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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1953}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Mick Malthouse
| image = MoombaMick.jpg
| fullname = Michael Raymond Malthouse
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ballarat, Victoria]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[North Ballarat Football Club|North Ballarat]]
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position = [[Australian rules football positions|Defender]]
| years1 = 1972–1976
| club1 = {{AFL StK}}
| games_goals1 = {{0}}53 {{0}}(5)
| years2 = 1976–1983
| club2 = {{AFL Ric}}
| games_goals2 = 121 (10)
| games_goalstotal = 174 (15)
| coachclub1 = {{AFL Foo}}
| coachyears1 = 1984–1989
| coachgames_wins1 = 135 {{0|00}}(67–66–2)
| coachclub2 = {{AFL|WC}}
| coachyears2 = 1990–1999
| coachgames_wins2 = 243 {{0}}(156–85–2)
| coachclub3 = {{AFL Col}}
| coachyears3 = 2000–2011
| coachgames_wins3 = 286 (163–121–2)
| coachclub4 = {{AFL Car}}
| coachyears4 = 2013–2015
| coachgames_wins4 = {{0}}54 {{0|00}}(20–33–1)
| coachyears5 = '''Club total'''
| coachclub5 = 
| coachgames_wins5 = '''718 (406–305–7)'''
| coachyears6= <br>1991–1993
| coachclub6 = '''Representative'''<br>[[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]]
| coachgames_wins6 = <br>3 (1–2–0)
| coachyears7 = 2008–2010
| coachclub7 = [[Australia international rules football team|Australia]]
| coachgames_wins7 = 4 (2–2–0)
| coachyears8 = '''Representative total'''
| coachclub8 = 
| coachgames_wins8 = '''7 (3–4–0)'''
| coachgames_winstotal = 725 (409–309–7)
| statsend = 1983
| coachstatsend = 2015
| careerhighlights = * [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|VFL/AFL Premiership player]]: ([[1980 VFL Grand Final|1980]])
* [[List of AFL premiers|AFL Premiership Coach]]:([[1992 AFL Grand Final|1992]], [[1994 AFL Grand Final|1994]], [[2010 AFL Grand Final|2010]])
*3× [[Jock McHale Medal]]: ([[1992 AFL Grand Final|1992]], [[1994 AFL Grand Final|1994]], [[2010 AFL Grand Final|2010]])
*2× [[All-Australian team|All-Australian coach]]: (1991, 2010)
*2× [[Australian international rules football team|Australian]] [[International Rules Series|International rules]] coach: (2008, 2010)
*[[AFL Coaches Association Awards#Coach of the year Award|AFLCA Coach of the Year]]: (2010)
}}

'''Michael Raymond Malthouse''' (born 17 August 1953) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er and coach, who played for the [[St Kilda Football Club]] and [[Richmond Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).

After finishing his playing career, Malthouse embarked on a distinguished coaching career with {{AFL Foo}}, {{AFL WC}}, {{AFL Col}} and {{AFL Car}}. He guided the Eagles to their first two AFL premierships in [[1992 AFL Grand Final|1992]] and [[1994 AFL Grand Final|1994]], and then led Collingwood to their 15th VFL/AFL premiership in [[2010 AFL Grand Final|2010]]. Early in the [[2015 AFL season]], Malthouse broke the long-standing record held by legendary Collingwood coach [[Jock McHale]] for the most VFL/AFL senior games coached, eventually finishing with 718 over 31 seasons.

Since the end of his coaching career, Malthouse has continued his involvement in football through his media commitments, especially with [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Radio]].

