Allister Coetzee

Allister Coetzee
Personal information
Nickname Toetie[1][2]
Born (1963-05-23) 23 May 1963
Grahamstown, South Africa
School(s) attended Mary Waters Secondary School
University Dower College
Relatives Kevin Luiters (nephew)
Club information
Playing position Scrum-half
Current club South Africa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
1985–91 SARU ()
1992–96 Eastern Province ()
Teams coached
1996–97 Eastern Province
(assistant)
1998–99 Sharks
(team manager)
1998 Emerging Springboks
1999 Vodacom All-Stars
2000 Sharks
(assistant)
2000 South Africa U23
2000 South Africa
(assistant)
2000 South Africa 'A'
2001–03 Mighty Elephants
2004–07 South Africa
(assistant)
2006 Cats
(backline coach)
2008–09 Stormers
(backline coach)
2008–15 Western Province
2010–15 Stormers
2015–16 Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
2016– South Africa
† Appearances (Points).

Allister 'Toetie' Coetzee (born 23 May 1963 in Grahamstown) is a South African rugby union coach and former player. He was appointed the head coach of the South Africa national rugby union team in April 2016.

Career

Playing career

Coetzee has been involved with rugby since 1974 – he spent 22 years as a player[3] and has been coaching ever since his retirement as a player.

Prior to the unification of different rugby union governing bodies in South Africa, he represented SARU between 1985 and 1991 and was captain of their side between 1988 and 1991.[4] He was a Junior Springbok in 1992 and played Currie Cup rugby for Eastern Province between 1992 and 1996 and also played in the 1994 Super 10 competition for them.

During his playing career, he was also a teacher at Gelvan Park Primary School in Port Elizabeth, where he worked for fifteen years.[4] He played as a scrum-half and retired at the end of 1996.[5]

Coaching career

He started assisting Eastern Province coaches Johan Kluyts and Steve Baker in 1996 and was appointed assistant coach.[4][6] In 1998, he was also appointed as the team manager at Super Rugby side the Sharks, where he also became an assistant coach in 2000.[4][7] He also coached the Emerging Springboks in 1998, a Vodacom All-Stars team in 1999 and the South African Under-23 and South Africa 'A' sides in 2000.[4][8] He was also on the coaching staff of the South Africa in 2000 under Harry Viljoen, taking charge of their mid-week side.[9]

He became head coach of the Mighty Elephants for the 2001 season,[10] becoming the first coloured head coach of a provincial side.[4][11] He remained head coach in Port Elizabeth until he resigned in July 2003.[12] He became a selector for the national team at the end of 2003[13]

He was appointed as assistant and backline coach to Jake White's Springboks in 2004,[14] where he remained until 2007. He was on the coaching staff of the side that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

In 2005, he was also appointed backline coach for the Cats for the 2006 Super 14 season.[15]

Following the end of Jake White's tenure at the Springboks, Coetzee was one of the four main candidates to take over as head coach.[16] However, after losing out to Peter de Villiers,[17] he accepted an offer to become backline coach of the Stormers.[18] He also took over as head coach of Western Province later in 2008, following Gary Gold's decision to become an assistant coach with the Springboks.[19] He was appointed head coach of the Stormers for the 2010 Super 14 season.[20]

He remained with Western Province and the Stormers until the end of 2015, when he moved to Japan to take over as head coach of the Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers.[21]

On 12 April 2016, he was appointed as the head coach for the South Africa national rugby union team.[22]

Personal

Coetzee is the uncle of Kevin Luiters, a scrum-half with the Eastern Province Kings.[23]

Statistics

Stormers (2010-15)

Coetzee's record of coach at the Stormers is:[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Toetie jou lekker ding". IOL Sport. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Coetzee set to become the King of SA rugby". Times Live. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Management Profile – Allister Coetzee". SuperSport. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "OP se nuwe breier kom lang pad met rugby". Media24. Die Burger. 12 October 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "OP rugby dalk nog twee kwyt". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 26 November 1996. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Oorsese hulp vir OP is al op pad". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 18 April 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "OP benut bron van breiers". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 22 January 1999. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Slot se besering terugslag vir o.23's". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 30 May 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Markgraaff se aanstelling baie halfhartig ontvang". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "OP rugby kan geskiedenis maak met nuwe afrigter". Media24. Die Burger. 4 October 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Coetzee en Sauls kan in CB afrig". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 4 October 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Terugslae tref rugby in O-Kaap". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Mallett: Naam verskyn nêrens op kortlys". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Jake se twee adjudante in afrigtingspan aangestel". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Coetzee gaan Cats help brei". Media24. Die Burger. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "White laat deur vir SA oop". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "De Villiers: Ek is die Bok-afrigter". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 10 January 1998. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "Coetzee help Stormers". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "Generaal de Waal op pad Kaap toe". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  20. ↑ "Stormers kry nuwe afrigter". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  21. ↑ "Coetzee to leave WP Rugby at the end of 2015" (Press release). Stormers. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "Allister Coetzee appointed as new Springbok coach" (Press release). South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  23. ↑ "Kevin wil nes oom Allister se span maak" (in Afrikaans). Netwerk24. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Stormers". www.rugbydata.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
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