Last part-time VFL/AFL senior coach?

[tandino]

So Sheeds was the first full time senior coach, apparently. Do we know who was the last part time coach?

I originally thought it might be Allan Jeans.

A man for all life's seasons

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then retired football coach Allan Jeans has been flattered (behind his back) for decades.

www.theage.com.au

But it was not all smooth sailing. After being smashed by arch rivals Essendon in the 1985 grand final Jeans had to make a choice. No longer could he be a policeman/coach. He knew that policing offered security while coaching usually ended in the sack. Even so he chose football, first taking long-service leave and then retiring from the force after 28 years

But after that I came across this article about Malcolm Blight.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/blight--champion-of-the-people/news-story/b6d1156ab2b41b850ee6a4a7a1dea8ce

Even when Blight was taking Geelong to successive grand finals, he was still working in business. It's one of the reasons he has done well for himself financially.
...at Geelong, he was national manager for SPD Transport

He may have been working a full time job in 1989, but by the early-mid 90's, it seems a bit late for a coach. Of course "working in business" doesn't mean full time, and Geelong didn't get to successive grand finals anyway.

Were there any other senior coaches working a full time job into the 1990s?

 

[Todman]

Last amateur premiership coach was John Kennedy in 1971. Kennedy who was a school principal as a career. The Education department passed a policy that no one can accept money in a second job. To get around this Kennedy opted not to take a salary to coach the Hawks.