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.

Statistics current to the end of round 8, 2025.

#	Coach	G	W	L	D	Win%	FG	FW	FL	FD	F Win%	GF	P	Years
1	Charlie Ricketts	41	30	11	0	73.17	5	2	3	0	40.00	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	3	2	1	0	66.67	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	5	2	3	0	40.00	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	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	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	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	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	1	0	1	0	0.00	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	1	0	1	0	0.00	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	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	1989–1991
40	Gary Buckenara	25	3	21	1	12.00						0	0	1992–1993
41	Brett Scott†	2	0	2	0	0.00						0	0	1993
42	Ron Barassi	59	13	46	0	22.03						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	8	3	5	0	37.50						0	0	2025–
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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

See also

• Sports portal
• Australia portal