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.
Statistics current to the end of round 11, 2024.
#
Coach
G
W
L
D
Win%
FG
FW
FL
FD
F Win%
GF
P
Years
1
Charlie Ricketts
41
30
11
0
73.17
2
1
1909–1912
2
Bill Thomas
39
26
12
1
66.67
0
0
1910–1911
3
Harvey Kelly
19
14
4
1
73.68
0
0
1913
4
Vic Belcher
53
31
21
1
58.49
1
0
1914–1917
5
Henry Elms
33
27
6
0
81.82
1
1
1918–1919
6
Herb Howson
33
27
6
0
81.82
1
1
1918–1919
7
Arthur Hiskins
16
7
9
0
43.75
0
0
1920
8
Artie Wood
16
5
10
1
31.25
0
0
1921
9
Roy Cazaly
52
12
38
2
23.08
0
0
1922–1938
10
Charlie Pannam
108
54
54
0
50.00
0
0
1923–1928
11
Jim Caldwell
4
1
3
0
25.00
0
0
1929
12
Fred Fleiter
14
6
8
0
42.86
0
0
1929
13
Paddy Scanlan
36
18
18
0
50.00
0
0
1930–1931
14
Johnny Leonard
19
13
6
0
68.42
0
0
1932
15
Jack Bisset
80
63
17
0
78.75
4
1
1933–1936
16
Brighton Diggins†
2
2
0
0
100.00
0
0
1935
17
Herbie Matthews
90
27
62
1
30.00
0
0
1939–1957
18
Jack Baggott
18
7
11
0
38.89
0
0
1940
19
Joe Kelly
68
35
33
0
51.47
0
0
1941–1944
20
Bill Adams
70
39
30
1
55.71
1
0
1945–1948
21
Jack Hale
28
9
19
0
32.14
0
0
1948–1949
22
Gordon Lane
55
24
29
2
43.64
0
0
1950–1952
23
Laurie Nash
18
9
9
0
50.00
0
0
1953
24
Ron Clegg
36
15
21
0
41.67
0
0
1958–59
25
Bill Faul
36
12
24
0
33.33
0
0
1960–1961
26
Noel McMahen
54
9
45
0
16.67
0
0
1962–1964
27
Bob Skilton
35
16
19
0
45.71
0
0
1965–1966
28
Tommy Lahiff†
1
0
1
0
0.00
0
0
1965
29
Alan Miller
38
11
25
2
28.95
0
0
1967–1968
30
Norm Smith
87
26
61
0
29.89
0
0
1969–1972
31
Graeme John
66
15
50
1
22.73
0
0
1973–1975
32
Ian Stewart
111
49
61
1
44.14
0
0
1976–77 / 1979–1981
33
Des Tuddenham
22
9
13
0
40.91
0
0
1978
34
Ricky Quade
57
25
32
0
43.86
0
0
1982–1984
35
Tony Franklin†
1
0
1
0
0.00
0
0
1984
36
Bob Hammond
8
3
5
0
37.50
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
00.00
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
Ron Barassi
59
13
46
0
22.03
0
0
0
0
0
0
1993–1995
42
Brett Scott†
2
0
2
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
1993
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
318
199
116
3
62.58
25
12
13
0
48.00
4
1
2011–present
source
Key:
#
Number of coaches
G
Total games coached
FG
Finals games coached
W
Total wins
FW
Finals wins
L
Total losses
FL
Finals losses
D
Total draws
FD
Finals draws
Win%
Overall winning percentage
F Win%
Finals winning percentage
GF
Grand Final appearances: number of AFL Grand Final appearances achieved by the coach
P
Premierships: number of premierships achieved by the coach
†
Caretaker coach
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