Fact VFL/AFL Premiership Coaches (1897-2025)

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8

• Jock McHale (COLL) = (1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936)

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6

• Norm Smith (MELB) = (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964)

5

• Jack Worrall (CARL/ESS) = (1906, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912)
• Frank Hughes (RICH/MELB) = (1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948)

4

• Dick Reynolds (ESS) = (1942, 1946, 1949, 1950)
• Tom Hafey (RICH) = (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974)
• Ron Barassi (CARL/NM) = (1968, 1970, 1975, 1977)
• Allan Jeans (STK/HAW) = (1966, 1983, 1986, 1989)
• David Parkin (HAW/CARL) = (1978, 1981, 1982, 1995)
• Kevin Sheedy (ESS) = (1984, 1985, 1993, 2000)
• Leigh Matthews (COLL/BRIS) = (1990, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• Alastair Clarkson (HAW) = (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)

3

• Percy Bentley (RICH/CARL) = (1934, 1945, 1947)
• Reg Hickey (GEEL) = (1937, 1951, 1952)
• John Kennedy Sr. (HAW) = (1961, 1971, 1976)
• Mick Malthouse (WC/COLL) = (1992, 1994, 2010)
• Damien Hardwick (RICH) = (2017, 2019, 2020)

2

• Norm Clark (CARL) = (1914, 1915)
• Dan Minogue (RICH) = (1920, 1921)
• Syd Barker Sr. (ESS) = (1923, 1924)
• Phonse Kyne (COLL) = (1953, 1958)
• John Coleman (ESS) = (1962, 1965)
• Alan Joyce (HAW) = (1988, 1991)
• Malcolm Blight (ADEL) = (1997, 1998)
• Denis Pagan (NM) = (1996, 1999)
• Mark Thompson (GEEL) = (2007, 2009)
• Chris Scott (GEEL) = (2011, 2022)
• Chris Fagan (BRIS) = (2024, 2025)

1

• Charlie Ricketts (SM) = (1909)
• George Angus (COLL) = (1910)
• Percy Parratt (FITZ) = (1913)
• George Holden (FITZ) = (1916)
• Bert Howson (SM) = (1918)
• Vic Belcher (FITZ) = (1922)
• Cliff Rankin (GEEL) = (1925)
• Albert Chadwick (MELB) = (1926)
• Charlie Clymo (GEEL) = (1931)
• Jack Bisset (SM) = (1933)
• Brighton Diggins (CARL) = (1938)
• Jack Dyer (RICH) = (1943)
• Fred Hughson (FITZ) = (1944)
• Charlie Sutton (WB) = (1954)
• Bob Davis (GEEL) = (1963)
• John Nicholls (CARL) = (1972)
• Alex Jesaulenko (CARL) = (1979)
• Tony Jewell (RICH) = (1980)
• Robert Walls (CARL) = (1987)
• Mark Williams (PA) = (2004)
• Paul Roos (SYD) = (2005)
• John Worsfold (WC) = (2006)
• John Longmire (SYD) = (2012)
• Luke Beveridge (WB) = (2016)
• Adam Simpson (WC) = (2018)
• Simon Goodwin (MELB) = (2021)
• Craig McRae (COLL) = (2023)

 

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Chris Fagan becomes a 2x Premiership coach.