List of Salford Red Devils coaches

This list of Salford Red Devils coaches details the records and achievements of coaches at the club.

Salford Red Devils Rugby League Football Club currently play in the Super League, a rugby league football competition. Known as Salford Rugby League until 1996 when they became Salford Reds and from 1999 to 2013 they were known as Salford City Reds. The current name change took place at the end of the 2013 and was inspired by a nickname the club had in the 1930s when they toured France.

Coaches

This list shows the coaches who have been in charge at Salford since the 1920s, exact dates are listed where possible.

Win percentage is rounded to one decimal place. The names of any caretaker coaches are supplied where known, and these periods are highlighted in italics.

Key

M: Matches played W: Matches won D: Matches drawn L: Matches lost

Name From To M W D L Win% Honours and achievements Notes
James Lomas 1920 1928
Lance Todd 1928 1940 525 364 32 128 69 Lancashire Cup 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37
Lancashire League 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1938–39
Championship Champions 1932–33, 1936–37, 1938–39
Challenge Cup 1937–38 		Most Successful Salford Coach
Gus Risman 1954 1958
George Parsons 1960 1963 117 36 4 77 31
Ted Cahill 1963 1964 36 9 0 27 25
Griff Jenkins 1964 1970
Cliff Evans 1970 December 1973
Les Bettinson December 1973 March 1977 Lancashire Cup 1972–73
Championship Champions 73–74
1975–76
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1974–75
Colin Dixon March 1977 January 1978 31 19 0 12 61
Stan McCormick February 1978 March 1978
Alex Murphy May 1978 November 1980 93 44 5 44 47
Kevin Ashcroft November 1980 March 1982 48 24 1 23 50
Alan McInnes March 1982 May 1982
Malcolm Aspey May 1982 October 1983 47 29 0 18 62
Mike Coulman October 1983 May 1984 26 5 0 21 19
Kevin Ashcroft May 1984 October 1989 175 85 3 87 49
Kevin Tamati October 1989 July 1993 Second Division Champions 1990–91
Garry Jack July 1993 March 1995 61 29 2 30 48
Andy Gregory March 1995 May 1999 Second Division Champions 1995–96
& First Division Champions 1996 		Coach during name change to Salford Reds
John Harvey June 1999 22 July 2001 58 16 1 41 28 Coach during name change to Salford City Reds
Steve McCormack 22 July 2001 22 May 2002 20 3 0 17 15
Karl Harrison June 2002 22 May 2007 NL One Champions 2003,
Northern Rail Cup 2003
Steve Simms 23 May 2007 10 June 2007
Shaun McRae 11 June 2007 29 April 2011 18 3 0 15 17 NL One Champions 2008,
Northern Rail Cup 2008
Phil Veivers 29 April 2011 July 2011
Matt Parish July 2011 17 November 2011 6 1 0 5 17 Coached last Salford match at The Willows
Phil Veivers 23 November 2011 3 March 2013 50 17 1 32 34 Coached first match at AJ Bell Stadium
Alan Hunte March 2013 12 April 2013 8 2 1 5 25
Brian Noble 13 April 2013 4 April 2014 23 7 0 16 30 Coach during name change to Salford Red Devils
Iestyn Harris 4 April 2014 September 2015[1] 21 8 1 12 38
Ian Watson September 2015 19 November 2020 164 80 0 84 49 2019 Super League Grand Final defeat to St Helens
2020 Challenge Cup Final defeat to Leeds Rhinos
Richard Marshall 19 November 2020 22 September 2021 22 7 0 15 32
Paul Rowley 22 September 2021 Incumbent 57 29 0 28 51

References

  1. ^ "Salford announce exit of head coach Iestyn Harris by mutual agreement". The Guardian. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

Salford Coaching Register
Coach Harvey calls it quits
McCormack pays price at Salford
Salford Sack Coach Harrison
Parish quits Reds role
Phil Veivers: Salford sack head coach