Tim Sheens

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Tim Sheens is a football coach in the National Rugby League, the premier Australian rugby league football competition. He currently coaches the Wests Tigers. The feat of the Tigers winning the 2005 Grand Final has been largely attributed to Sheens.

Tim Sheens has a track-record of reforming under-performing teams to premiership victory. He brought the Penrith Panthers to their first final series ever in 1985. He coached the Canberra Raiders to their first premiership in 1989, a feat he repeated in 1990 and 1994.

However, his time with the North Queensland Cowboys (1997-2001) was less successful, and he was released by the club.

Sheens is known for his reserved manner, rarely smiling or displaying emotion on the sidelines. His coaching style includes encouraging players to set ‘personal goals’, using a trust system to encourage players to work on their weaknesses on non-training days, and close media management of his players. ^{[citation needed]}

In addition to his coaching career coaching record reached 500 games in 2006 - no other man has coached more games in the NRL and its predecessors - he also had a lengthy playing stint with Penrith, playing 164 first grade games 1971-1982.

Sheens is acknowledged as one of the best coaches having coached four premiership winning teams, making him second only to Wayne Bennett among current coaches.

Coaching Record North Queensland Cowboys – 1997

Coach	Coached	Wins	Losses
Tim Sheens	18 games	5 games	11 games

Coaching Record North Queensland Cowboys – 1998

Coach	Coached	Wins	Losses
Tim Sheens	24 games	9 games	15 games

Coaching Record North Queensland Cowboys – 1999

Coach	Coached	Wins	Losses
Tim Sheens	24 games	4 games	19 games

Coaching Record North Queensland Cowboys – 2000

Coach	Coached	Wins	Losses
Tim Sheens	26 games	7 games	19 games

Coaching Record North Queensland Cowboys – 2001

Coach	Coached	Wins	Losses
Tim Sheens	12 games	2 games	9 games

Coaching Record North Queensland Cowboys – Overall (1997 - 2001)

Coach	Coached	Wins	Losses
Tim Sheens	104 games	27 games	73 games

Preceded by: John Peard 1982-1983	Coach Penrith Panthers 1984-1987	Succeeded by: Ron Willey 1988-1989
Preceded by: Don Furner 1982-1987 and Wayne Bennett 1987 (co-coaches)	Coach Canberra Raiders 1988-1996	Succeeded by: Mal Meninga 1997-2001
Preceded by: Graham Lowe 1996	Coach North Queensland Cowboys 1997-2001	Succeeded by: Murray Hurst 2001-2002
Preceded by: Terry Lamb 2001-2002	Coach Wests Tigers 2003-	Succeeded by: incumbent