Tim Sheens
Personal information | |
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| Full name | Tim Sheens |
| Position | Coach |
Tim Sheens (born 30 October, 1950) is a football coach in the National Rugby League, the premier Australian rugby league football competition. He currently coaches the Wests Tigers.
Playing career
Tim Sheens was educated at St Dominic's College, Kingswood, near Penrith and also St Gregory's College, Campbelltown. Sheens had a lengthy playing stint with Penrith, playing 166 first grade games as a prop from 1970–1982 and scoring 11 tries. In October, 2006, in recognition of his contribution as a player, Sheens was named as one of the Penrith Panthers "Team of Legends".[1]
Coaching career
Although his first ever game as coach was a 24–12 loss to St George, Tim Sheens has a track-record of reforming under-performing teams to premiership victory. He brought Penrith to their first final series ever in 1985 and he coached the Canberra Raiders to their first premiership in 1989, a feat he repeated in 1990 and 1994.
However, Sheens' time with the North Queensland Cowboys (1997-2001) was less successful and, after board discussions, a period of stress-leave and while News Limited launched a take-over of the club[2], he resigned from North Queensland on May 25, 2001.[3]
In 2002, Sheens accepted the coaching position with the Wests Tigers for the 2003 season, replacing Terry Lamb. The feat of the Wests Tigers winning the 2005 Grand Final against the Cowboys has been largely attributed to Sheens. The Grand Final victory was especially sweet for Sheens considering his unhappy time at the Cowboys.
Sheens was the first coach in the NRL to reach the 500 games milestone. Sheens reached this mark on April 2, 2006, while with the Wests Tigers and celebrated in style with a win over Melbourne Storm. [4]
Sheens has coached four premiership winning teams, making him second only to Wayne Bennett among current coaches. Sheens was awarded the Dally M Coach of the Year in 1984, 1990 and 2005.
In December 2007, Sheens' contract with the Tigers - due to expire at the end of the 2008 season - was extended to 2010.[5]
Representative coaching
At the representative level, Sheens coached the 1991 City Origin team to a 22–12 win over Country. In the same year, as coach of the NSW State of Origin team, he led the side to a 2–1 series loss to Queensland. Sheens returned to the representative arena in 2006 when he succeeded Graham Murray as coach for City Origin, a post he retained in 2007. In 2006, City lost to Country, 12 points to 10 but won in 2007, 12 points to 6.
Sheens has again been appointed as coach of City Origin by the New South Wales Rugby League for the 2008 match on May 2 at Wollongong’s WIN Stadium.[6]
Coaching record
| Tim Sheens - Coaching Results by Season[7][8] | |||||||
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| Team | Year | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win % | Finals Series |
| Penrith | 1984 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 50% | |
| 1985 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 53.85% | Semi-final: Parramatta 38–Penrith 6 | |
| 1986 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 45.83% | ||
| 1987 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 25% | ||
| Canberra | 1988 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 62.5% | Minor Semi Final: Balmain 14–Canberra 6 |
| 1989 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 69.23% | Grand Final: Canberra 19–Balmain 14 | |
| 1990 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 72% | Grand Final: Canberra 18–Penrith 14 | |
| 1991 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | Grand Final: Penrith 19–Canberra 12 | |
| 1992 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 45.45% | ||
| 1993 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 66.67% | Minor Semi Final: Brisbane 30–Canberra 12 | |
| 1994 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 76.92% | Grand Final: Canberra 36–Canterbury 12 | |
| 1995 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 87.5% | Preliminary Final 1: Canterbury 25–Canberra 6 | |
| 1996 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 59.09% | Quarter Final 3: St George 16–Canberra 14 | |
| North Queensland | 1997 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 27.78% | |
| 1998 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 37.5% | ||
| 1999 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 16.67% | ||
| 2000 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 26.92% | ||
| 2001 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18.18% | ||
| Wests Tigers | 2003 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 29.17% | |
| 2004 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41.67% | ||
| 2005 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 62.96% | Grand Final: Wests Tigers 30–North Queensland 16 | |
| 2006 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41.66% | ||
| 2007 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 45.83% | ||
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| Career | 545 | 275 | 259 | 11 | 50.45% | at 22 March 2008 | |
Footnotes
- ^ "Penrith Panthers "Team of Legends"".
- ^ "Cowboys remain in limbo - AAP Sports News (Australia) May 21, 2001".
- ^ "Sheens and staff quit Cowboys - AAP Sports News (Australia) May 25, 2001".
- ^ "Sheens 500th game".
- ^ "Tiger cubs soon ready to roar". Fox Sports News (Australia). 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Sheens City coach for 2008". New South Wales Rugby League. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Rugby League Tables". Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ "Wests Tigers 2007 Results". Retrieved 2007-08-12.
External links
- Profile at NRL.com
- Wests Tigers Official Site - current team