List of Widnes Vikings coaches
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This is a list of Widnes Vikings coaches since the 1964 season to present.
| Name | Nationality | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W% | ||||
| Thomas Shannon |  England | 1949 | 195? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joe Egan | England | 1964 | 1964 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vince Karalius | England | Jan 1972 | May 1975 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Myler | England | May 1975 | May 1978 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Doug Laughton | England | May 1978 | May 1983 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Colin Tyrer | England | Mar 1983 | May 1983 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Harry Dawson | England | May 1983 | Mar 1984 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vince Karalius | England | Mar 1984 | May 1984 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eric Hughes | England | Jun 1984 | Jan 1986 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Doug Laughton | England | Jan 1986 | May 1991 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Myler | England | Jun 1991 | May 1992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phil Larder | England | May 1992 | May 1994 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tony Myler | England | May 1994 | Aug 1995 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Doug Laughton | England | Aug 1995 | May 1997 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Graeme West |  New Zealand | May 1997 | Aug 1998 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Colin Whitfield | England | Aug 1998 | Mar 2000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Hulme | England | Mar 2000 | Mar 2001 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Kelly | England | Mar 2001 | Jul 2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuart Spruce (caretaker) | England | Jul 2004 | Oct 2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Endacott | New Zealand | Oct 2004 | Oct 2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve McCormack |  Scotland | Oct 2005 | Feb 2009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Stankevitch (caretaker) | England | Feb 2009 | Mar 2009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Cullen | England | Mar 2009 | Nov 2010 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 649 | 438 | .55 |
| Denis Betts | England | Nov 2010 | May 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Francis Cummins (interim) | England  Ireland | May 2018 | Oct 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kieron Purtill | England | Nov 2018 | Oct 2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tim Sheens |  Australia | Oct 2019 | Oct 2020 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simon Finnigan | Ireland | Nov 2020 | Apr 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ryan O'Brien (Interim) | England | Apr 2022 | Jun 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Kear | England | Jul 2022 | Jun 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Belshaw (Interim) | England | June 2023 | Sep 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Allan Coleman | England | Oct 2023 | Present | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source: rugby.widnes.tv.[1]
Win Percentage is worked out as number of wins, divided by total number of games.
Table currently only lists records from league games.
History
[edit]On 16 February 2009 Widnes declared that they had parted company with coach Steve McCormack, through 'mutual consent'.[2] The news came 3 days after Widnes were controversially beaten 22-20 at home to Co-Operative Championship 1 side Oldham in the Northern Rail Cup Stage. Vikings' chairman Steve O'Connor was quick to announce that the decision wasn't made on the back of the Oldham defeat alone.[3] John Stankevitch was appointed as caretaker coach after McCormacks exit from the club.[4]
Paul Cullen was appointed as Head Coach on 8 March 2009,[5] Cullen first aided John Stankevitch in his final game as caretaker coach, beating French side Toulouse Olympique 70-0[6] in the first game of the 2009 Co-operative Championship.
Cullen had a successful first season with the Vikings, finishing in 4th position in the 2009 Co-operative Championship and winning the 2009 Northern Rail Cup.
References
[edit]- ^ "Coaching Register - Since 1972". rugby.widnes.tv. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "McCormack leaves Widnes Vikings". BBC. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ "End of the road for Widnes boss". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Vikings in no rush to act". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Paul Cullen appointed head coach by Widnes Vikings". Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ "Vikings thrash Toulouse". Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2009.