Leeds Rhinos - who are ever-present in the top-flight, winning eight Super League titles - have had 14 different head-coaches or coaching duos during that time, including incumbent Brad Arthur. Of the Leeds’ 13 team bosses from the summer era, only one is now in charge of a side at the elite level, though three hold senior roles at clubs in the southern hemisphere NRL.
Here’s the full list of Rhinos’ coaching appointments - temporary and full-time - since 1996, what they did since leaving Leeds and how successful they were in terms of matches won.
7. Brian McClennan (2008-2010)
Played 102, won 73, drew one, lost 28. Win percentage: 71.56. The former Kiwi national coach had a brief spell in charge of New Zealand after leaving Leeds and was coach of Exiles in 2011. Photo: Tony Johnson
8. Brian McDermott (2011-July 2018)
Played 265, won 162, drew six, lost 97. Win percentage: 61.13. Leeds’ most successful team boss subsequently coached Toronto Wolfpack and Featherstone Rovers before becoming an assistant at Newcastle Knights in 2022. He joined their NRL rivals Gold Coast Titans in a similar capacity at the end of last season. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
9. Kevin Sinfield/James Lowes (interim-July-September 2018)
Played 12, won six, drew one, lost five. Win percentage: 50. Sinfield crossed codes to join Leicester Tigers and is now part of the England backroom staff. Lowes also switched to rugby union, with Ealing Trailfinders and Leeds Tykes, but now works outside professional sport. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
10. David Furner (Feb-May 2019)
Played: 15, won five, drew none, lost: 10. Win percentage: 33.33. Axed less than a season into a three-year contract, Furner bounced back with assistant-coach roles at Newcastle Knights and Canterbury Bulldogs and is now head of pathways at South Sydney Rabbitohs. Photo: Tony Johnson
11. Richard Agar
Played: 71, won 37, drew none, lost 34. Win percentage: 52.11. Agar is entering his fourth season as an assistant-coach at NRL outfit New Zealand Warriors. His boss there, Andrew Webster, is the brother of James Webster who was Agar’s assistant at Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity and Leeds. Photo: Steve Riding
12. Jamie Jones-Buchanan (caretaker, March-April 2022)
Played six, won two, drew one, lost three. Win percentage 33.3. Having been player, assistant-coach and caretaker-boss at Leeds, Jones-Buchanan succeeded Gary Hetherington as chief executive last November. Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com