==Early years==
Malthouse was born in [[Ballarat, Victoria]], to Ray Malthouse, a local plasterer, and his wife Marie (née Canty), the year after their marriage. He also has a younger sister, Gerardine.<ref>Malthouse (2012), pp.1-2</ref>

==Playing career==

===St Kilda===
Recruited from [[North Ballarat Football Club|North Ballarat]],<ref>[http://www.magpies.net/nick/players/2005/mmalthouse.htm Nick's Collingwood Page – The Players – Michael Malthouse]. Magpies.net (1953-08-17). Retrieved on 2011-10-01.</ref> Malthouse started his football career with [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in 1972, playing 53 senior games including three finals. After being told by then-senior coach [[Allan Jeans]] that he would struggle to get a game in the senior side due to a surfeit of similar-skilled players, he departed for [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] midway through the 1976 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/23166/saints-salute-mick|title=Saints salute Mick|date=30 April 2015|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="MICK MALTHOUSE">{{cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Mick%2BMalthouse/10600|title=MICK MALTHOUSE|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>

===Richmond===
At {{AFL Ric}}, Malthouse played 121 senior games, including six finals and the runaway [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|premiership]] win over [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in the [[1980 VFL Grand Final|1980 Grand Final]]. He was noted for being a tough and solid defender. In [[1982 VFL season|1982]] Malthouse managed to play every game of the home-and-away season for the first time in his career, only to suffer a dislocated shoulder in the lead-up to the Grand Final. He missed out on the game after not passing a gruelling fitness test. He retired in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/286431/welcome-home-mick|title=Welcome home, Mick|date=9 May 2017|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Michael+Malthouse|title=Michael Malthouse|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="MICK MALTHOUSE"/>

==Coaching career==

===Footscray: 1984–1989===
After [[Ian Hampshire]] unexpectedly quit as {{AFL Foo}} senior coach in early January, Malthouse decided to return from holiday with his family after hearing about the sudden vacancy on the radio.<ref>Collins & Eddy (2016), p.198</ref> He was approached by club officials and on 13 January was officially appointed senior coach of Footscray for the next two seasons.<ref name="canb">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116384421 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL Malthouse to coach Footscray |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=58 |issue=17,639 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=14 January 1984 |access-date=13 August 2021 |page=42 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="theage.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mick-malthouse-an-epic-coaching-journey-20150427-1mui1h.html|title=Mick Malthouse: an epic coaching journey|date=27 April 2015|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> Having only recently retired from playing, Malthouse had not been expecting to become a senior VFL coach so soon after, although he had harboured intentions to coach at some level. Nonetheless, he was able to lay out his basic philosophy:

<blockquote>My plans are all orientated on a team game. [...] I'm not looking for individual performances: I'm looking for consistency and at players who can coordinate off and on the field — particularly on the field.<ref name="canb"/></blockquote>

During his time at the [[Western Bulldogs|Bulldogs]] he was known for his tough stance on many players, including [[Doug Hawkins]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} The team's final standings in his years in charge were 7th (1984), 3rd (1985), 8th (1986), 7th (1987), 8th (1988) and 13th (1989).<ref>[http://www.finalsiren.com/AFLLadder.asp?AFLLadderTypeID=2&SeasonID=1989&Round=22-1&Go=Go AFL Ladder 1989 Round 22 –]. Finalsiren.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-01.</ref> He impressed with his dedication and professionalism. Malthouse left the financially stricken club at the end of 1989, weeks before it announced its intentions to [[Fitzroy Bulldogs|merge with Fitzroy]]; the merger never ultimately went ahead due to a supporter fightback, and Malthouse was criticised by his assistant coach [[Terry Wheeler]] for not sticking by his club during its time of need.<ref name="24octtdb">{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|publication-place=Melbourne|pages=79–80|author1=Tony de Bolfo|author2=Daryl Timms|date=24 October 1989|title=Tide of hope}}</ref><ref name="theage.com.au"/> Wheeler then replaced Malthouse as Footscray Football Club senior coach.

