List of South Fremantle Football Club coaches

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There have been 43 coaches in the 116-year history of the South Fremantle Football Club, a West Australian Football League (WAFL) club.

The current Todd Curley is the longest serving coach, entering his tenth season in 2024, winning the premiership in 2020.[1] Clive Lewington coached the club for nine seasons, winning the premiership four times. John Todd (one premiership), Mal Brown (one premiership), John Dimmer (two premierships) and Joe Coates (two premierships) each coached the team in eight seasons.

Coaches[edit]

Order Coach Seasons Games Comments
1 Jack Leckie 1911 Captain-coach, former captain of Perth[2]
2 Bert Banks 1912 Previously captain in 1909[3]
3 Joe Coates 1913-20 1916 & 1917 premiership coach, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member
4 Tom Cain 1921, 27
5 Billy Craig 1922
6 Bill McGilvray 1923
7 Percy Youlden 1924 Part year
8 Tom Bell 1924 Part year, previously played for Essendon
9 Tom Sullivan 1925 Part year
10 Dolph Heinrichs 1925 Part year,[4] numerous spellings of his surname exist
11 Jerry Sunderland 1926, 28 [5]
12 Norm McIntosh 1929, 33 38
13 Paddy Hebbard 1930-31 19 [6]
14 Ron Doig 1932 Doig died from injuries sustained during the 1932 first semi-final, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member
15 Ron Edgar 1934-35 [7]
16 Jack Jones 1936-37 Ron Cooper was appointed as playing coach,[8] but returned to the Eastern States before the season started.[9] Also played for East Fremantle and first class cricket for WA.[10]
17 Bert Chandler 1938-39
18 Keith Shea 1940
19 John Bowe 1941
20 Roy Poole 1942 Underage competition
21 Don Smith 1943 17 Underage competition
22 Bill Davey[11] 1944 19 Underage competition, listed as A Davies in SFFC yearbook, winless season[12]
23 Neil Lewington 1945-46 30 Capt-coach in 1945, non playing in 1946, resigned mid-year, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member[13]
24 Jim Ditchburn 1946 13 Appointed mid-year following Lewington's resignation[14]
25 Ross Hutchinson 1947-49 62 1947, 1948 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
26 Clive Lewington 1950-58 201 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 premiership coach, South Fremantle and West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
27 John Todd 1959, 66-68, 95-98 172 1997 premiership coach, South Fremantle, West Australian and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
28 Marty McDonnell 1960-63 86
29 Ray Sorrell 1964-65 42 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
30 Hassa Mann 1969-71 65 1970 premiership coach, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
31 Mal Atwell 1972-73 42 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
32 Colin Beard 1974-76 70
33 Percy Johnson 1977 23 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
34 Mal Brown 1978-84, 92 189 1980 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
35 Don Haddow 1985-86 42
36 Stan Magro 1987-90 89
37 Steve Hargrave 1991 21
38 Mark Watson 1993-94 43
39 Tony Micale 1999 22
40 Peter Sumich 2000-01 39
41 John Northey 2002-03 38
42 John Dimmer 2004-11 151 2005, 2009 premiership coach
43 Paul Hasleby 2012-14 60
44 Todd Curley 2015- Appointed in October 2014[15]
source: South Fremantle Football Club 2013 Yearbook, page 51; Games coached

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Coach Curley re-signs, set to create history at South Freo". The West Australian. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ Errington, Steve (2013). Southerners Forever More. p. 31.
  3. ^ Errington, Steve (2013). Southerners Forever More. p. 33.
  4. ^ "Next Saturday's Games". Western Mail. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 4 June 1925. p. 26. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ^ "South Fremantle". Westralian Worker. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Football Coach: Hebbard for South. Surprise Selection". Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 25 March 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Football. Edgar to Coach South Fremantle". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  8. ^ "South Fremantle Keen. Ron Cooper Takes Charge". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 18 March 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  9. ^ "South Fremantle Coach. J Jones Appointed". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Football Coach Marries". The Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1936. p. 4 Edition: GOLDFIELDS EDITION. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Watersider As Football Coach". The Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Football: Record to East Perth". The West Australian. Vol. 60, no. 18, 156. Western Australia. 18 September 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 26 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Football. South Fremantle's Coach". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 5 February 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. ^ "League Football. A New Coach". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 14 June 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  15. ^ Hagdorn, Kim (20 August 2014). "Former Fremantle assistant Todd Curley set to take head coaching job at WAFL club South Fremantle". PerthNow.
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