There have been 34 coaches of the South Sydney Rabbitohs since their first season in 1908.

List of coaches No. Name Seasons Games Wins Losses Draws Winning Percentage Premiers Runners-up Minor premiers Wooden spoons 1 Arthur Hennessy 1908, 1918, 1946 39 22 17 0 56.4% 1908 1916 1908 1946 2 John Rosewell 1913 14 9 5 0 64.3% — — — — 3 Owen McCarthy 1924 9 6 2 1 66.7% — — — — 4 Howard Hallett 1925−1926 31 29 2 0 93.5% 1925, 1926 — 1925, 1926 — 5 Alf Blair 1927, 1944 34 24 9 1 70.6% 1927 — 1927 — 6 Charlie Lynch 1928−1934, 1937−1940 165 107 52 6 64.8% 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932 1939 1928, 1929, 1932 — 7 Dave Watson 1935−1936, 1947−1949 87 46 39 2 52.9% — 1935, 1949 1949 — 8 Jim Tait 1941−1943 42 19 22 1 45.2% — — — — 9 Eric Lewis 1945 14 1 13 0 7.1% — — — 1945 10 Jack Rayner 1950−1957 162 144 44 4 70.4% 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955 1952 1950, 1951, 1953 — 11 Clive Churchill 1958, 1967−1975 226 143 80 3 63.3% 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971 1969 1968, 1969, 1970 — 12 Denis Donoghue 1959−1963 90 30 58 2 33.3% — — — 1962 13 Bernie Purcell 1964−1966 57 33 24 0 57.9% — 1965 — — 14 Bob McCarthy 1975, 1994 8 1 7 0 12.5% — — — 1975 15 Johnny King 1976 22 8 14 0 36.4% — — — — 16 John O'Neill 1977 22 3 19 0 13.6% — — — — 17 Jack Gibson 1978−1979 45 21 23 1 46.7% — — — — 18 Bill Anderson 1980−1982 73 35 35 3 47.9% — — — — 19 Ron Willey 1983−1985 80 38 41 1 47.5% — — — — 20 George Piggins 1986−1990 124 63 55 6 50.8% — — 1989 1990 21 Frank Curry 1991−1993 66 20 46 0 30.3% — — — — 22 Ken Shine 1994−1997 85 22 59 4 25.9% — — — — 23 Steve Martin 1998 18 3 15 0 16.7% — — — — 24 Craig Coleman 1998−1999, 2002 54 17 37 0 31.5% — — — — 25 Paul Langmack 2003−2004 35 5 29 1 14.3% — — — 2003 26 Arthur Kitinas 2004 13 3 9 1 23.1% — — — 2004 27 Shaun McRae 2005−2006 48 12 35 1 25% — — — 2006 28 Jason Taylor 2007−2009 73 31 41 1 42.5% — — — — 29 John Lang 2010−2011 48 22 26 0 45.8% — — — — 30 Michael Maguire 2012−2017 157 88 69 0 56.1% 2014 — — — 31 Anthony Seibold 2018 27 17 10 0 63% — — — — 32 Wayne Bennett 2019−2021 2025−present 99 60 39 0 60.6% — 2021 — — 33 Jason Demetriou 2020, 2022−2024 60 31 29 0 51.7% — — — — 34 Ben Hornby 2024 17 6 11 0 35% — — — —

See also

List of current NRL coaches List of current NRL Women's coaches

References