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Australian rugby league coach and sports broadcaster/pundit

Steve Simms

Personal information

Full name

Steven Simms

Playing information

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1983–84	Huyton	11	1	0	0	4
1984–90	Runcorn Highfield	42	3	0	0	12
	Total	53	4	0	0	16

Coaching information

Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1992–94	Leigh Centurions	53	12	3	38	23
1994–96	Halifax Blue Sox	75	40	4	31	53
1997–98	Featherstone Rovers
2007	Salford City Reds
	Total	128	52	7	69	41

As of 1 December 2024

Steve Simms is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, rugby league coach, rugby league administrator and rugby league commentator. He coached in the 1990s and 2000s, and was an administrator in the 2000s and 2010s.

He coached Leigh, Halifax Blue Sox, Featherstone Rovers and the Salford City Reds.

He was also a co-commentator for the BBC in their coverage of the Challenge Cup.

References

"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
"Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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Coaching positions

Leigh Leopards coaches

Formerly Leigh (1878–1995) and Leigh Centurions (1996–2022)

Jim Jolley (c1910-??)
Emlyn Jenkins (1946–47)
Laurie Higgins (1947)
Jack Miller (1948)
Emlyn Jenkins (1948–50)
Joe Egan (1950–56)
Jack Helme (1956–58)
Peter Foster (1958–59)
Don Gullick (1959–60)
Jack Helme (1960–62)
Alan Prescott (1962–64)
Gerry Helme (1964–66)
Alex Murphy (1966–71)
Peter Smethurst (1971)
Derek Hurt (1971–72)
Les Pearce (1972–74)
Eddie Cheetham (1974–75)
Kevin Ashcroft (1975–77)
Bill Kindon (1977)
John Mantle (1977–78)
Tommy Grainey (1978–80)
Alex Murphy (1980–82)
Colin Clarke (1982)
Peter Smethurst (1982–83)
Tommy Bishop (1983–84)
John Woods (1984–85)
Alex Murphy (1985)
Tommy Dickens (1985–86)
Billy Benyon (1986–90)
Alex Murphy (1990–91)
Kevin Ashcroft (1991–92)
Jim Crellin (1992)
Steve Simms (1992–94)
Denis Ramsdale (1994)
Ian Lucas (1994–96)
Eric Hughes (1996)
Keith Latham (1996–98)
Norman Turley (1998)
Ian Millward (1998–2000)
Paul Terzis (2000–03)
Darren Abram (2003–05)
Tony Benson (2005–06)
Darren Shaw (2006–08)
Neil Kelly (2008–09)
Paul Rowley (2009)
Ian Millward (2009–11)
Paul Rowley (2012–16)
Neil Jukes (2016–18)
Kieron Purtill (2018–19)
John Duffy (2019–21)
Kurt Haggerty (2021)
Adrian Lam (2022–)

Halifax Panthers coaches

W Bennett (1938-39)
Arthur Atkinson (1948-49)
Albert Fearnley (1964-65)
Jack Scroby (197?-7?)
Derek Hallas (1974)
Les Pearce (1974–76)
Alan Kellett (1976–77)
Jim Crellin (1977)
Harry Fox (1977–78)
Maurice Bamford (1978–80)
Mick Blacker (1980–82)
Ken Roberts (1982)
Colin Dixon (1982–84)
Chris Anderson (1984–88)
Ross Strudwick (1988–89)
Alan Hardisty (1989)
John Dorahy (1989–90)
Peter Roe (1990–91)
Roger Millward (1991–92)
Mal Reilly (1993–94)
Steve Simms (1994–96)
John Pendlebury (1997–98)
Gary Mercer (1999–00)
Steve Linnane (2001)
Tony Anderson (2002–04)
Anthony Farrell (2004–06)
Martin Hall (2006)
Matt Calland (2008–11)
Karl Harrison (2012–14)
Richard Marshall (2015–19)
Simon Grix (2019–23)
Liam Finn (2024)
Kyle Eastmond (2024–present)

Featherstone Rovers coaches

Aubrey Casewell (1944-45)
Bill Sherwood (1945–47)
Stan Smith (1947–48)
Bill Sherwood (1948–51)
Eric Batten (1951–56)
Bill Hudson (1956–57)
Harold Moxon (1957–63)
Johnny Malpass (1963–66)
Laurie Gant (1966–70)
Peter Fox (1971–74)
Tommy Smales (1974)
Keith Goulding (1974–76)
Tommy Smales (1976)
Keith Cotton (1976–77)
Keith Goulding (1977–78)
Terry Clawson (1978)
Tommy Smales (1978–79)
Paul Daley (1979–81)
Vince Farrar (1981–82)
Allan Agar (1982–85)
George Pieniazek (1985–86)
Paul Daley (1986–87)
Peter Fox (1987–91)
Allan Agar (1991–92)
Steve Martin (1992–94)
David Ward (1994–97)
Steve Simms (1997–98)
Kevin Hobbs (1998–99)
Peter Roe (1999–2001)
Ian Fairhurst (2001–02)
Andy Kelly (2002–03)
Gary Price (2004–05)
David Hobbs (2005–08)
Daryl Powell (2008–13)
John Bastian (2013–14)
Andy Hay (2014–15)
Jon Sharp (2015–17)
John Duffy (2017–18)
Ryan Carr (2018–19)
James Webster (2019–21)
Brian McDermott (2021–22)
Sean Long (2023)
James Ford (2023–)

Salford Red Devils coaches

1922 - 1926 James Lomas
1928 - 1940 Lance Todd
1954 - 1958 Gus Risman
1960 - 1963 George Parsons
1963 - 1964 Ted Cahill
1964 - 1970 Griff Jenkins
1970 - 1973 Cliff Evans
1973 – 1977 Les Bettinson
1977 – 1978 Colin Dixon
1978 Stan McCormick
1978 – 1980 Alex Murphy
1980 – 1982 Kevin Ashcroft
1982 Alan McInnes
1982 – 1983 Mal Aspey
1983 – 1984 Mike Coulman
1984 – 1989 Kevin Ashcroft
1989 – 1993 Kevin Tamati
1993 – 1995 Garry Jack

Super League Era

1995 - 1999 Andy Gregory
1999 - 2001 John Harvey
2001 - 2002 Steve McCormack
2002 - 2007 Karl Harrison
2007 Steve Simms
2007 - 2011 Shaun McRae
2011 Matt Parish
2011 - 2013 Phil Veivers
2013 Alan Hunte (interim)
2013 - 2014 Brian Noble
2014 - 2015 Iestyn Harris
2015 - 2020 Ian Watson
2021 - 2021 Richard Marshall
2021 - present Paul Rowley

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