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.
| Order | Coach | Seasons | Games | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1911 | Captain-coach, former captain of [2] | ||
| 2 | 1912 | Previously captain in 1909[3] | ||
| 3 | 1913-20 | 1916 & 1917 premiership coach, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member | ||
| 4 | 1921, 27 | |||
| 5 | 1922 | |||
| 6 | 1923 | |||
| 7 | 1924 | Part year | ||
| 8 | 1924 | Part year, previously played for | ||
| 9 | 1925 | Part year | ||
| 10 | 1925 | Part year,[4] numerous spellings of his surname exist | ||
| 11 | 1926, 28 | [5] | ||
| 12 | 1929, 33 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 1930-31 | 19 | [6] | |
| 14 | 1932 | Doig died from injuries sustained during the 1932 first semi-final, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member | ||
| 15 | 1934-35 | [7] | ||
| 16 | 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 | 1938-39 | |||
| 18 | 1940 | |||
| 19 | 1941 | |||
| 20 | 1942 | Underage competition | ||
| 21 | 1943 | 17 | Underage competition | |
| 22 | [11] | 1944 | 19 | Underage competition, listed as A Davies in SFFC yearbook, winless season[12] |
| 23 | 1945-46 | 30 | Capt-coach in 1945, non playing in 1946, resigned mid-year, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member[13] | |
| 24 | 1946 | 13 | Appointed mid-year following Lewington's resignation[14] | |
| 25 | 1947-49 | 62 | 1947, 1948 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 26 | 1950-58 | 201 | 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 premiership coach, South Fremantle and West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 27 | 1959, 66-68, 95-98 | 172 | 1997 premiership coach, South Fremantle, West Australian and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 28 | 1960-63 | 86 | ||
| 29 | 1964-65 | 42 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 30 | 1969-71 | 65 | 1970 premiership coach, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 31 | 1972-73 | 42 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 32 | 1974-76 | 70 | ||
| 33 | 1977 | 23 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 34 | 1978-84, 92 | 189 | 1980 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
| 35 | 1985-86 | 42 | ||
| 36 | 1987-90 | 89 | ||
| 37 | 1991 | 21 | ||
| 38 | 1993-94 | 43 | ||
| 39 | 1999 | 22 | ||
| 40 | 2000-01 | 39 | ||
| 41 | 2002-03 | 38 | ||
| 42 | 2004-11 | 151 | 2005, 2009 premiership coach | |
| 43 | 2012-14 | 60 | ||
| 44 | 2015- | Appointed in October 2014[15] | ||
| source: South Fremantle Football Club 2013 Yearbook, page 51; Games coached |