1. Michael Potter was born on 24 September 1963 and is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who most recently served as the interim head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, and a former professional rugby league footballer.
Michael Potter was previously head coach of Super League clubs, the Catalans Dragons, St Helens, the Bradford Bulls and NRL club the Wests Tigers.
Michael Potter made his first grade debut in the round 18 match of 1983 against Eastern Suburbs coming in for the injured Neil Baker.
Michael Potter was replaced by the reserve grade referee, Lionel Green, who subsequently was replaced by the Third Grade referee Paul Miller.
In only his second year of first-grade, Michael Potter became the first fullback to win the Dally M Player of the Year award.
Michael Potter broke his leg in 1986 and struggled to regain his form at Canterbury.
Michael Potter signed with the St George Dragons in 1989 and later became team captain.
In 1991, Michael Potter won his second Dally M Player of the Year award.
Michael Potter returned to playing rugby league, and signed to play for one of the four new teams introduced for the 1995 season, the Western Reds, going on to play 21 games for the Perth based team before retiring for good at the end of the 1996 ARL season.
Michael Potter remained there until 1999 when he took over the coaching position for the New South Wales Under-17 squad, coaching them to consecutive wins over Queensland.
Michael Potter coached St George Illawarra's Premier League side for four years before being appointed in February 2006 as head coach for the French rugby league team the Catalans Dragons, succeeding Steve Deakin.
Michael Potter coached the team to the 2007 Challenge Cup Final and in 2008 was named Super League coach of the year.
Michael Potter succeeded Daniel Anderson as head coach of St Helens at the beginning of the 2009 season.
Michael Potter coached St Helens to the 2009 Super League Grand Final defeat by Leeds at Old Trafford.
In July 2010 Michael Potter signed a two-year contract to return to Bradford, this time as head coach, commencing in 2011.
In October 2012, NRL side West Tigers confirmed that Michael Potter would be the head coach for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
Michael Potter spent a large part of 2015 coaching the Fiji Under-20s side, and was an assistant coach with the New South Wales under-16s team.
In 2016, along with his role as assistant coach at the Newcastle club, Michael Potter became the new coach of the Fiji national rugby league team on a deal to the end of the year that would see him coach Fiji in the 2016 Pacific Test against Papua New Guinea, with the Fiji National Rugby League and Michael Potter, at the end of the year, to discuss extending that into the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
In 2018, Michael Potter stood down from his role as coach of the Fijian national team.
On 2 November 2018, Michael Potter was announced as an NRL Development Coach at the Parramatta Eels.
On 18 May 2022, Michael Potter was made interim coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs after Trent Barrett stood down as head coach for the remainder of 2022.