude 56 14 41 1 25.89 1948–50 24 Fred Green 18 5 13 0 27.78 1951 25 Col Williamson 37 7 30 0 18.92 1952–53 26 Les Foote 36 5 30 1 15.28 1954–55 27 Alan Killigrew 54 19 34 1 36.11 1956–58 28 Jim Francis 36 18 18 0 50.00 1959–60 29 Allan Jeans 332 193 138 1 58.28 1961–76 30 Eric Guy 6 3 3 0 50.00 1972, 1974 31 Ross G. Smith 22 3 17 2 18.18 1977 32 Mike Patterson 46 14 31 1 31.52 1978–80 33 Alex Jesaulenko 64 13 49 2 21.88 1980–82 34 Tony Jewell 26 5 21 0 19.23 1983–84 35 Graeme Gellie 62 10 52 0 16.13 1984–86 36 Darrel Baldock 62 18 44 0 29.03 1987–89 37 Allan Davis 4 2 2 0 50.00 1987 38 Ken Sheldon 89 48 40 1 54.49 1990–93 39 Stan Alves 115 55 59 1 48.26 1994–98 40 Tim Watson 44 12 31 1 28.41 1999–2000 41 Malcolm Blight 15 3 12 0 20.00 2001 42 Grant Thomas 123 63 59 1 51.63 2001–06 43 Ross Lyon 121 76 41 4 64.46 2007–11 44 Scott Watters 44 17 27 0 38.64 2012–13 45 Alan Richardson 126 43 81 2 34.12 2014–19 46 Brett Ratten 68 34 34 0 50.00 2019–22 43 Ross Lyon 70 33 37 0 47.14 2023–

Key: P = Played W = Won L = Lost D = Drew W% = Win percentage

AFL Women's Season(s) Coach Notes 2020–2021 Peta Searle 2022 (S6)– Nick Dal Santo

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References St Kilda Coaches Win–Loss Records at AFL Tables