===West Coast Eagles: 1990–1999===

Malthouse then replaced [[John Todd (footballer)|John Todd]] as [[West Coast Eagles]] senior coach, at the end of the [[1989 VFL season|1989 season]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mick-malthouse-715-west-coast-chief-trevor-nisbett-on-eagles-appointment-20150429-1mw371.html|title=Mick Malthouse 715: West Coast chief Trevor Nisbett on Eagles appointment|date=29 April 2015|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/malthouse-why-i-left-west-coast-ng-ya-160797|title=Malthouse: Why I left West Coast|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref> after Todd was sacked when the Eagles struggled and finished eleventh on the ladder with seven wins and fifteen losses. For ten years from 1990, he was senior coach for the [[West Coast Eagles]].<ref name="theage.com.au"/> In [[1991 AFL season|1991]], the Eagles won their first 12 games of the season and finished minor premiers for the first time in the club's history with 19 wins, one of few teams in VFL/AFL to go through the entire home-and-away season on top of the ladder. They were granted a home Qualifying Final against {{AFL Haw}}, marking the first AFL final to be played interstate. In one of the boilovers of the season, Hawthorn weathered the best the Eagles threw at them in the first quarter and eventually ran out winners by 23 points. As a consequence, the Eagles would have to make three consecutive trips to [[Waverley Park]] to get to the Grand final. During his tenure as senior coach of the West Coast Eagles, the club under Malthouse made the finals every year, including [[1992 AFL Grand Final|1992]] and [[1994 AFL Grand Final|1994]] premierships and [[1991 AFL Grand Final|1991]] grand finalists as runners-up. Final minor premiership ladder positions were 3rd, 1st, 4th, 6th, 1st, 5th, 4th, 5th, 7th and 5th (1990–1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame/mick-malthouse|title=Mick Malthouse|date=17 February 2021|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="theage.com.au"/>

At the end of the [[1999 AFL season|1999 season]], Malthouse stepped down as West Coast Eagles senior coach and was replaced by [[Ken Judge]] as West Coast Eagles senior coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/malthouse-why-i-left-west-coast-ng-ya-160797|title=Malthouse: Why I left West Coast|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>

===Collingwood: 2000–2011===
Recruited to the Magpies by Collingwood president [[Eddie McGuire]], Malthouse replaced [[Tony Shaw (Australian rules footballer)|Tony Shaw]] as Collingwood senior coach following Shaw's resignation after the club finished last on the ladder (16th), claiming the [[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons|wooden spoon]] for the 1999 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/featured-content-home/news/guangzhou-show-takes-the-cake/lqkjjeevxzsr1lszg914ucxam|title=Guangzhou show takes the cake|date=11 May 2014|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/451781/the-fire-in-mcguire-15-years-on-as-collingwood-president|title=The fire in McGuire: 15 years on as Collingwood president|date=29 October 2013|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="The Presidents: Eddie McGuire">{{cite web|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/the-presidents-eddie-mcguire/|title=The Presidents: Eddie McGuire|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="theage.com.au"/> Malthouse coached Collingwood to the finals in eight out of his twelve seasons in charge including grand final appearances in 2002, 2003, 2010 (twice) and 2011.<ref name="theage.com.au"/>

In Malthouse's first season as Collingwood Football Club senior coach in the [[2000 AFL season|2000 season]], Collingwood finished fifteenth (second-last) on the ladder with seven wins and fifteen losses. In the [[2001 AFL season|2001 season]], Collingwood under Malthouse just missed out on the finals, where they finished ninth on the ladder with eleven wins and eleven losses.<ref name="theroar.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/06/24/exposing-the-myth-of-collingwoods-succession-plan/|title=Exposing the myth of Collingwood's succession plan|date=23 June 2021|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="The coaches: Michael Malthouse">{{cite web|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/the-coaches-michael-malthouse/|title=The coaches: Michael Malthouse|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>

In the [[2002 AFL season|2002 season]], Malthouse guided Collingwood to the [[2002 AFL Grand Final]] but fell short and lost to the [[Brisbane Lions]] by a margin of nine points, where the final score was Brisbane Lions 10.15 (75) to Collingwood 9.12 (66).<ref name="theroar.com.au"/><ref name="The coaches: Michael Malthouse"/><ref name="theage.com.au"/>

