Only five men have achieved it in the history of the NSWRL and NRL—and Craig Bellamy isn’t one of them.
But should Brisbane triumph over Melbourne in Sunday’s 2025 season decider, Broncos boss Michael Maguire will become just the sixth coach to lead different clubs to premiership glory.
Having already guided the South Sydney Rabbitohs to its first premiership in 43 years back in 2014, the 51-year-old would join a list of all-time coaching legends that includes Jack Gibson, Phil Gould, Tim Sheens and Chris Anderson.
The fifth and most recent member is Wayne Bennett, with the six-time Broncos premiership boss joining rugby league’s most exclusive coaching club when St. George-Illawarra lifted the NRL trophy in 2010, taking his career tally to seven titles.
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Adding even more intrigue to Sunday’s grand final contest, prior to making his NRL head coaching debut with the Rabbitohs in 2012, Michael Maguire served as an assistant at the Storm under Craig Bellamy.
But perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Maguire’s achievements in his first season with the Broncos is that just three years ago his NRL coaching career was on the scrapheap after being sacked mid-season by the Wests Tigers in 2022 who were en route to the first of three consecutive wooden spoons.
Ironically Maguire was replaced at the Tigers by Tim Sheens, a man he may well join in the NRL coaching history books with victory on Sunday night.
Premiership coach at more than one club
| Jack Gibson | Roosters - 1974 & 1975 Eels - 1981, 1982 & 1983 |
| Phil Gould | Bulldogs - 1988 Panthers - 1991 |
| Tim Sheens | Raiders - 1989, 1990 & 1994 Tigers - 2005 |
| Chris Anderson | Bulldogs - 1995 Storm - 1999 |
| Wayne Bennett | Broncos - 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000 & 2006 Dragons - 2010 |
* Chris Anderson also won a NSWRL premiership as a player with Canterbury in 1980.