List of Port Adelaide Football Club coaches

The following is a list of the head coaches of the Port Adelaide Football Club, an Australian rules football club who have coached the club in the SAFA, SAFL, Wartime Leagues, SANFL and the AFL (1997–present). Since 1870 Port Adelaide has had 39 head coaches lead the club.

Port Adelaide Football Club coaches
Foundation era
No. Coach Coached Won Lost Drew Win % Years
1 John Wald 3 0 2 1 00.00 1870
2 Fred Stone 1871
3 George Middleton 1872
4 H. Sparnon 1873
5 John Rann 1874
6 Robert Sandilands 1875
7 William Fletcher 1876
South Australian Football Association era
No. Coach Coached Won Lost Drew Win % Years
William Fletcher 35 19 8 8 54.29 1877-1879
8 J.A. Atkins 11 3 3 5 27.27 1880
9 J.H. Sandilands 13 2 6 5 15.38 1881
10 Charles Kellett 14 7 7 0 50.00 1882
11 Richard Turpenny 44 24 15 5 54.55 1883-1885
12 Jack McGargill 366 236 116 14 64.48 1886-1908
South Australian Football League era
No. Coach Coached Won Lost Drew Win % Years
Jack McGargill See Above 1886-1908
13 Archibald Hosie (1) 30 23 7 0 76.67 1909-1910
14 Mick Donaghy 1911
15 Jack Woollard 1911
16 Sampson Hosking (1) 14 12 2 0 85.71 1912
17 Jack Londrigan 28 26 2 0 92.86 1913-1914
18 Alexander McFarlane 14 9 4 1 64.29 1915
Play suspended due to WWI
19 Frank Hansen 26 14 11 1 53.85 1919-1920
Sampson Hosking (2) 17 13 4 0 76.47 1921
20 Samuel Howie 14 7 7 0 50.00 1922
21 Clement Dayman 14 5 9 0 35.71 1923
Archibald Hosie (2) 30 19 11 0 63.33 1924-1925
22 Maurice Allingham 15 10 5 0 66.67 1926
South Australian National Football League era
No. Coach Coached Won Lost Drew Win % Years
Sampson Hosking (3) 96 66 29 1 68.75 1927-1931
23 Sydney Ween 18 10 8 0 55.56 1932
24 Len Ashby 38 24 13 1 63.16 1934-1935
Sampson Hosking (4) 59 43 16 0 72.88 1936-1938
25 Robert Quinn (1) 1939-1940
26 Allan Reval 1940-1941
WWII Patriotic League (merger with West Torrens)
No. Coach Coached Won Lost Drew Win % Years
Sampson Hosking (5) 1942-1944
Competition returns to un-aligned teams
No. Coach Coached Won Lost Drew Win % Years
Robert Quinn (2) 58 43 15 0 74.14 1945-1947
27 Lew Roberts 17 4 13 0 23.53 1948
28 Jack McCarthy 17 7 10 0 41.18 1949
29 Fos Williams (1) 180 145 34 1 80.56 1950-1958
30 Geof Motley 62 48 14 0 77.42 1959-1961
Fos Williams (2) 267 188 78 1 70.41 1962-1973
31 John Cahill (1) 216 158 54 4 73.15 1974-1982
32 Russell Ebert 116 64 52 0 55.17 1983-1987
John Cahill (2) 205 153 52 0 74.63 1988-1996
33 Stephen Williams (caretaker) 12 8 4 0 66.67 1996
AFL era
No. Coach Coached Won Lost Drew Win % Years
John Cahill (3) 44 19 23 2 45.45 1997–1998
34 Mark Williams 274 151 121 2 55.47 1999–2010
35 Phil Walsh 1 1 0 0 100 2001
36 Matthew Primus 47 13 34 0 27.66 2010–2012
37 Garry Hocking (caretaker) 4 0 3 1 00.00 2012
38 Ken Hinkley 230 135 95 0 58.70% 2013–present
39 Alan Richardson (caretaker) 1 0 1 0 00.00 2013
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