List of current Australian Football League coaches
This list includes the appointment date and performance record of current Australian Football League senior coaches. The league consists of 18 clubs across Australia.
Chris Scott, the senior coach of the Geelong Cats since September 2010, is currently the longest-serving coach in the league. He has won two premierships, won the most matches (200) and has a winning percentage of 70.28%.
Five current coaches have won at least one AFL premiership during their current term: Luke Beveridge in 2016; Simon Goodwin in 2021; Chris Scott in 2011 and 2022; Craig McRae in 2023 & Chris Fagan in 2024. Alistair Clarkson and Damian Hardwick have won premierships with other clubs prior to their current appointments.
Coaches
[edit]- Key
| Prem | Premiership wins |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| D | Draws |
| GC | Games coached |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2024 AFL season
| Team | Name | Appointed[a] | Time as coach | Prem | W | L | D | GC | Win% | Prem | W | L | D | GC | Win% | Played for | Past
Clubs as an assistant or senior coach |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current[b] | Career[c] | |||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide | Matthew Nicks | 15 October 2019 | 5 years, 212 days | 0 | 29 | 55 | 0 | 84 | 34.52% | 0 | 29 | 55 | 0 | 84 | 34.52% | Sydney | Port Adelaide Greater Western Sydney |
|
| Brisbane Lions | Chris Fagan | 3 October 2016 | 8 years, 224 days | 1 | 73 | 62 | 0 | 135 | 54.07% | 0 | 73 | 62 | 0 | 135 | 54.07% | N/A | Hawthorn Melbourne |
[1] |
| Carlton | Michael Voss | 23 September 2021 | 3 years, 234 days | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 52.38% | 0 | 54 | 75 | 1 | 130 | 41.79% | Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions |
Brisbane Lions Port Adelaide |
[2] |
| Collingwood | Craig McRae | 1 September 2021 | 3 years, 256 days | 1 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 68.00% | 1 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 68.00% | Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions |
Richmond Brisbane Lions Collingwood Hawthorn |
[3] |
| Essendon | Brad Scott | 29 September 2022 | 2 years, 228 days | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 106 | 105 | 0 | 211 | 50.24% | Hawthorn Brisbane Lions |
Collingwood North Melbourne | |
| Fremantle | Justin Longmuir | 30 September 2019 | 5 years, 227 days | 0 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 61 | 51.64% | 0 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 61 | 51.64% | Fremantle | Collingwood West Coast |
|
| Geelong | Chris Scott | 18 October 2010 | 14 years, 209 days | 2 | 200 | 84 | 2 | 286 | 70.28% | 2 | 200 | 84 | 2 | 286 | 70.28% | Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions |
Fremantle | [4] |
| Gold Coast | Damien Hardwick | 21 August 2023 | 1 year, 267 days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 170 | 131 | 6 | 307 | 56.3% | Essendon Port Adelaide |
Richmond | |
| Greater Western Sydney | Adam Kingsley | 22 August 2022 | 2 years, 266 days | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Port Adelaide | Port Adelaide St Kilda Richmond |
|
| Hawthorn | Sam Mitchell | 22 August 2021 | 3 years, 266 days | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 36.36% | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 36.36% | Hawthorn West Coast |
West Coast Hawthorn |
[5] |
| Melbourne | Simon Goodwin | 28 August 2016[d] | 8 years, 260 days | 1 | 77 | 57 | 1 | 135 | 57.41% | 1 | 77 | 57 | 1 | 135 | 57.41% | Adelaide | Essendon | [6][7] |
| North Melbourne | Alastair Clarkson | 19 August 2022 | 2 years, 269 days | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 228 | 158 | 4 | 390 | 58.97% | North Melbourne Melbourne |
St Kilda Port Adelaide Hawthorn |
|
| Port Adelaide | Ken Hinkley | 5 October 2012 | 12 years, 222 days | 0 | 131 | 92 | 0 | 223 | 58.74% | 0 | 131 | 92 | 0 | 223 | 58.74% | Fitzroy Geelong |
St Kilda Geelong Gold Coast |
[8] |
| Richmond | Adem Yze | 21 September 2023 | 1 year, 236 days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | Melbourne | Melbourne Hawthorn | |
| St Kilda | Ross Lyon | 24 October 2022 | 2 years, 203 days | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 172 | 128 | 5 | 305 | - | Fitzroy Brisbane Bears |
St Kilda FremantleSydney Richmond Carlton |
[9] |
| Sydney | Dean Cox | 26 November 2024[e] | 170 days | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | West Coast | Sydney | [10] |
| West Coast | Andrew McQualter | 30 September 2024 | 227 days | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | St Kilda Gold Coast | Richmond | [11] |
| Western Bulldogs | Luke Beveridge | 14 November 2014 | 10 years, 182 days | 1 | 104 | 79 | 0 | 183 | 56.83% | 1 | 104 | 79 | 0 | 183 | 56.83% | Melbourne Western Bulldogs St Kilda |
Collingwood Hawthorn |
[12] |
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Appointment date of current term at the team.
- ^ Coaching statistics from the current term with the team; coaching statistics from previous term with the team are not included.
- ^ Coaching statistics for career in the AFL, records in other leagues are not included.
- ^ Simon Goodwin was named as the succession coach of Melbourne in 2014, he took over as senior coach from Paul Roos after the conclusion of the 2016 AFL season.
- ^ Cox joined the Sydney Swans as an assistant coach under senior John Longmire at the end of the 2017 season.[3] On 26 November 2024, two months after the club suffered a 60-point loss to Brisbane Lions in the Grand Final, the club announced Longmire's resignation as senior coach and that Longmire would hand the senior coach role to assistant coach Cox, who becomes the 46th senior coach of the Sydney Swans.
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Associated Press (3 October 2016). "Brisbane Lions appoint Hawthorn football chief Chris Fagan as AFL coach". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ McClure, Sam (23 September 2021). "'No stone unturned': Voss appointed Carlton coach". The Age.
- ^ Ryan, Peter (1 September 2021). "'I'm pretty pumped': McRae determined to build culture and success at Pies". The Age. Melbourne, VIC.
- ^ Matthews, Bruce (18 October 2011). "Fremantle coach Mark Harvey praises appointment of Dockers assistant Chris Scott as Cats coach". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Alastair Clarkson to depart Hawthorn as Sam Mitchell succession plans falls apart". Sporting News. 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Simon Goodwin welcomed as Paul Roos's successor at Melbourne Demons". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Morris, Tom (14 September 2016). "Newly installed Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin already looking towards 2017". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (5 October 2012). "Gold Coast Suns assistant Ken Hinkley wins Port Adelaide coaching job for AFL season 2013". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Apprentices face off as master coaches". sydneyswans.com.au. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Australian Associated Press (12 August 2009). "Paul Roos retires as John Longmire takes over Sydney coaching job". The Courier Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Adam Simpson named West Coast Eagles head coach". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Landsberger, Sam (14 November 2014). "Luke Beveridge named Western Bulldogs senior coach after lengthy search". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.