In the [[2003 AFL season|2003 season]], Malthouse again guided Collingwood to the [[2003 AFL Grand Final]] but lost for the second year in a row, again to Brisbane, this time by a margin of 50 points, where the final score was Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) to Collingwood 12.12 (84).<ref name="theroar.com.au"/><ref name="The coaches: Michael Malthouse"/><ref name="theage.com.au"/>

In the [[2004 AFL season|2004 season]], Collingwood's on-field performance under Malthouse dropped when they finished thirteenth with eight wins and fourteen losses. In the [[2005 AFL season|2005 season]], Collingwood went from bad to worse when they finished fifteenth (second-last) on the ladder with five wins and seventeen losses.<ref name="theroar.com.au"/>

In the [[2006 AFL season|2006 season]], Collingwood under Malthouse returned to the finals series after finishing fifth on the ladder, but were defeated in the elimination final by [[Western Bulldogs]] by 41 points. In the [[2007 AFL season|2007 season]], Collingwood made the finals again, but were eliminated by the eventual premiers [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in the preliminary final by five points. In the [[2008 AFL season|2008 season]], Collingwood returned to the finals but were eliminated by [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in the semi-final by 34 points.<ref name="theroar.com.au"/><ref name="The coaches: Michael Malthouse"/>

In July 2009, Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire produced a succession plan in which Malthouse was to hand over the coaching reins to club legend and assistant coach [[Nathan Buckley]] at the end of the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/sacked-podcast-mick-malthouse-reveals-never-before-heard-details-about-his-collingwood-sacking/news-story/a6622ba66e1a5607e0007850c6b9148c|title=Sacked podcast: Mick Malthouse reveals never before heard details about his Collingwood sacking|date=6 July 2019|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="Exposing the myth of Collingwood's">{{cite web|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/06/24/exposing-the-myth-of-collingwoods-succession-plan/|title=Exposing the myth of Collingwood's succession plan|date=23 June 2021|access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="The Presidents: Eddie McGuire"/> Also in the [[2009 AFL season|2009 season]], Collingwood under Malthouse made the finals again but were eliminated by the eventual premiers [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in the preliminary final by seventy-three points.<ref name="The coaches: Michael Malthouse"/>

In the [[2010 AFL season|2010 season]], Malthouse guided Collingwood to a [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|premiership]] win after the first drawn AFL/VFL grand final since [[1977 VFL Grand Final|1977]], where Collingwood claimed premiership success with a resounding 56-point win over [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in the replay of the [[2010 AFL Grand Final]], where the final score was Collingwood 16.12 (108) to St Kilda 7.10 (52). This was the club's biggest ever win in a grand final and its first since 1990.<ref name="theroar.com.au"/><ref name="The coaches: Michael Malthouse"/><ref name="theage.com.au"/>

In the [[2011 AFL season|2011 season]], Malthouse guided Collingwood to another grand final, this time against the Geelong Cats. After a dramatic three-point win over Hawthorn in the preliminary final, he was shown on TV in tears in the coach's box after his side came from 17 points down at the final change to book their place in Malthouse's fifth grand final as Collingwood Football Club senior coach and his eighth overall. Collingwood  lost the [[2011 AFL Grand Final]] to [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] by a margin of 38 points, where the final score was Geelong 18.11 (119) to Collingwood 12.9 (81). The game was his final one as Collingwood senior coach, as Malthouse handed the coaching reins to assistant coach [[Nathan Buckley]] after the game, as part of the planned transition under the two year succession plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/sacked-podcast-mick-malthouse-reveals-never-before-heard-details-about-his-collingwood-sacking/news-story/a6622ba66e1a5607e0007850c6b9148c|title=Sacked podcast: Mick Malthouse reveals never before heard details about his Collingwood sacking|date=6 July 2019|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Exposing the myth of Collingwood's"/><ref name="The coaches: Michael Malthouse"/> Malthouse also stated that he would not be taking on the position as Director of Coaching at Collingwood after the loss and that he had made this decision six weeks earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mick Malthouse reveals he won't continue at Magpies as director of coaching in wake of grand final|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/mick-malthouse-reveals-he-wont-continue-at-collingwood-as-director-of-coaching-in-wake-of-grand-final/story-e6frf3e3-1226155233899|work=Fox Sports|access-date=2 October 2011}}</ref> In addition, while coaching Collingwood, Malthouse spent time as a guest media commentator for [[SEN 1116]].

