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The Indian Premier League has taken over the T20 cricket since 2008 and there have been around 31 head coaches for the different IPL franchises over the period of 11 years. While many of the coaches excelled in their stints, many could not succeed in the IPL. Some of the high profile head coaches of IPL franchises who could not achieve reasonable success include Eric Simons, Shaun Pollock, John Buchanan, Martin Crowe, Allan Donald, and Gary Kirsten among others.
Three coaches of Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians each, two coaches of Chennai Super Kings and one from Hyderabad and Bangalore are part of this list of the 10 most successful IPL Coaches.
Here's the list of the Top 10 Coaches in IPL history on the basis of win percentage -
# 10 Dav Whatmore
Dav Whatmore coached Kolkata Knight Riders for two seasons of IPL in 2010 and 2011 and the Kolkata side won 15 matches out of the total 29 matches played under him. In IPL 2010, KKR could not reach the top four stage and ended up sixth in the league; while in IPL 2011, KKR reached the playoffs and lost to the Mumbai Indians in the eliminator.
Presently Whatmore is the coach of Kerala Ranji Cricket team and has rejuvenated Kerala in the recent years to take on established Ranji Trophy big shots. The fact that after his stint with KKR, he was not offered a role at any other franchise is surprising considering his win percentage and stature.
Dav Whatmore also has the pedigree of having coached Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The memorable one being taking Sri Lanka to be the World Cup win in 1996.
His winning percentage of 51.72 makes him the 10th best coach in the IPL history.
# 9 Robin Singh
Though Robin Singh was famous for being the head coach of Mumbai Indians for 3 seasons from 2010 - 2012, it is often forgotten that he was the head coach of the erstwhile franchise Deccan Chargers in the inaugural edition of IPL 2008. The season with Deccan Chargers was a disaster with the team winning only two matches from 14 games and a win percentage of 14.28%.
Robin Singh however though revived his career with Mumbai Indians and had an incredible win percentage of 63.26 % with the Mumbai side. He took Mumbai to the finals of the IPL 2010, but the team lost out to CSK in the finals.
If not for his history with Deccan Chargers, Robin Singh could have ended up number one in our list as the best ever IPL coach with a win percentage of 63.26 %. But combining his stats, he won 33 matches in 63 games as the head coach.
His winning percentage of 52.38 takes him to the 9th position in the list.
# 8 Tom Moody
Tom Moody is the second most experienced head coach in the IPL history. Two different franchises have played 137 matches under him and he has accumulated 73 wins out of them.
Tom Moody was the head coach of Kings XI Punjab for 3 seasons from 2008 -2010. Under him, Punjab reached the top 4 stage in the inaugural edition of IPL. But he could not recreate his success in the later editions of IPL in 2009 and 2010 and parted ways with the club.
When Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise was formed in 2013, Moody was designated to be the head coach and has continued with that profile ever since. He had led Sunrisers to the champions’ title once in 2016 and to the playoffs stage thrice in 2013, 2017 and 2018. SRH was the runners-up in IPL 2018 season.
His winning percentage of 53.28 sees him coming into our list as the 8th best coach in the IPL history.
# 7 Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis joined as the head coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2016 and the Kolkata side has played 3 seasons under him. He had the prior experience of the KKR culture before joining as the head coach as he had played in the same franchise as an overseas player before 2016.
The South African ensured that the club reaches the Playoffs stage in all the three seasons in IPL 2016, 2017 and 2018, but they could not reach the finals in all the three seasons. In IPL 2016, KKR lost to the eventual winners Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator; while in 2017, they lost to the Mumbai Indians in the qualifier. IPL 2018 also saw them losing in the qualifier match to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In total, he had ensured 26 wins in 47 matches for the side co-owned by Shah Rukh Khan. His winning percentage of 55.32 makes him the 7th best coach in the IPL history.
# 6 Ray Jennings
Ray Jennings enjoyed continuity as the Head Coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore for five seasons from 2009-2013. He took over the club after the debacle of the 2008 season of RCB and took the team to be the runners-up in IPL 2009. RCB became the runners-up once again in IPL 2011 while they were in knocked out in the playoffs stage in IPL 2010.
In the two subsequent seasons though, Jennings could not work his magic in the club and RCB could not proceed to the playoffs. In both the seasons, they ended up fifth on the points table and lost out getting into the playoffs by a minor margin. Jennings ended his association with RCB after IPL 2013. Daniel Vettori took over the reins of RCB for the next 5 seasons of IPL but could not recreate the success Jennings had with the club.
