AND so the curtain has officially come down on Steve Price's reign as Warrington Wolves head coach.
Last week's play-off loss at the hands of Hull KR was the Australian's final match in charge, bringing to an end a four-year spell in the Halliwell Jones Stadium hotseat.
Highs such as against-the-odds wins over St Helens in both the 2018 Super League semi-final and the following year's Challenge Cup Final were interspersed with lows like exiting the Super League play-offs at the first hurdle for three consecutive seasons.
As he prepares to return to Australia, we can now take a look at his full coaching record in charge of the club...
Price took charge of 116 competitive matches, the first being a 16-12 Super League loss to Leeds Rhinos on February 1, 2018.
Six players – Stefan Ratchford, Tom Lineham Chris Hill, Daryl Clark, Ben Currie, Jack Hughes and Joe Philbin – were in both his first and last Wire 17s.
Price's 116 games in charge encompassed 74 wins, 41 defeats and two draws to give a win percentage of 62.9 per cent.
Here is how that record stacks up against previous Warrington Wolves coaches...
Chris Brockbank (1936-51) 74.1 per cent (160 wins from 216 matches)
Tony Smith (2009-2017) 66.4 per cent (200 wins from 301 matches)
Cecil Mountford (1951-61) 65.1 per cent (282 wins from 433 matches)
Steve Price (2018-2021) 62.9 per cent (74 wins from 116 matches)
Tony Barrow (1986-88) 62.4 per cent (68 wins from 109 matches)
Jackie Fleming (1967-68) 61.2 per cent (41 wins from 67 matches)
Billy Benyon (1978-82) 60.4 per cent (93 wins from 154 matches)
Alex Murphy (1971-78) 57.1 per cent (176 wins from 308 matches)
Kevin Ashcroft (1982-82) 55.5 per cent (50 wins from 90 matches)
Brian Johnson (1988-96) 53.8 per cent (140 wins from 260 matches)
Ernie Ashcroft (1961-67) 52.7 per cent (133 wins from 252 matches)
Reg Bowden (1984-86) 52.5 per cent (32 wins from 61 matches)
John Dorahy (1996-97) 50 per cent (15 wins from 30 matches)
Paul Cullen (2002-08) 48.6 per cent (87 wins from 179 matches)
Peter Harvey (1970-71) 46.2 per cent (12 wins from 26 matches)
Joe Egan (1968-70) 43.8 per cent (32 wins from 73 matches)
Darryl Van der Velde (1997-2001) 42.1 per cent (59 wins from 140 matches)
Steve Anderson (2001-02) 35.3 per cent (12 wins from 34 matches)
David Plange (2002) 25 per cent (4 wins from 16 matches)
During Price's reign, The Wire scored 2,893 points – an average of 24.9 per game – and conceded 1,948 (16.8 per game).
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