World Rugby Coach of the Year

World Rugby Coach of the Year
Date2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Presented byWorld Rugby
Formerly calledIRB International Coach of the Year
First awarded2001
2024 winnerJérôme Daret
(France Men's Sevens)
Most awardsGraham Henry (5 times)
Websiteworld.rugby/awards

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

Year Coach Team Other nominees Ref
2001 Rod Macqueen  Australia
2002 Bernard Laporte  France
2003 Clive Woodward  England
2004 Jake White  South Africa Bernard Laporte
Tomaz Morais
Gordon Tietjens
2005 Graham Henry  New Zealand Mike Ruddock
2006 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2007 Jake White  South Africa
2008 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2009 Declan Kidney  Ireland
2010 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2011 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2012 Steve Hansen  New Zealand
2013 Steve Hansen  New Zealand
2014 Steve Hansen  New Zealand
2015 Michael Cheika  Australia Steve Hansen
Daniel Hourcade
Eddie Jones
2016 Steve Hansen  New Zealand Eddie Jones
Ben Ryan
2017 Eddie Jones  England Warren Gatland
Steve Hansen
2018 Joe Schmidt  Ireland Rassie Erasmus
Steve Hansen
2019 Rassie Erasmus  South Africa Warren Gatland
Steve Hansen
Eddie Jones
Jamie Joseph
2020 Not held
2021 Simon Middleton  England women Allan Bunting
Ian Foster
Dave Rennie
Cory Sweeney
2022 Wayne Smith  New Zealand women Andy Farrell
Fabien Galthié
Simon Middleton
2023 Andy Farrell  Ireland Ian Foster
Jacques Nienaber
Simon Raiwalui 		[1][2][3][4]
2024 Jérôme Daret  France [5]

Statistics

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

References

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