# List of New Zealand national rugby league team head coaches

The following men have coached the New Zealand national rugby league team in international test competition.
In the early years no coaches were formally announced, instead a "Co-Manager" who was usually a former player was named and was responsible for the on field performances. Otherwise captains were in charge while squads were on tour.
The first man to help coach the New Zealand side was Northern Union official Jack Smith who helped the 1907-1908 New Zealand side learn the rules when they arrived in Great Britain.
Jim Rukutai is the youngest coach to coach the national side, while Stephen Kearney has won the most test matches as coach (23 as of 2015).

## List of coaches

| No. | Name | Province | Debut | Final Match | Won | Drew | Lost | Tours | World Cups |
| 1 | George A. Gillett | Auckland | 1912 | 1912 | | | | | |
| 2 | Jim Rukutai | Auckland | 1921 | 1921 | | | | Australia 1921 | |
| 3 | Charlie Pearce | Canterbury | 1925 | 1925 | | | | Australia 1925 | |
| 4 | Ernest Mair | Queensland | 1926 | 1927 | | | | Britain 1926-7 | |
| 5 | Thomas McClymont | Auckland | 1928 | 1928 | | | | Britain 1928 | |
| 6 | Arthur Hennessy | Sydney | 1930 | 1930 | | | | Australia 1930 | |
| 7 | Bill Kelly | Sydney | 1932 | 1932 | | | | | |
| | Thomas McClymont | Auckland | 1938 | 1952 | | | | Australia 1938, Britain/France 1947-8, Britain/France 1951-2 | |
| 8 | Jim Amos | Canterbury | 1952 | 1954 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Australia 1952 | 1954 |
| 9 | Harold Tetley | Auckland | 1955 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Britain/France 1955-6 | |
| 10 | Bill Telford | | 1956 | 1957 | 8 | 3 | 17 | Australia 1956 | 1957 |
| 11 | Travers Hardwick | Auckland | 1959 | 1960 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Australia 1959 | 1960 |
| 12 | Des White | Auckland | 1961 | 1961 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | |
| | Bill Telford | | 1961 | 1963 | | | | Britain/France 1961, Australia 1963 | |
| 13 | Maurie Robertson | Auckland | 1964 | 1965 | 4 | 0 | 1 | | |
| | Bill Telford | | 1965 | 1965 | | | | Britain/France 1965 | |
| 14 | Lory Blanchard | Canterbury | 1966 | 1967 | 6 | 1 | 11 | Australia 1967 | |
| 15 | Des Barchard | Auckland | 1968 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 6 | | 1968, 1972 |
| | Lory Blanchard | Canterbury | 1969 | 1969 | | | | | |
| 16 | Morrie Church | Wellington | 1970 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | |
| | Lory Blanchard | Canterbury | 1970 | 1972 | | | | Britain/France 1971, Australia 1972 | 1970 |
| | Des Barchard | Auckland | 1972 | 1972 | | | | | 1972 |
| 17 | George Menzies | West Coast | 1974 | 1975 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | 1975 |
| 18 | Ron Ackland | Auckland | 1977 | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Australia/PNG 1978 | 1977 |
| 19 | Ces Mountford | Auckland | 1979 | 1982 | 6 | 1 | 8 | Britain/France 1980, Australia/PNG 1982 | |
| 20 | Graham Lowe | Auckland | 1983 | 1986 | 10 | 1 | 8 | Britain/France 1985 | |
| 21 | Tony Gordon | Bay of Plenty | 1987 | 1989 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Australia/PNG 1987, Britain/France 1989 | 1988 |
| 22 | Bob Bailey | Auckland | 1990 | 1991 | 6 | 0 | 5 | PNG 1990, Australia 1991 | |
| 23 | Howie Tamati | Wellington | 1992 | 1993 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Britain/France 1993 | |
| 24 | Frank Endacott | Canterbury | 1994 | 2000 | 22 | 2 | 11 | PNG 1994, Australia 1995, Britain 1998 | 1995, 2000 |
| 25 | Gary Freeman | Sydney | 2001 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Britain/France 2002 | |
| 26 | Daniel Anderson | Auckland | 2003 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Britain 2004 | |
| 27 | Brian McClennan | Auckland | 2005 | 2007 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Britain 2005 | |
| 28 | Gary Kemble | Auckland | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Britain 2007 | |
| 29 | Stephen Kearney | Wellington | 2008 | 2016 | 23 | 1 | 18 | Britain/France 2009, Britain 2011, Britain 2015 | 2008, 2013 |
| 30 | David Kidwell | Canterbury | 2016 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Britain 2016 | 2017 |
| 31 | Michael Maguire | Sydney | 2018 | 2023 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Britain 2018 |