Madam Hooch is the flying instructor and referee for the Hogwarts students, but I don't recall ever hearing of the four different houses having Quidditch coaches for their house teams. Nor do I recall professional Quidditch coaches being referenced. I could certainly be wrong, but not having coaches for the biggest wizarding sport in the world, on either the amateur or professional level, seems odd. Am I just remembering incorrectly?

Do any of the Quidditch teams in Harry Potter have coaches?

I would prefer a canon-based answer from the books, JKR interviews, or Pottermore.

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    You are correct about Hogwarts' teams; their "coaches" seem to be their Captains... – Möoz Jul 1 '14 at 21:57

There's at least two references on Pottermore to (professional) international teams having coaches.

The first relates to an article supposedly written by Ginny Weasley for the Daily Prophet


And the second is in much the same vein;

Snuka has previously been dubbed an egoist by teammates and today’s actions will do little to change his reputation.

Fijian manager and trainer Hector Bolobolo’s only comment after the match was ‘I’m going to kill him'.

There's also a glancing reference by JKR in the new "History of the Quidditch World Cup" to the fact that dragons are not allowed on the quidditch stadium in any capacity, including acting as team coach.

The rulebook concerning both on- and off-pitch magic is alleged to stretch to nineteen volumes and to include such rules as ‘no dragon is to be introduced into the stadium for any purpose including, but not limited to, team mascot, coach or cup warmer’

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    Really nice answer -- +1 -- I love the bit about dragons not being allowed to coach Quidditch. Like, who in the world would have thought that a good idea to begin with? Thanks for the Pottermore detail. :) – Slytherincess Jul 2 '14 at 2:48
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    @Slytherincess I reckon some team did it to use the dragon as a weapon, I would. – CandiedMango Jul 2 '14 at 8:02
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    The rules were probably changed after some one tried to pull an Air Bud with a dragon. – Rogue Jedi Sep 25 '15 at 18:31
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    @Slytherincess Was that a rhetorical question? Obviously, the answer is that Hagrid would think it was a brilliant idea to train a dragon to be Quidditch coach. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Sep 25 '15 at 20:50
  • @JanusBahsJacquet and a hypogriff as a beater? – Wayne Werner Sep 25 '15 at 22:02

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