List of Newcastle Knights coaches

There have been 13 coaches of the Newcastle Knights since their first season in 1988.

List of coaches

No.	Name	Seasons	Games	Wins	Losses	Draws	Winning Percentage	Premiers	Wooden spoons
1	Allan McMahon	1988−1991	81	33	42	6	40.7%	—N/a	—N/a
2	David Waite	1991−1994	76	34	40	2	44.7%	—N/a	—N/a
3	Mal Reilly	1995−1998	98	62	33	2	63.3%	1997	—N/a
4	Warren Ryan	1999−2000	53	30	21	2	56.6%	—N/a	—N/a
5	Michael Hagan	2001−2006	155	83	71	1	53.5%	2001	2005
6	Brian Smith	2007−2009	68	31	37	0	45.6%	—N/a	—N/a
7	Rick Stone	2009−2011, 2015	72	31	41	0	43.1%	—N/a	—N/a
8	Wayne Bennett	2012−2014	75	34	40	1	45.3%	—N/a	—N/a
9	Danny Buderus	2015	6	2	4	0	33.3%	—N/a	2015
10	Nathan Brown	2016−2019	94	24	69	1	25.5%	—N/a	2016, 2017
11	Kristian Woolf	2019	2	1	1	0	50.0%	—N/a	—N/a
12	Adam O'Brien	2020−2025	145	62	81	2	42.8%	—N/a	2025
13	Justin Holbrook	2026-Present	11	7	4	0	63.7%	—N/a	—N/a

See also

• List of current NRL coaches
• List of current NRL Women's coaches