David Wessels (born 1983[1]), is a South African-Australian professional rugby union football coach.
[8] He was a defensive consultant under Rassie Erasmus[9] to the Super Rugby team the Stormers in 2008 and 2009, before being appointed as an assistant coach at UCT (Ikeys) in the Varsity Cup from 2009 to 2011.
[10][13] Wessels was appointed, alongside Kevin Foote, as co-head coach of the Perth Spirit winning the inaugural season of Australia's National Rugby Championship in 2014.
[3] He coached the team for three and a half seasons before departing ahead of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition in 2021.
He was headhunted for the role at SA Rugby[18] by two-time World Cup winning coach Rassie Erasmus.