Richard Pybus > cricket coaching career credentials

All the latest, updated information on Richard Pybus – his cricket coaching career and more.

Pybus was among the candidates to coach the Proteas at the time of writing in mid-January 2023.

Richard Pybus

Richard Pybus.

Richard Pybus coaching career

Pybus has held several domestic and international head coach posts in South Africa and other countries from the early 1990s to today.

Pybus – UWC director of cricket

Pybus is currently director of cricket at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town. He was appointed in 2021.

Richard Pybus – West Indies’ roles

Pybus was hired as West Indies director of cricket in 2013. He left the role in 2016.

He returned for the West Indies as high performance director in 2018.

Pybus was also the West Indies’ interim coach for part of 2019.

Pybus – Indian cricket

Pybus reportedly applied to be head coach of India in 2017, but did not get the job.

He was briefly associated with the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, too.

Richard Pybus – Bangladesh job

Pybus became head coach of Bangladesh in 2012. This was his first appointment in international cricket. He left the post later that year.

Pybus – Cape Cobras head coach

Pybus was appointed head coach of the Cape Cobras in South African domestic cricket in 2010. All-rounder Justin Kemp was the captain of the Cobras at the time.

Pybus left the role in 2012.

Richard Pybus – Titans head coach

Pybus coached the Titans in South African domestic cricket in two stints. The second was from 2007 to 2009.

Pybus – Middlesex head coach

Pybus was head coach of Middlesex in English county cricket. Appointed in February 2007, he left the post less than six months later.

Richard Pybus – Pakistan coach

Pybus coached Pakistan during up to four stints from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. This included during the 1999 World Cup.

Pybus – Border coach

Pybus coached Border at domestic level in South Africa across two stints. He worked with Proteas fast bowler Makhaya Ntini here.

Pybus – Selborne College coach

Pybus’ coaching career started at Selborne College in East London, Eastern Cape, in the early 1990s. He worked with eventual Proteas wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Boucher at the time.

Richard Pybus – FAQs

Who is Richard Pybus?

Pybus is a domestic and international coach with approximately three decades of experience.

Where is Richard Pybus?

Pybus currently works for the University of the Western Cape as director of cricket.

What happened to Richard Pybus?

Pybus coached Bangladesh and Pakistan in international cricket before joining the University of the Western Cape as director of cricket in 2021.