Year later in 2019, Malthouse told the [[Herald Sun]] of the circumstances of his departure from Collingwood as senior coach and was asked if he considered the club's decision to seek a coaching handover deal the equivalent of a sacking? Malthouse said: “Yeah, I do, I have always thought that”.<ref name="heraldsun.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/sacked-podcast-mick-malthouse-reveals-never-before-heard-details-about-his-collingwood-sacking/news-story/a6622ba66e1a5607e0007850c6b9148c|title=Sacked podcast: Mick Malthouse reveals never before heard details about his Collingwood sacking|date=6 July 2019|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> Malthouse then stated that the director of coaching job description role he had agreed to in the middle of 2009 was nothing like how it was going to look in actuality at the end of 2011. “I must have spoken to Nathan Buckley, I can't remember when, and he said ‘Look, I don't want you in the coaches’ box, which I can understand, but he should have said at the time when they signed the deal” Malthouse said.<ref name="heraldsun.com.au"/> Buckley said "I don't want you talking to the coaches on the bench; I don't want you talking to the coaches. It is pretty hard not talking to the coaches when you are the director of coaching, so I thought he doesn't want me to be director of coaching, There was no point in staying".<ref name="heraldsun.com.au"/>

===Carlton: 2013–2015===
Malthouse was announced as the senior coach of the Carlton Football Club on 11 September 2012 for the next three seasons, when he replaced [[Brett Ratten]] as Carlton senior coach, after Ratten was sacked at the end of the 2012 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malthouse named Carlton Coach|date=11 September 2012 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/malthouse-named-carlton-coach-20120911-25p2e.html|access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-11/carlton-confirms-malthouse-as-coach/4254438|title=Carlton confirms Malthouse as coach|newspaper=ABC News |date=10 September 2012|access-date=November 25, 2021}}</ref> In the [[2013 AFL season|2013 season]], the Blues under Malthouse initially finished ninth on the ladder with eleven wins and eleven losses, but were promoted to eighth place, therefore being granted a place in the finals after {{AFL Ess}} were relegated to ninth position after being penalised for their well-documented [[Essendon Football Club supplements controversy|supplements scandal]]. A one-point win over Port Adelaide in the final round prevented North Melbourne from overtaking Carlton on percentage. Carlton subsequently defeated [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] in its elimination final, thus making Malthouse the most successful finals coach ever. However, Carlton under Malthouse were eliminated by the [[Sydney Swans]] in the semi-final in the [[2013 AFL finals series|2013 finals series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blueseum.org/Mick+Malthouse|title=Mick Malthouse|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref>

