List of South Melbourne Football Club/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.

No.	Coach	P	W	L	D	Years
1	Charlie Ricketts	41	30	11	0	1909–1912
2	Bill Thomas	39	26	12	1	1910–1911
3	Harvey Kelly	19	14	4	1	1913
4	Vic Belcher	53	31	21	1	1914–1917
5	Henry Elms	33	27	6	0	1918–1919
6	Herb Howson	33	27	6	0	1918–1919
7	Arthur Hiskins	16	7	9	0	1920
8	Artie Wood	16	5	10	1	1921
9	Roy Cazaly	52	12	38	2	1922–1938
10	Charlie Pannam	108	54	54	0	1923–1928
11	Jim Caldwell	4	1	3	0	1929
12	Fred Fleiter	14	6	8	0	1929
13	Paddy Scanlan	36	18	18	0	1930–1931
14	Johnny Leonard	19	13	6	0	1932
15	Jack Bisset	80	63	17	0	1933–1936
16	Brighton Diggins	2	2	0	0	1935
17	Herbie Matthews	90	27	62	1	1939–1957
18	Jack Baggott	18	7	11	0	1940
19	Joe Kelly	68	35	33	0	1941–1944
20	Bill Adams	70	39	30	1	1945–1948
21	Jack Hale	28	9	19	0	1948–1949
22	Gordon Lane	55	24	29	2	1950–1952
23	Laurie Nash	18	9	9	0	1953
24	Ron Clegg	36	15	21	0	1958–59
25	Bill Faul	36	12	24	0	1960–1961
26	Noel McMahen	54	9	45	0	1962–1964
27	Bob Skilton	35	16	19	0	1965–1966
28	Tommy Lahiff	1	0	1	0	1965
29	Alan Miller	38	11	25	2	1967–1968
30	Norm Smith	87	26	61	0	1969–1972
31	Graeme John	66	15	50	1	1973–1975
32	Ian Stewart	111	49	61	1	1976–77 / 1979–1981
33	Des Tuddenham	22	9	13	0	1978
34	Ricky Quade	57	25	32	0	1982–1984
35	Tony Franklin	1	0	1	0	1984
36	Bob Hammond	8	3	5	0	1984
37	John Northey	22	6	16	0	1985
38	Tom Hafey	70	43	27	0	1986–1988
39	Col Kinnear	66	23	42	1	1989–1991
40	Gary Buckenara	25	3	21	1	1992–1993
41	Ron Barassi	59	13	46	0	1993–1995
42	Brett Scott	2	0	2	0	1993
43	Rodney Eade	152	81	69	2	1996–2002
44	Paul Roos	202	116	84	2	2002–2010
45	John Longmire	237	149	86	2	2011–present
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Key:

P = Played

W = Won

L = Lost

D = Drew

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