World Rugby Coach of the Year explained

World Rugby Coach of the Year
Presenter:	World Rugby
Former Name:	IRB International Coach of the Year
Year:	2001
Holder Label:	2024 winner
Holder:	Jérôme Daret (France Men's Sevens)

The World Rugby Coach of the Year is awarded by World Rugby in the autumn each year. From 2004 to 2007, the award was called the IRB International Coach of the Year.

List of winners

scope=col	Year	scope=col	Coach	scope=col	Team	scope=col class=unsortable	Other nominees	scope=col class=unsortable	Ref
2001	Rod Macqueen
2002	Bernard Laporte
2003	Clive Woodward
2004	Jake White		Bernard Laporte Tomaz Morais Gordon Tietjens
2005	align=left	Graham Henry	align=left		align=left	Mike Ruddock
2006	align=left	Graham Henry	align=left
2007	Jake White
2008	Graham Henry
2009	Declan Kidney
2010	align=left	Graham Henry	align=left
2011	align=left	Graham Henry	align=left
2012	align=left	Steve Hansen	align=left
2013	align=left	Steve Hansen	align=left
2014	align=left	Steve Hansen	align=left
2015	Michael Cheika		Steve Hansen Daniel Hourcade Eddie Jones
2016	Steve Hansen
2017			Warren Gatland Steve Hansen
2018	Joe Schmidt		Rassie Erasmus Steve Hansen
2019	Rassie Erasmus		Warren Gatland Steve Hansen Eddie Jones Jamie Joseph
2020	align=left colspan=4
2021	Simon Middleton		Allan Bunting Ian Foster Dave Rennie Cory Sweeney
2022	Wayne Smith		Andy Farrell Fabien Galthié Simon Middleton
2023	Andy Farrell		Ian Foster Jacques Nienaber Simon Raiwalui	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
2024	Jérôme Daret			^[5]

Statistics

Coach! colspan=2

Awards	Nominations
Graham Henry	align=center width="35"	5	2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Steve Hansen	align=center width="35"	4	2012, 2013, 2014, 2016	align=center width="35"	4	2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Jake White	align=center width="35"	2	2004, 2007
Eddie Jones	align=center width="35"	1	2017	align=center width="35"	3	2015, 2016, 2019
Andy Farrell	align=center width="35"	1	2023	align=center width="35"	1	2022
Simon Middleton	align=center width="35"	1	2021	align=center width="35"	1	2022
Rassie Erasmus	align=center width="35"	1	2019	align=center width="35"	1	2018
Bernard Laporte	align=center width="35"	1	2002	align=center width="35"	1	2004
Wayne Smith	align=center width="35"	1	2022
Joe Schmidt	align=center width="35"	1	2018
Michael Cheika	align=center width="35"	1	2015
Declan Kidney	align=center width="35"	1	2009
Clive Woodward	align=center width="35"	1	2003
Rod Macqueen	align=center width="35"	1	2001
Jérôme Daret	align=center width="35"	1	2024

Notes and References

1. News: Gorman . David . 2023-10-29 . Ireland's Andy Farrell named World Rugby Coach of the Year . 2024-10-29 . The Irish Times . en.
2. Web site: 2023-10-29 . Farrell Named Coach Of The Year As Five Irish Players Make Dream Team . 2024-10-29 . Irish Rugby . en-US.
3. Web site: 2023-10-28 . Nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2023 . 2024-10-29 . www.world.rugby.
4. Web site: Raqio . Mosese . 2023-10-27 . Raiwalui has been nominated as one of the World Rugby Coach of the Year . 2024-10-29 . www.fijivillage.com . en.
5. News: 2024-11-24 . Ellie Kildunne, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Maddison Levi and Antoine Dupont named World Rugby Players of the Year . 2024-11-25 . World Rugby . en.