World Rugby Coach of the Year

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.

World Rugby Coach of the Year
Presented byWorld Rugby
Formerly calledIRB International Coach of the Year
First awarded2001
Last awarded2022
2022 winnerWayne Smith
(New Zealand women)
Most awardsGraham Henry (5 times)
Websiteworld.rugby/awards

List of winners
Year Coach Team Ref.
2001 Rod Macqueen  Australia [1]
2002 Bernard Laporte  France
2003 Clive Woodward  England
2004 Jake White  South Africa
2005 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2006 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2007 Jake White  South Africa
2008 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2009 Declan Kidney  Ireland [2]
2010 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2011 Graham Henry  New Zealand
2012 Steve Hansen  New Zealand [3][4]
2013 Steve Hansen  New Zealand [5][6]
2014 Steve Hansen  New Zealand [7][8]
2015 Michael Cheika  Australia [9][10]
2016 Steve Hansen  New Zealand [11]
2017 Eddie Jones  England [12][13]
2018 Joe Schmidt  Ireland [14][15]
2019 Rassie Erasmus  South Africa [16][17]
2020 Not held
2021 Simon Middleton  England women [18][19]
2022 Wayne Smith  New Zealand women [20]


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