# 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 | See Above | See Above | See Above | 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 |