List of Geelong Football Club coaches
Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)—which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL)—in 1897, there have been 31 senior coaches of the Geelong Football Club. To qualify, a coach must have coached the club in at least one senior VFL/AFL match, defined as an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or were at the time of the match, members of the VFL/AFL. A senior VFL/AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, Night Series matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each coach first coached a game for Geelong in a senior VFL/AFL match.
Key
# | Number of coaches |
G | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
D | Draws |
Win% | Winning percentage |
GF | Number of VFL/AFL Grand Final appearances |
P | Number of VFL/AFL Premierships achieved by the coach |
* | Player-coach |
† | Caretaker coach |
^ | Premiership coach |
*^ | Player-coach and Premiership coach |
Coaches
- Figures correct as of 19 January 2016.
# | Name | Seasons | G | W | L | D | Win% | G | W | L | D | Win% | GF | P | Awards |
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All games | Finals | ||||||||||||||
1 | Hickinbotham, DavidDavid Hickinbotham | 1910–1911 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 52.78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2 | Eason, BillBill Eason* | 1912–1913 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 56.76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
3 | Orchard, BillyBilly Orchard | 1914 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 60.53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
4 | Taylor, BertBert Taylor | 1923 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
5 | Hagger, LloydLloyd Hagger | 1924 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
6 | Rankin, CliffCliff Rankin*^ | 1925–1927 | 57 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 78.95 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1925) |
7 | Fitzmaurice, TomTom Fitzmaurice* | 1928 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 23.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
8 | Coghlan, ArthurArthur Coghlan | 1929–1930, 1933–1934 | 80 | 49 | 30 | 1 | 61.88 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 | VFL runners-up (1930) |
9 | Clymo, CharlieCharlie Clymo^ | 1931 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 80.95 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1931) |
10 | Hickey, RegReg Hickey^ | 1932, 1936–1940, 1949–1959 | 304 | 183 | 118 | 3 | 60.69 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 3 | VFL Premiership (1937, 1951, 1952) VFL runners-up (1953) McClelland Trophy (1952, 1954) |
11 | Parratt, PercyPercy Parratt | 1935 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 36.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
12 | Dibbs, CharlieCharlie Dibbs* | 1936 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
13 | Everett, AllanAllan Everett | 1940 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
14 | Laver, LesLes Laver† | 1940 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
15 | Metherell, LenLen Metherell | 1941 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
16 | Arklay, TomTom Arklay | 1944 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5.56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
17 | Williams, JackJack Williams | 1945 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
18 | Quinn, TommyTommy Quinn | 1946–1948 | 57 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 38.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
19 | Davis, BobBob Davis^ | 1956–1965 | 116 | 72 | 39 | 5 | 64.22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.75 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1963) McClelland Trophy (1962, 1963) VFL Night Series Cup (1961) |
20 | Trezise, NeilNeil Trezise† | 1963 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
21 | Pianto, PeterPeter Pianto | 1966–1970 | 105 | 70 | 34 | 1 | 67.14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 | VFL runners-up (1967) |
22 | McMaster, BillBill McMaster | 1971–1972 | 44 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 27.27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
23 | Farmer, GrahamGraham Farmer | 1973–1975 | 66 | 24 | 42 | 0 | 36.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
24 | Olsson, RodneyRodney Olsson | 1976–1979 | 91 | 45 | 46 | 0 | 49.45 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | — | — | |
25 | Goggin, BillBill Goggin | 1980–1982 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 0 | 57.75 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | — | — | McClelland Trophy (1980, 1981) |
26 | Hafey, TomTom Hafey | 1983–1985 | 66 | 31 | 35 | 0 | 46.97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
27 | Devine, JohnJohn Devine | 1986–1988 | 66 | 28 | 37 | 1 | 43.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
28 | Blight, MalcolmMalcolm Blight | 1989–1994 | 145 | 89 | 56 | 0 | 61.38 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33 | 3 | 0 | McClelland Trophy (1992) VFL/AFL runners-up (1989, 1992, 1994) |
29 | Ayres, GaryGary Ayres | 1995–1999 | 116 | 65 | 50 | 1 | 56.47 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 | AFL runners-up (1995) |
30 | Thompson, MarkMark Thompson^ | 2000–2010 | 260 | 161 | 96 | 3 | 62.50 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11 | 3 | 2 | AFL Premiership (2007, 2009) Jock McHale Medal (2007, 2009) AFL runners-up (2008) McClelland Trophy (2007, 2008) Pre-season Cup (2006, 2009) |
31 | Scott, ChrisChris Scott^ | 2011–present | 142 | 102 | 39 | 1 | 71.20 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44 | 1 | 1 | AFL Premiership (2011) Jock McHale Medal (2011) |
References
- General
- "Geelong Coaches Win/Loss Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- "Geelong Football Club Honour Roll". geelongcats.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- Specific