World Rugby Coach of the Year

World Rugby Coach of the Year
World Rugby Coach of the Year
Date	2001; 23 years ago
Presented by	World Rugby
Formerly called	IRB International Coach of the Year
First awarded	2001
2023 winner	Andy Farrell; (Ireland men's)
Most awards	Graham Henry (5 times)
Website	world.rugby/awards

The World Rugby Coach of the Year is awarded by World Rugby in the autumn each year. From 2004 to 2007, the award was called the IRB International Coach of the Year.

List of winners

Year	Coach	Team	Other nominees	Ref
2001	Rod Macqueen	Australia
2002	Bernard Laporte	France
2003	Clive Woodward	England
2004	Jake White	South Africa	Bernard Laporte Tomaz Morais Gordon Tietjens
2005	Graham Henry	New Zealand	Mike Ruddock
2006	Graham Henry	New Zealand
2007	Jake White	South Africa
2008	Graham Henry	New Zealand
2009	Declan Kidney	Ireland
2010	Graham Henry	New Zealand
2011	Graham Henry	New Zealand
2012	Steve Hansen	New Zealand
2013	Steve Hansen	New Zealand
2014	Steve Hansen	New Zealand
2015	Michael Cheika	Australia	Steve Hansen Daniel Hourcade Eddie Jones
2016	Steve Hansen	New Zealand	Eddie Jones Ben Ryan
2017	Eddie Jones	England	Warren Gatland Steve Hansen
2018	Joe Schmidt	Ireland	Rassie Erasmus Steve Hansen
2019	Rassie Erasmus	South Africa	Warren Gatland Steve Hansen Eddie Jones Jamie Joseph
2020	Not held
2021	Simon Middleton	England women	Allan Bunting Ian Foster Dave Rennie Cory Sweeney
2022	Wayne Smith	New Zealand women	Andy Farrell Fabien Galthié Simon Middleton
2023	Andy Farrell	Ireland	Ian Foster Jacques Nienaber Simon Raiwalui	^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
2024	TBD

Statistics

Awards by coach
Coach	Awards		Nominations
Graham Henry	5	2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Steve Hansen	4	2012, 2013, 2014, 2016	4	2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Jake White	2	2004, 2007
Eddie Jones	1	2017	3	2015, 2016, 2019
Andy Farrell	1	2023	1	2022
Simon Middleton	1	2021	1	2022
Rassie Erasmus	1	2019	1	2018
Bernard Laporte	1	2002	1	2004
Wayne Smith	1	2022
Joe Schmidt	1	2018
Michael Cheika	1	2015
Declan Kidney	1	2009
Clive Woodward	1	2003
Rod Macqueen	1	2001

References

^ Gorman, David (2023-10-29). "Ireland's Andy Farrell named World Rugby Coach of the Year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
^ "Farrell Named Coach Of The Year As Five Irish Players Make Dream Team". Irish Rugby. 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
^ "Nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2023". www.world.rugby. 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
^ Raqio, Mosese (2023-10-27). "Raiwalui has been nominated as one of the World Rugby Coach of the Year". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

External links

Official website

[1] Gorman, David (2023-10-29). "Ireland's Andy Farrell named World Rugby Coach of the Year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

[2] "Farrell Named Coach Of The Year As Five Irish Players Make Dream Team". Irish Rugby. 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

[3] "Nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2023". www.world.rugby. 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

[4] Raqio, Mosese (2023-10-27). "Raiwalui has been nominated as one of the World Rugby Coach of the Year". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

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