List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coaches

There have been 38 head coaches of the Bulldogs club since their introduction into top-grade rugby league competition in 1935. Of these, most were full-time coaches, but six of them filled a captain-coach role while playing for the team.

List of coaches

Updated as of the end of the 2025 NRL season

Key to list
Member of National Rugby League Hall of Fame
† Player coach
First Grade coaches
No. Coach Career Games Wins Losses Draws Win %
1 Tedda Courtney 1935 16 2 14 0 12.5%
2 Frank Burge 1936 15 9 4 2 60.0%
3 George Mason 1937 8 4 4 0 50.0%
4 Jimmy Craig 1938 16 13 1 2 81.3%
5 Jerry Brien 1939, 1942 32 22 10 0 68.8%
6 Alan Brady 1940† 16 9 7 0 56.3%
7 Ron Bailey 1941†, 1944† 22 11 11 0 50.0%
8 Roy Kirkaldy 1943† 14 3 11 0 21.4%
9 Cec Fifield 1944 9 3 5 1 33.3%
10 Bill Kelly 1945 14 4 9 1 28.6%
11 Ross McKinnon 1946–1947 37 23 12 2 62.2%
12 Arthur Halloway 1948 18 7 9 2 38.9%
13 Henry Porter 1949 18 6 10 2 33.3%
14 Alby Why 1950, 1951–1952 48 18 29 1 37.5%
15 Vic Bulgin 1951† 6 3 3 0 50.0%
16 Jack Hampstead 1953–1954 36 13 21 2 36.1%
17 Vic Hey 1955–1956 36 10 26 0 27.8%
18 Col Geelan 1957† 18 3 14 1 16.7%
19 Cec Cooper 1958–1959 36 9 25 2 25.0%
20 Eddie Burns 1960–1962, 1965 75 30 42 3 40.0%
21 Clive Churchill 1963–1964 36 7 27 2 19.4%
22 Roger Pearman 1966 18 8 10 0 44.4%
23 Kevin Ryan 1967–1970† 92 49 41 2 53.3%
24 Bob Hagan 1971–1972 44 23 21 0 52.3%
25 Malcolm Clift 1973–1977 118 62 49 7 52.5%
26 Ted Glossop 1978–1983 151 86 60 5 57.0%
27 Warren Ryan 1984–1987 106 70 33 3 66.0%
28 Phil Gould 1988–1989 47 29 16 2 61.7%
29 Chris Anderson 1990–1997 181 110 67 4 60.8%
30 Steve Folkes 1998–2008 289 172 130 7 59.5%
31 Kevin Moore 2009–2011 66 35 31 0 53.0%
32 Jim Dymock 2011 8 5 3 0 62.5%
33 Des Hasler 2012–2017 155 88 67 0 56.8%
34 Dean Pay 2018–2020 57 19 38 0 33.3%
35 Steve Georgallis 2020 11 2 9 0 18.2%
36 Trent Barrett 2021−2022 34 5 29 0 14.7%
37 Michael Potter 2022 14 5 9 0 35.7%
38 Cameron Ciraldo 2023−present 75 37 38 0 49.3%

Note: Includes World Club Challenge matches.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs coaches". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
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