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| Full name | Brian Smith | |||||
| Born | 14 March 1954 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1974 |  St. George Dragons |
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1975–1979 |  South Sydney |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1984–1987 |  Illawarra Steelers |
96 | 32 | 0 | 64 | 33 |
| 1988–1990 |  Hull FC |
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| 1991–1995 | St. George Dragons |
118 | 69 | 3 | 46 | 58 |
| 1996 |  Bradford Bulls |
22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 77 |
| 1997–2006 |  Parramatta Eels |
244 | 138 | 7 | 99 | 57 |
| 2007– |  Newcastle Knights |
48 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 44 |
| Total | 528 | 277 | 10 | 241 | 52 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2001–2003 |  Country |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
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
1984 Did not make finals
1985 Did not make finals
1986 Did not make finals
1987 Did not make finals
Coach of St George
1991 Did not make finals
1992 Major Preliminary Semi 06-Sep-1992 Lost
Minor Semi 2-Sep-1992 Won
Preliminary Final 20-Sep-1992 Won
Grand Final 27-Sep-1992 Lost
1993 Major Preliminary Semi 04-Sep-1993 Won
Major Semi 12-Sep-1993 Won
Grand Final 26-Sep-1993 Lost
1994 Did not make finals
1995 Quarter Final 02-Sep-1995 Lost
Coach of Parramatta
1997 Minor Qualifying Final 07-Sep-1997 Lost
Major Qualifying Final 13-Sep-1997 Lost
1998 Major Preliminary Semi 29-Aug-1998 Won
Major Semi 06-Sep-1998 Won
Final 20-Sep-1998 Lost (after leading 18-0)
1999 Qualifying Final 04-Sep-1999 Won
Preliminary Final 18-Sep-1999 Lost
2000 Qualifying Final 05-Aug-2000 Won
Semi Final 12-Aug-2000 Won
Preliminary Final 20-Aug-2000 Lost
2001 Qualifying Final 09-Sep-2001 Won
Preliminary Final 23-Sep-2001 Won
Grand Final 30-Sep-2001 Lost
2002 Qualifying Final 14-Sep-2002 Lost
2003 Did not make finals
2004 Did not make finals
2005 Qualifying Final 11-Sep-2005 Won
Preliminary Final 25-Sep-2005 Lost
2006 resigned mid season.
2007 Began 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.
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| Preceded by Allan Fitzgibbon 1982 - 1983 |
Coach Illawarra Steelers 1984-1987 |
Succeeded by Terry Fearnley 1988 |
| Preceded by Craig Young 1989-1990 |
Coach St. George Dragons 1991-1995 |
Succeeded by David Waite 1996-1998 |
| Preceded by Peter Fox |
Coach Bradford Bulls 1995-1996 |
Succeeded by Matthew Elliott |
| Preceded by Ron Hilditch 1993-1996 |
Coach Parramatta Eels 1997-2006 |
Succeeded by Jason Taylor Caretaker coach 2006 |
| Preceded by Michael Hagan 2001-2006 |
Coach Newcastle Knights 2007- |
Succeeded by current coach |
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