Allister Coetzee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Toetie | ||
| Born |
23 May 1963 Grahamstown, South Africa |
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| School(s) attended | Mary Waters Secondary School | ||
| University | Dower College | ||
| Relatives | Kevin Luiters (nephew) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Scrum-half | ||
| Current club | South Africa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 1985–1991 | SARU | () | |
| 1992–1996 | Eastern Province | () | |
| Teams coached | |||
| 1996–1997 |
Eastern Province (assistant) |
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| 1998 | Emerging Springboks | ||
| 1999 | Vodacom All-Stars | ||
| 2000 |
Sharks (assistant) |
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| 2000 | South Africa U23 | ||
| 2000 |
South Africa (assistant) |
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| 2000 | South Africa 'A' | ||
| 2001–2003 | Mighty Elephants | ||
| 2004–2007 |
South Africa (assistant) |
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| 2005–2006 |
Cats (backline coach) |
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| 2008–2009 |
Stormers (backline coach) |
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| 2008–2015 | Western Province | ||
| 2010–2015 | Stormers | ||
| 2015–2016 | Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers | ||
| 2016–present | South Africa | ||
| † Appearances (Points). |
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Allister 'Toetie' Coetzee (born 23 May 1963 in Grahamstown) is a South African rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the South African national team, after being appointed in April 2016.
Coetzee is the uncle of Kevin Luiters, a scrum-half with the Eastern Province Kings.
Coetzee has been involved with rugby since 1974 – he spent 22 years as a player before retiring at the age of 33 in 1996.
Prior to the unification of different rugby union governing bodies in South Africa, he represented SARU, playing as a scrum-half, between 1985 and 1991 and was captain of their side between 1988 and 1991. He was a Junior Springbok in 1992 and played Currie Cup rugby for Eastern Province between 1992 and 1996. He was selected for their squad that competed in the 1994 Super 10 Rugby, though his side failed to secure a single win in the competition.
During his playing career, he was also a teacher at Gelvan Park Primary School in Port Elizabeth, where he worked for fifteen years. He played as a scrum-half and retired at the end of 1996.
Immediately after retiring, Coetzee joined the coaching team at his former club as an assistant, however, his side finished bottom of the 1997 Currie Cup table. In 1998, he was appointed team manager at Super 12 side the Sharks, where he later became an assistant coach in 2000. However, after the Sharks finished bottom of the table, the coaching team, who had only been in place for a year, was sacked by the club.
In 1998 he earned his first Union appointed coaching role when he coached the Emerging Springboks and a Vodacom All-Stars team in 1999. In 2000 he took a South African Under-23 team, sometimes known as South Africa Amateurs, to the 2000 Africa Cup, competing against the national senior sides of Namibia and Zimbabwe. He convincingly lead the side to top of the South Pool with 4 from 4 wins, to earn the right to compete in the final later in the year. However, Coetzee was later called up to the South African senior side's coaching team by Harry Viljoen for their end of year tour, and missed the final against Morocco - Ian Hattingh led the team as Coetzee's replacement. Under Viljoen, South Africa won 3 from 4 wins on their end of year tour, while Coetzee lead South Africa 'A' in their mid-weeks matches while on tour.
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