Ivan Cleary

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Monday, 1st March, 1971
Current Age
53 years and 28 days

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Coach Of The Year
2014, 2020

Known Family Links

Brother-in-law
Jason Death
Josh Stuart
Son
Nathan Cleary
Father-in-law
John Stuart

Biography

Manly junior had a great season at fullback while deputising for the injured Matthew Ridge in 1993. Cleary's standout performances earned him a contract with Norths but after being injured in the early part of the season, he made his comeback in the centres because of the good form of rookie Matt Seers. Cleary showed both his class and adaptability during the Bears' charge to the preliminary final in 1994 but coveted a full-back/goal-kicker’s role and announced his intention to play for Easts after the 1995 season. In 1998 he surpassed Mick Cronin’s long-standing premiership record when he scored 284pts for the season (since surpassed by the Bulldogs’ Hazem El Masri. In 1999, he suffered a dislocated hip in a pre-season trial against Norths but left the Roosters at the end of the year to link with the Warriors. Cleary retired at the end of 2002 following the Warriors’ grand final loss (a season in which Cleary scored a club record 242pts) to take on an assistant coach’s role with Roosters. Cleary returned to the Warriors as an assistant coach to Tony Camp the following year and took over as Warriors coach in 2006 – the year the club was docked four competition points for salary cap breaches before the season even started.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 428 240 183 5 56.07% List
NRL Finals 25 16 9 0 64.00% List
Australia PM XIII Annual 1 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Pre-Season 2 1 1 0 50.00% List
World Club Challenge 2 0 2 0 0.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Warriors NRL 2006 24 12 12 0 50.00% List
Warriors NRL 2007 26 13 12 1 50.00% List
Warriors NRL 2008 27 15 12 0 55.56% List
Warriors NRL 2009 24 7 15 2 29.17% List
Warriors NRL 2010 25 14 11 0 56.00% List
Warriors NRL 2011 28 16 12 0 57.14% List
Penrith NRL 2012 24 8 16 0 33.33% List
Penrith NRL 2013 24 11 13 0 45.83% List
Penrith NRL 2014 26 16 10 0 61.54% List
Penrith NRL 2015 24 9 15 0 37.50% List
Wests Tigers NRL 2017 19 6 13 0 31.58% List
Wests Tigers NRL 2018 24 12 12 0 50.00% List
Penrith NRL 2019 24 11 13 0 45.83% List
Penrith NRL 2020 23 20 2 1 86.96% List
Penrith NRL 2021 28 24 4 0 85.71% List
Penrith NRL 2022 27 23 4 0 85.19% List
Penrith NRL 2023 27 21 6 0 77.78% List
Penrith NRL 2024 4 2 1 1 50.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Warriors 2006-11 154 77 74 3 50.00% List
Penrith 2012-15, 2019-24 231 145 84 2 62.77% List
Wests Tigers 2017-18 43 18 25 0 41.86% List
Overall2006-2024 428 240 183 5 56.07% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    09/03/2017

    Ivan should have played rep football

  • Jerry
    31/01/2021

    Ivan lacked speed, which was an attribute that representative selectors demanded then and now! There were too many fullbacks, centres and wingers ahead of him. He was a rock solid first grader, though!

  • Anonymous
    08/04/2021

    He is truly a amazing rugby league man

  • Anonymous
    24/04/2021

    struggled several times with defense

  • Anonymous
    01/10/2021

    Decent player, average bloke

  • Anonymous
    25/09/2023

    nah. he was a solid but not flashy player. suprised he never played city origin though.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995