Ian McIntosh

Rugby union career
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
1993–94	South Africa  Zimbabwe Natal Sharks
Rugby union career

Ian McIntosh is a Zimbabwean-South African rugby union coach. He served as head coach for the Springboks during the early 1990s.

McIntosh grew up near Bulawayo.

McIntosh never played for his country as a player but became acquainted with coaching in the 1970s under the tutelage of the then Welsh Rugby Union coaching director Ray Williams.

He later took charge of the former Zimbabwe national rugby union team, although his biggest achievement to date was taking charge of the South African national side.

He coached the legendary Natal team during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He became a national figure after Natal won their first Currie Cup in 1990, their centenary year. His success with Natal led to him coaching the Springbok side.

The year before the 1995 World Cup he was sacked as national coach following a series defeat to the All Blacks in New Zealand in mid-1994. In October of that year, Kitch Christie accepted an offer to take over from McIntosh.

Further reading

• John Bishop, 2000, Mac The Face Of Rugby, Don Nelson Publishers South Africa. ISBN 1-86806-190-6 (This book is about McIntosh's coaching career in South Africa from 1990 to 1999.)

External links

• South Africa Rugby
• Scrum
• Springboks Legends for Hartsfield Rugby celebrations
• When Mandela wore Springbok jersey, it changed my nation
• Exclusive: Joost van der Westhuizen, Bok legend

References

• Two more coaches will attend rugby meeting
• McIntosh ready to reign on Parade

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Williams	South Africa National Rugby Union Coach 1993–1994	Succeeded by Kitch Christie