List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches
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The Hawthorn Football Club are a professional Australian rules football team based in Mulgrave, Victoria, playing in the Australian Football League. The team began as the Mayblooms before changing their nickname to the Hawks in 1942.
Since joining the VFA in 1914, Hawthorn have had 33 coaches. The current coach of the club is Sam Mitchell, who took over from Alastair Clarkson ahead of the 2022 season. Clarkson is the most successful coach in the club's history having led the team for more games coached, home and away games coached, games won, home and away wins, finals games, finals wins, and VFL/AFL premierships.
# | Number of coaches |
G | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
D | Draws |
Win% | Winning percentage |
† | Interim Coach |
‡ | Fill–in coach |
* | Player–coach |
^ | Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame |
VFA/VFL/AFL Men's coaches
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- As of the end of round 23, 2024
# | Name | Season(s) | Total | Achievements | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win% | ||||
1 | Alf Gough | 1914–1915 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 12.90 | |
2 | Jack McKenzie | 1919 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44 | |
3 | Ted Alley | 1920 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00 | |
4 | Arthur Rademacher | 1920–1921 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 37.14 | |
1933‡ | ||||||||
5 | Bill Walton | 1922–1924 | 54 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 57.41 | |
6 | Alec Hall | 1925 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17.65 | |
7 | Dan Minogue* | 1926–1927 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 11.11 | |
8 | Bert Sutton* | 1928 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0.00 | |
9 | Albert Chadwick* | 1929 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 22.22 | |
10 | John Harris* | 1930–1931 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 25.00 | |
11 | Jim Jackson | 1932 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67 | |
12 | Fred Phillips | 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
13 | Bill Twomey Sr.* | 1933–1934 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 15.63 | |
14 | Ivan McAlpine* | 1935–1938 | 72 | 22 | 50 | 0 | 30.56 | |
15 | Len Thomas* | 1939 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78 | |
16 | Bert Mills* | 1940–1941 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 27.78 | |
17 | Roy Cazaly | 1942–1943 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 33.33 | |
18 | Tommy Lahiff* | 1944 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 11.11 | |
19 | Keith Shea* | 1945–1946 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 23.08 | |
20 | Alec Albiston* | 1947–1949 | 57 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 21.05 | |
21 | Bob McCaskill | 1950–1951 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 11.11 | |
22 | Jack Hale | 1952–1959 | 146 | 61 | 84 | 1 | 41.78 | |
23 | John Kennedy Sr.^ | 1957‡ | 299 | 181 | 116 | 2 | 60.54 | 3× VFL premiership (1961, 1971, 1976) |
1960–1963 1967–1976 | ||||||||
24 | Graham Arthur* | 1964–1965 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 47.22 | |
25 | Peter O'Donohue | 1966 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78 | |
26 | David Parkin^ | 1977–1980 | 94 | 57 | 37 | 0 | 60.64 | VFL premiership (1978) |
27 | Allan Jeans^ | 1981–1987 1989–1990 | 221 | 159 | 61 | 1 | 71.95 | 3× VFL premiership (1983, 1986, 1989) |
28 | Alan Joyce | 1988 1991–1993 | 93 | 67 | 26 | 0 | 72.04 | 2× VFL/AFL premiership (1988, 1991) |
29 | Peter Knights^ | 1994–1995 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 44.44 | |
30 | Ken Judge | 1996–1999 | 89 | 37 | 50 | 1 | 41.57 | |
31 | Peter Schwab | 2000–2004 | 109 | 52 | 57 | 0 | 47.71 | |
– | Chris Connolly‡ | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
– | Donald McDonald† | 2004 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |
32 | Alastair Clarkson | 2005–2021 | 390 | 228 | 158 | 4 | 58.46 | 4× AFL premiership (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
– | Brendon Bolton‡ | 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
33 | Sam Mitchell | 2022–present | 67 | 28 | 39 | 0 | 41.79 |
AFL Women's coaches
On 12 August 2021, Hawthorn was granted a license to join the AFL Women's league for the 2022/23 season.[1] Bec Goddard who was in charge of the club's VFL women's side was immediately appointed as the club's first ever AFLW coach. [2]
- As of the end of 2023
# | Name | Season(s) | Total | Awards | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win% | ||||
1 | Bec Goddard | 2022 (S7)–2023 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 30.00 | |
2 | Daniel Webster | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
References
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