Wayne Bennett (rugby league)
 Wayne James Bennett AM (born 1 January 1950) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player who is the current head coach for the Newcastle Knights of the NRL. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative winger or fullback of the 1970s he also worked as a Queensland Police officer before becoming a Brisbane Rugby League premiership-winning coach and in the 1980s earned selection as Queensland's State of Origin coach.