List of Australia national rugby league team coaches

The following people have coached the Australia national rugby league team.

List of coaches[edit]


No.	Name	First Match in Tenure	Last Match in Tenure	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win%	Honours	Source
1	Albert Johnston	17 June 1946	20 July 1946	3	0	1	2	0.00		^[1]
2	Len Smith	29 May 1948	12 June 1948	2	1	0	1	50.00		^[2]
3	Col Maxwell	9 October 1948	29 January 1949	6	3	0	3	50.00		^[3]
4	Keith Froome	17 September 1949	8 October 1949	2	1	0	1	50.00		^[4]
5	Vic Hey	12 June 1950	21 July 1951	6	3	0	3	50.00		^[5]
6	Clive Churchill	9 June 1952	18 July 1953	12	4	0	8	33.33		^[6]
	Vic Hey	12 June 1954	23 July 1955	11	6	0	5	54.54		^[5]
7	Ken Kearney	9 June 1956	3 January 1957	9	7	0	2	77.78		^[7]
8	Dick Poole	15 June 1957	22 June 1957	3	3	0	0	100.00	1957 World Cup	^[8]
9	Norm Robinson	14 June 1958	19 July 1958	3	1	0	2	33.33		^[9]
	Clive Churchill	13 June 1959	16 July 1960	12	7	1	4	58.33		^[6]
10	Keith Barnes	24 September 1960	8 October 1960	3	2	0	1	66.67		^[10]
11	Brian Carlson	1 July 1961	8 July 1961	2	1	0	1	50.00		^[11]
12	Harry Bath	9 June 1962	14 July 1962	3	1	0	2	33.33		^[12]
	Clive Churchill	8 June 1963	27 July 1963	5	4	0	1	80.00		^[6]
13	Arthur Summons	16 October 1963	18 January 1964	6	4	0	2	66.67		^[13]
14	Reg Gasnier	13 June 1964	18 July 1964	3	3	0	0	100.00		^[14]
15	Ian Walsh	19 June 1965	23 July 1966	5	3	0	2	60.00		^[15]
	Reg Gasnier	10 June 1967	7 January 1968	9	5	1	3	55.56		^[14]
	Harry Bath	25 May 1968	7 June 1969	6	5	0	1	83.33	1968 World Cup	^[12]
	Arthur Summons	6 June 1970	4 July 1970	3	1	0	2	33.3		^[13]
	Harry Bath	21 October 1970	11 November 1972	11	6	1	4	54.54	1970 World Cup	^[12]
16	Graeme Langlands	3 November 1973	12 November 1975	17	13	1	3	76.47	1975 World Cup	^[16]
17	Terry Fearnley	29 May 1977	25 June 1977	4	4	0	0	100.00	1977 World Cup	^[17]
18	Frank Stanton	24 June 1978	18 December 1982	37	33	0	4	89.19		^[18]
19	Arthur Beetson	12 June 1983	9 July 1983	2	1	0	1	50.00		^[19]
	Frank Stanton	9 June 1984	7 July 1984	3	3	0	0	100.00		^[18]
	Terry Fearnley	18 June 1985	7 July 1985	3	2	0	1	66.67		^[17]
20	Don Furner	6 July 1986	9 October 1988	31	29	0	2	93.55	1985–1988 World Cup	^[20]
21	Bob Fulton	4 July 1989	24 April 1998	75	67	1	7	89.33	1989–1992 World Cup, 1995 World Cup	^[21]
22	Wayne Bennett	9 October 1998	16 October 1998	2	2	0	0	100.00		^[22]
23	Chris Anderson	23 April 1999	22 November 2003	27	24	0	3	88.89	2000 World Cup 1999 Tri-Nations	^[23]
	Wayne Bennett	23 April 2004	27 November 2005	15	11	1	3	73.33	2004 Tri-Nations	^[22]
24	Ricky Stuart	5 May 2006	23 November 2008	14	12	0	2	85.71	2006 Tri-Nations	^[24]
25	Tim Sheens	8 May 2009	3 May 2015	31	26	1	4	83.87	2013 World Cup 2009 Four Nations, 2011 Four Nations	^[25]
26	Mal Meninga	6 May 2016	Present	17	15	0	2	88.24	2017 World Cup 2016 Four Nations 2019 World Cup 9s 2021 World Cup	^[26]