In total, he had ensured 41 wins in 74 matches for the Bangalore side. His winning percentage of 55.40 means he is the 6th best coach on the list in IPL history.
# 5 Kepler Wessels
Kepler Wessels was the head coach of Chennai Super Kings for only one season in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League. Under him, the Chennai side captained by MS Dhoni reached the finals losing out to the flamboyant Rajasthan Royals side. Stephen Fleming, who incidentally played under him in IPL 2008, took over the side as head coach from the next season and has done wonders with the franchise.
Kepler Wessels was the first international cricketer to play ODI cricket for 2 different countries – Australia and South Africa. Many other players have emulated that record since then. After his association with Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2018, he was associated with the South African side, Highveld Lions.
In the IPL 2008 edition, Chennai Super Kings won 9 games in 16 matches with a win percentage of 56.25. He is on the list as the 5th best coach in the IPL history.
# 4 Trevor Bayliss
Trevor Bayliss was the head coach of the Kolkata Knight riders for four seasons of the Indian Premier League from 2012 – 2015. He took over from where Dav Whatmore let off and ensured that the Kolkata side won the IPL title twice under him in IPL 2012 and 2014.
In the IPL 2012, they won against CSK in the finals; while they won against Kings XI Punjab in the finals of IPL 2014. In the two other seasons under him, Kolkata could not proceed to the playoffs ending up as 7th in the points table in IPL 2013 and 5th in IPL 2015. After 2015, Jacques Kallis (who is the on the 7th position in our list) took over the club as the head coach from the IPL 2016.
In total, he had ensured 36 wins in 64 matches for the Kolkata side. His winning percentage of 56.25 positions him on the list as the 4th best coach in the IPL history.
# 3 Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene was appointed the Head Coach of the Mumbai Indians squad from IPL 2017. He coached the side for two seasons and enjoyed considerable success with the Rohit Sharma as the captain. He took over the coaching baton from Ricky Ponting who was in charge of the side in IPL 2016.
The Srilankan stalwart was able to mentor the team to the champions title in the IPL 2017 edition, but the Mumbai side failed to reach the playoffs in the 2018 edition of the Indian Premier League. With the usual slow start to the season Mumbai Indians have during every IPL season, they could not reach the playoffs and ended up 5th on the points table in IPL 2018.
In total, he had ensured 18 wins in 31 matches for Mumbai Indians. His winning percentage of 58.06 ensures that he is the 3rd best coach in the IPL history.
# 2 Stephen Fleming
Stephen Fleming is the most experienced head coach of the Indian Premier League. He has been in charge of two different clubs for 10 seasons so far and has ensured 96 wins in 162 matches. Barring the inaugural Edition of IPL in 2008 and the two seasons when CSK was banned, Stephen Fleming had been in charge of the club for every other season. In the two years of CSK's ban, Fleming went on board as the head coach for Rising Pune Supergiants in partnership with MS Dhoni.
Stephen Fleming literally took the Chennai side to become the most successful and most valued IPL franchise of the Indian premier league. They won the IPL title thrice in 2010, 2011 and in 2018 after their return. It is interesting to note that CSK has entered into the playoffs stage in all the seasons of IPL played and Stephen Fleming deserves credit for the consistency.
In 2016 and 2017, while being the head coach of Rising Pune Supergiants, Fleming enjoyed mixed success with the team being the runners-up in 2017 while being 7th in the 2016 edition.
His winning percentage of 59.26 takes him to the 2nd position in the list of best coaches in IPL history.
# 1 John Wright
John Wright comes up on the list as the most successful IPL coach with a win percentage of 59.37. The New Zealander, who was also the coach of the Indian national team, was in charge of Mumbai Indians for 2 seasons in 2013 and 2014. Mumbai Indians won the IPL title in 2013 and reached the playoffs in 2014 under him. John Wright was also the head coach who first gave the captaincy to Rohit Sharma in IPL 2013 and the hitman has never looked back ever since then.
Wright was the coach who brought in tremendous changes to the Indian national team during the early 2000s and he is widely respected and acknowledged for that. Wright coming up as the best coach in the IPL history statistically is only a logical conclusion to his genius.
In total, he had ensured 19 wins in 32 matches for Mumbai Indians. His winning percentage of 59.37 makes him the best coach in the history of IPL.
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