Carlton struggled for the remainder of his tenure at the club. Under Malthouse they began the [[2014 AFL season|2014 season]] with four consecutive losses<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl-new/carlton-coach-mick-malthouse-says-he-wont-panic-just-because-blues-are-04/news-story/3b9cdba0f2c13da11868f04b56f9d33e|title=Carlton coach Mick Malthouse says he won't panic just because Blues are 0-4|date=12 April 2014|access-date=19 January 2022}}</ref> and at the end of the 2014 season, Carlton finished with seven wins, one draw and fourteen losses en route to a 13th-place finish on the ladder. In the [[2015 AFL season|2015 season]], the club sat last with a record of 1–7 after eight rounds. As the club's on-field performances deteriorated, there was intense media speculation about Malthouse's position, as well as the public relationship between Malthouse and club administration, most notably president Mark LoGiudice and CEO Steven Trigg, who had both been in the roles since mid-2014. On 26 May 2015, hours after giving a radio interview on Melbourne Station [[SEN 1116|SEN]] in which Malthouse was highly critical of the club's administrators, Malthouse was sacked as Carlton Football Club senior coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/carlton/mick-malthouse-sacked-carlton-terminates-veteran-coachs-contract-after-explosive-radio-interview/news-story/0268f883ce7f163b3d46740c9390c3c8|title=Mick Malthouse sacked: Carlton terminates veteran coach's contract after explosive radio interview|date=26 May 2015|access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-26/malthouse-sacked-by-carlton-after-afternoon-board-meeting/6497650|title=Mick Malthouse sacked by Carlton after a loss of trust between Blues and veteran coach|newspaper=ABC News |date=26 May 2015|access-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mick-malthouse-sacked-as-coach-of-carlton-20150526-gh9ptc.html|title=Mick Malthouse sacked as coach of Carlton|date=26 May 2015|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-have-a-long-history-of-sacking-coaches-in-dramatic-circumstances/news-story/9e574b439aea60d1b8649d044db3f8d1|title=Carlton have a long history of sacking coaches in dramatic circumstances|date=26 May 2015|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> Malthouse was then replaced by assistant coach [[John Barker (Australian footballer)|John Barker]] as caretaker senior coach of Carlton Football Club for the rest of the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/malthouse-sacked-as-carlton-afl-coach|title=Malthouse sacked as Carlton AFL coach|date=May 26, 2015|access-date=November 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/mick-malthouse-sacked-carlton-axe-afls-longestserving-coach/news-story/3324ff290a1ccd9ecaa8aea527a23be7|title=Mick Malthouse sacked: Carlton axe AFL's longest-serving coach|date=26 May 2015|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/may/26/mick-malthouse-sacked-as-carlton-coach|title=Mick Malthouse sacked as Carlton coach after 'loss of trust' at AFL club|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=26 May 2015|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/afl/2015/05/26/mick-malthouse-sacked-carlton-coach/|title=Mick gone: Malthouse sacked as Carlton coach|date=26 May 2015|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref>

Years later in 2021, Malthouse reflected on his tenure as senior coach of Carlton in the [[Herald Sun]] and stated: "The biggest disappointment of my coaching career is that I should have looked further into Carlton's lack of forward thinking, before I signed on to coach the Blues" and "I was staggered at the Carlton board's pre-occupation with past players and past premierships".<ref name="Mick Malthouse: Why Carlton will re">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/mick-malthouse-why-carlton-will-remain-trapped-in-a-time-warp-unless-board-changes-direction/news-story/1405d304b0d7940b0667d8ecf95b8af9|title=Mick Malthouse: Why Carlton will remain trapped in a time warp unless club changes direction|date=2 September 2021|access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref>

Malthouse then further eleborated stating that "he had a lack of support from the board and he was reminded in one regular board meeting that the Blues had won 16 premiership cups. he quickly informed them that they had in fact won just a single AFL premiership (1995), which put the club in the low range for number of flags won since the AFL announced itself in 1990".<ref name="Mick Malthouse: Why Carlton will re"/>  "In another board meeting he was informed of a five-year plan to win a premiership. I was in my second year at the club and I was told we were already three years into a plan that I was completely unaware of. They asked for my assessment, but didn't like the answer".<ref name="Mick Malthouse: Why Carlton will re"/> "It came as a great shock to most of the board members that the plan was totally unachievable in that time frame, and that in fact, until the constraints of contract management were lifted we were going to stay a middle-of-the-road team".<ref name="Mick Malthouse: Why Carlton will re"/> "Too many players on an ageing list were overpaid or over-committed in lengthy contracts, in contrast to their ability. There was no room to move, or even to retain star power on the hit list of opposing clubs, and until we could afford multiple trades or multiple draft picks we were carrying the burden like baggage".<ref name="Mick Malthouse: Why Carlton will re"/>

