List of Widnes Vikings coaches

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This is a list of Widnes Vikings coaches since the 1964 season to present.

Name	Nationality	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	F	A	W%
Thomas Shannon	England	1949	195?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Egan	England	1964	1964	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vince Karalius	England	Jan 1972	May 1975	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Myler	England	May 1975	May 1978	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Laughton	England	May 1978	May 1983	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colin Tyrer	England	Mar 1983	May 1983	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Dawson	England	May 1983	Mar 1984	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vince Karalius	England	Mar 1984	May 1984	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Hughes	England	Jun 1984	Jan 1986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Laughton	England	Jan 1986	May 1991	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Myler	England	Jun 1991	May 1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Larder	England	May 1992	May 1994	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Myler	England	May 1994	Aug 1995	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Laughton	England	Aug 1995	May 1997	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Graeme West	New Zealand	May 1997	Aug 1998	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colin Whitfield	England	Aug 1998	Mar 2000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Hulme	England	Mar 2000	Mar 2001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Kelly	England	Mar 2001	Jul 2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stuart Spruce (caretaker)	England	Jul 2004	Oct 2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Endacott	New Zealand	Oct 2004	Oct 2005	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve McCormack	Scotland	Oct 2005	Feb 2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stankevitch (caretaker)	England	Feb 2009	Mar 2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Cullen	England	Mar 2009	Nov 2010	20	11	0	9	649	438	.55
Denis Betts	England	Nov 2010	May 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Francis Cummins (interim)	England  Ireland	May 2018	Oct 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kieron Purtill	England	Nov 2018	Oct 2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Sheens	Australia	Oct 2019	Oct 2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Simon Finnigan	Ireland	Nov 2020	Apr 2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan O'Brien (Interim)	England	Apr 2022	Jun 2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Kear	England	Jul 2022	Jun 2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Belshaw (Interim)	England	June 2023	Sep 2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Coleman	England	Oct 2023	Present	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

On 16 February 2009 Widnes declared that they had parted company with coach Steve McCormack, through 'mutual consent'.^[2] The news came 3 days after Widnes were controversially beaten 22-20 at home to Co-Operative Championship 1 side Oldham in the Northern Rail Cup Stage. Vikings' chairman Steve O'Connor was quick to announce that the decision wasn't made on the back of the Oldham defeat alone.^[3] John Stankevitch was appointed as caretaker coach after McCormacks exit from the club.^[4]

Paul Cullen was appointed as Head Coach on 8 March 2009,^[5] Cullen first aided John Stankevitch in his final game as caretaker coach, beating French side Toulouse Olympique 70-0^[6] in the first game of the 2009 Co-operative Championship.

Cullen had a successful first season with the Vikings, finishing in 4th position in the 2009 Co-operative Championship and winning the 2009 Northern Rail Cup.