| Coach | Era | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Winning % | Premierships | Runners-Up |
| Jim Francis | 1956 - 1959 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | Nil | Two - 1956 & 1958 |
| Ken Hands | 1960 - 1964 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | Nil | Nil |
| Ron Barassi | 1965 - 1971 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50 | Nil | One - 1965 |
| Ian Thorogood | 1977 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75 | Nil | One - 1977 |
| Ian Stewart | 1978 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | Nil | Nil |
| Serge Silvagni | 1978 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Nil | Nil |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 1979, 1990 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50 | Nil | Nil |
| Peter Jones | 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Nil | Nil |
| David Parkin | 1981 - 1985, 1991 - 2000 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 63.1 | Two - 1983 & 1997 | Two - 1981 & 1996 |
| Robert Walls | 1986 - 1989 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60 | Nil | One - 1986 |
| Wayne Brittain | 2001 - 2002 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50 | Nil | Nil |
| Denis Pagan | 2003 - 2007 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75 | Two - 2005 & 2007 | Nil |
| Brett Ratten | 2008 - 2012 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | Nil | Nil |
| Mick Malthouse | 2013 - 2015 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | Nil | One - 2013 |
| Robert Wiley | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Nil | Nil |
| Brendon Bolton* | 2016 -? | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Nil | Nil |
| Total | 126 | 67 | 59 | 53.2 | 4 | 8 |
Note; * 2017 has been included within this table.
Robert Wiley stood in as fill-in coach for Mick Malthouse for the 2015 Round 1 clash with the West Coast Eagles. Malthouse's wife Nanette had surgery on the day of the clash and as a result wasn't available for coaching duties.