Brian Smith (rugby league)

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Brian Smith
fullname = Brian Smith


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Brian Smith (born 14 March, 1954) is an Australian coach and former player of rugby league football. He played 14 first grade games for St. George (1974), and 17 for the South Sydney Rabbitohs (1975-1979), appearing in a total of 31 first grade games. He also played for Port Kembla in 1977. However, Smith is best known as a coach, having been at the helm of Illawarra Steelers, Hull FC, St. George Dragons, Bradford, Parramatta Eels and, most recently, at the Newcastle Knights.

Record: Played 457, Won 239, Lost 208, Drawn 10 (Winning Percentage 52.30%)

Grand Finals: Hull 1988-89 (lost to Widnes), St George 1992 (lost to Brisbane), St George 1993 (lost to Brisbane), Parramatta 2001 (lost to Newcastle). Winning Perecentage 0%

Finals Games: Finals Games contested as at 2006, 24, Won 12, lost 12. Winning Percentage 50%

Finals Strike Rate: Seasons coached in ARL/NRL as at 2006, 19. Made finals, 10 Seasons. Strike Rate Percentage 52.6% (ie about every second season finals are made).

He resigned as coach of the Parramatta Eels on 15 May 2006, with assistant coach Jason Taylor taking over as caretaker coach for the remainder of the season.

Smith had a short spell with the Bradford Bulls in an advisory role during the summer of 2006, and in 2007, Smith will take up coaching duties with the Newcastle Knights. He is the older brother of Great Britain and Leeds coach Tony Smith.

Teams coached:
* Newtown under 23 yr olds — 1978
* South Sydney Rabbitohs under 23 yr olds — 1980-1981
* South Sydney Rabbitohs — 1982
* Illawarra Steelers (NSWRL first grade) — 1984-87
* Hull FC (England) — 1988-90
* St. George Dragons (NSWRL/ARL first grade) — 1991-95
* Bradford (England) — 1996.
* Parramatta Eels (ARL/NRL first grade) — 1997-2006 (Smith resigned partway through the 2006 season.)

Representative teams coached:
* Country — 2001-03

Finals coaching record in Australian Rugby League

Coach of Illawarra

1984Did not make finals

1985Did not make finals

1986Did not make finals

1987Did not make finals

Coach of St George

1991Did not make finals

1992Major Preliminary Semi06-Sep-1992 Lost

Minor Semi2-Sep-1992 Won

Preliminary Final20-Sep-1992 Won

Grand Final27-Sep-1992 Lost

1993Major Preliminary Semi04-Sep-1993 Won

Major Semi12-Sep-1993 Won Grand Final26-Sep-1993 Lost

1994Did not make finals

1995Quarter Final02-Sep-1995 Lost

Coach of Parramatta

1997Minor Qualifying Final07-Sep-1997 Lost

Major Qualifying Final13-Sep-1997 Lost

1998Major Preliminary Semi29-Aug-1998 Won

Major Semi06-Sep-1998 Won

Final20-Sep-1998 Lost (after leading 18-0)

1999Qualifying Final04-Sep-1999 Won

Preliminary Final18-Sep-1999 Lost

2000Qualifying Final05-Aug-2000 Won

Semi Final12-Aug-2000 Won

Preliminary Final20-Aug-2000 Lost

2001Qualifying Final09-Sep-2001 Won

Preliminary Final23-Sep-2001 Won

Grand Final30-Sep-2001 Lost

2002Qualifying Final14-Sep-2002 Lost

2003Did not make finals

2004Did not make finals

2005Qualifying Final11-Sep-2005 Won

Preliminary Final25-Sep-2005 Lost

2006resigned mid season.

2007Began coaching Newcastle.

Coaching highlights:
* Premiership final with Hull in 1989
* Consecutive grand finals with St. George in 1992 and 1993
* Dally M coach of the year 2001.
* Minor Premiership and Grand final with Parramatta in 2001.
* Minor Premiership with Parramatta 2005.
* Most wins as Parramatta first grade coach
* Longest serving Parramatta first grade coach.

References

External links

* [http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/directors-staff Newcastle Knights profile]