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Coaches
Springbok coaches and their Test records. There was no official coach before 1938.
| Name | Tests | Won | Drawn | Lost | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danie Craven | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1949 | 1956 |
| Basil Kenyon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1958 | 1958 |
| Butch Lochner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1960 | 1960 |
| Hennie Muller | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1960 | 1965 |
| Boy Louw | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1960 | 1965 |
| Izak van Heerden | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1962 | 1962 |
| Felix du Plessis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1964 | 1964 |
| Johan Claassen | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1964 | 1974 |
| Ian Kirkpatrick | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1967 | 1977 |
| Avril Malan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1969 | 1970 |
| Nelie Smith | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1980 | 1981 |
| Cecil Moss | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1982 | 1989 |
| John Williams | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Ian McIntosh | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Kitch Christie | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1994 | 1995 |
| André Markgraaff | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Carel du Plessis | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1997 | 1997 |
| Nick Mallett | 38 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 1997 | 2000 |
| Harry Viljoen | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Rudolph Straeuli | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Jake White | 54 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 2004 | 2007 |
| Peter de Villiers | 48 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 2008 | 2011 |
| Heyneke Meyer | 48 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 2012 | 2015 |
| Allister Coetzee | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Rassie Erasmus | 62 | 47 | 1 | 14 | 2018 | 2026 |
| Jacques Nienaber | 39 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 2021 | 2023 |