Stephanus Hendrik Coetzee (born 9 January 1992 in Worcester) is a South African rugby union player for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States.
He joined the Western Province Rugby Institute in 2011 and played for Western Province U19 in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and for Western Province U21 in the 2012 and 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competitions, winning the competition in 2013 and scoring two tries during the season.
[5] He was included in the Western Province squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup and made his senior debut when he started in their opening match of the season against neighbours Boland Cavaliers in Ceres.
[citation needed] After one more appearance during the 2014 Vodacom Cup,[7] Coetzee was flown to New Zealand to link up with the Stormers' Super Rugby squad for their match against the Chiefs,[8] following a torn calf muscle suffered by first-choice hooker Scarra Ntubeni.
[10] Coetzee joined Major League Rugby side Seattle Seawolves prior to the 2019 season.,[11] having a prominent performance with 8 tries assists in regular season and qualifying seawolves to playoff for the second time.