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 41 head coaches lead the club.
SAFA/SAFL/SANFL Foundation eraNo.CoachCoachedWonLostDrewWin %Years1John Wald302100.0018702Fred Stone18713George Middleton18724H. Sparnon18735John Rann18746Robert Sandilands18757William Fletcher1876 South Australian Football Association eraNo.CoachCoachedWonLostDrewWin %YearsWilliam Fletcher35198854.291877-18798J.A. Atkins1133527.2718809J.H. Sandilands1326515.38188110Charles Kellett1477050.00188211Richard Turpenny442415554.551883-188512Jack McGargill3662361161464.481886-1908 South Australian Football League eraNo.CoachCoachedWonLostDrewWin %YearsJack McGargillSee Above1886-190813Archibald Hosie (1)30237076.671909-191014Mick Donaghy191115Jack Woollard191116Sampson Hosking (1)14122085.71191217Jack Londrigan28262092.861913-191418Alexander McFarlane1494164.291915 Play suspended due to WWI19Frank Hansen261411153.851919-1920Sampson Hosking (2)17134076.47192120Samuel Howie1477050.00192221Clement Dayman1459035.711923Archibald Hosie (2)301911063.331924-192522Maurice Allingham15105066.671926 South Australian National Football League eraNo.CoachCoachedWonLostDrewWin %YearsSampson Hosking (3)966629168.751927-193123Sydney Ween18108055.56193224Len Ashby382413163.161934-1935Sampson Hosking (4)594316072.881936-193825Robert Quinn (1)1939-194026Allan Reval1940-1941 WWII Patriotic League (merger with )No.CoachCoachedWonLostDrewWin %YearsSampson Hosking (5)1942-1944 Competition returns to un-aligned teamsNo.CoachCoachedWonLostDrewWin %YearsRobert Quinn (2)584315074.141945-194727Lew Roberts17413023.53194828Jack McCarthy17710041.18194929Fos Williams (1)18014534180.561950-195830Geof Motley624814077.421959-1961Fos Williams (2)26718878170.411962-197331John Cahill (1)21615854473.151974-198232Russell Ebert1166452055.171983-1987John Cahill (2)20515352074.631988-199633Stephen Williams (caretaker)1284066.671996
AFL AFL eraNo.CoachCoachedWonLostDrewWin %Years John Cahill (3) 44 19 23 2 45.45 1997–1998 34 Mark Williams 273 150 121 2 55.31 1999–2010 35 Phil Walsh (caretaker) 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 297 174 123 0 58.59 2013–2025 39 Alan Richardson (caretaker) 1 0 1 0 00.00 2013 40 Nathan Bassett (caretaker) 1 0 1 0 00.00 2022 41 Josh Carr 4 2 2 0 50.00 2026–Current
AFL Women's Season(s) Coach Notes 2022 (S7)– Lauren Arnell
External links Official Website of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club Official Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Coaches Win–loss records at AFL Tables