List of St Kilda Football Club coaches
# List of St Kilda Football Club coaches

The following is a list of coaches who have coached the St Kilda Football Club at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.

| No. | Coach | P | W | L | D | W% | Years |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alex Hall | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77 | 1906 |
| 2 | Mick Grace | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63 | 1908 |
| 3 | Jimmy Smith | 49 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 32.65 | 1909, 1915, 1918 |
| 4 | Eddie Drohan | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11.11 | 1911 |
| 5 | George Sparrow | 63 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 58.73 | 1913, 1920, 1928–29 |
| 6 | Dave McNamara | 50 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 46.00 | 1914, 1922–23 |
| 7 | Wels Eicke | 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 34.38 | 1919, 1924 |
| 8 | Charlie Ricketts | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 20.37 | 1920–21 |
| 9 | Norm Clark | 35 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 40.00 | 1925–26 |
| 10 | George Heinz | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44 | 1927 |
| 11 | Bill Cubbins | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44 | 1930 |
| 12 | Charlie Hardy | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 36.00 | 1931–32 |
| 13 | Stuart King | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18 | 1932 |
| 14 | Col Deane | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33 | 1933 |
| 15 | Colin Watson | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00 | 1934 |
| 16 | Dan Minogue | 54 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 55.56 | 1935–37 |
| 17 | Ansell Clarke | 55 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 50.91 | 1938–40 |
| 18 | Bill Patterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1938 |
| 19 | Jack Knight | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67 | 1941 |
| 20 | Reg Garvin | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 31.25 | 1942–43 |
| 21 | Hugh Thomas | 38 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 23.68 | 1944–45 |
| 22 | Allan Hird | 38 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 14.47 | 1946–47 |
| 23 | Fred Froude | 56 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 25.89 | 1948–50 |
| 24 | Fred Green | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78 | 1951 |
| 25 | Col Williamson | 37 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 18.92 | 1952–53 |
| 26 | Les Foote | 36 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 15.28 | 1954–55 |
| 27 | Alan Killigrew | 54 | 19 | 34 | 1 | 36.11 | 1956–58 |
| 28 | Jim Francis | 36 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 50.00 | 1959–60 |
| 29 | Allan Jeans | 332 | 193 | 138 | 1 | 58.28 | 1961–76 |
| 30 | Eric Guy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | 1972, 1974 |
| 31 | Ross G. Smith | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 18.18 | 1977 |
| 32 | Mike Patterson | 46 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 31.52 | 1978–80 |
| 33 | Alex Jesaulenko | 64 | 13 | 49 | 2 | 21.88 | 1980–82 |
| 34 | Tony Jewell | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 19.23 | 1983–84 |
| 35 | Graeme Gellie | 62 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 16.13 | 1984–86 |
| 36 | Darrel Baldock | 62 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 29.03 | 1987–89 |
| 37 | Allan Davis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | 1987 |
| 38 | Ken Sheldon | 89 | 48 | 40 | 1 | 54.49 | 1990–93 |
| 39 | Stan Alves | 115 | 55 | 59 | 1 | 48.26 | 1994–98 |
| 40 | Tim Watson | 44 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 28.41 | 1999–2000 |
| 41 | Malcolm Blight | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 20.00 | 2001 |
| 42 | Grant Thomas | 123 | 63 | 59 | 1 | 51.63 | 2001–06 |
| 43 | Ross Lyon | 121 | 76 | 41 | 4 | 64.46 | 2007–11; 2023- |
| 44 | Scott Watters | 44 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 38.64 | 2012–13 |
| 45 | Alan Richardson | 126 | 43 | 81 | 2 | 34.12 | 2014–19 |
| 46 | Brett Ratten | 68 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 50.00 | 2019–22 |

Key:

    P = Played
    W = Won
    L = Lost
    D = Drew
    W% = Win percentage