==Statistics==

===Playing statistics===
:<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Mick_Malthouse.html Mick Malthouse's player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>

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{{AFL player statistics start}}
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|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1972 VFL season|1972]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 37 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 42 || 6 || 48 || 13 || {{n/a}} || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.7 || 0.7 || 5.3 || 1.4 || {{n/a}}
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1973 VFL season|1973]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 37 || 16 || 2 || 0 || 170 || 33 || 203 || 41 || {{n/a}} || 0.1 || 0.0 || 10.6 || 2.1 || 12.7 || 2.6 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1974 VFL season|1974]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 37 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 53 || 11 || 64 || 7 || {{n/a}} || 0.1 || 0.3 || 7.6 || 1.6 || 9.1 || 1.0 || {{n/a}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1975 VFL season|1975]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 22 || 18 || 1 || 2 || 133 || 45 || 178 || 29 || {{n/a}} || 0.1 || 0.1 || 7.4 || 2.5 || 9.9 || 1.6 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1976 VFL season|1976]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 22 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 19 || 4 || 23 || 0 || {{n/a}} || 0.3 || 0.7 || 6.3 || 1.3 || 7.7 || 0.0 || {{n/a}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1976 VFL season|1976]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 22 || 9 || 3 || 1 || 107 || 49 || 156 || 22 || {{n/a}} || 0.3 || 0.1 || 11.9 || 5.4 || 17.3 || 2.4 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1977 VFL season|1977]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 28 || 13 || 5 || 4 || 144 || 72 || 216 || 24 || {{n/a}} || 0.4 || 0.4 || 11.1 || 5.5 || 16.6 || 1.8 || {{n/a}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1978 VFL season|1978]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 7 || 20 || 1 || 2 || 244 || 94 || 338 || 49 || {{n/a}} || 0.1 || 0.1 || 12.2 || 4.7 || 16.9 || 2.5 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1979 VFL season|1979]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 7 || 10 || 1 || 1 || 99 || 48 || 147 || 16 || {{n/a}} || 0.1 || 0.1 || 9.9 || 4.8 || 14.7 || 1.6 || {{n/a}}
|-
| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | '''[[1980 VFL season|1980]]'''<sup>#</sup>
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 7 || 23 || 0 || 3 || 210 || 108 || 318 || 39 || {{n/a}} || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.1 || 4.7 || 13.8 || 1.7 ||{{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1981 VFL season|1981]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 7 || 21 || 0 || 0 || 203 || 103 || 306 || 33 || {{n/a}} || 0.0 || 0.0 || 9.7 || 4.9 || 14.6 || 1.6 || {{n/a}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1982 VFL season|1982]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 7 || 23 || 0 || 0 || 195 || 86 || 281 || 42 || {{n/a}} || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.5 || 3.7 || 12.2 || 1.8 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1983 VFL season|1983]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 7 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 26 || 2 || 28 || 1 || {{n/a}} || 0.0 || 0.5 || 13.0 || 1.0 || 14.0 || 0.5 || {{n/a}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 174
! 15
! 18
! 1645
! 661
! 2306
! 316
! {{n/a}}
! 0.1
! 0.1
! 9.5
! 3.8
! 13.3
! 1.8
! {{n/a}}
|}

==Head coaching record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Home and Away Season !! colspan="5"|Finals
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Drew!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Drew !!Win % !! Result
|-
![[Western Bulldogs|FOOT]]||[[1984 VFL season|1984]]
||11||11||0||{{winperc|11|11}}||7th out of 12||—||—||—||—||—
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[Western Bulldogs|FOOT]]||[[1985 VFL season|1985]]
||16||6||0||{{winperc|16|6}}||2nd out of 12|| 1 || 2 || 0 || .333 || <small>'''Lost to [[1985 Hawthorn Football Club season|Hawthorn]] in [[1985 VFL finals series|Preliminary Final]]'''</small>
|-
![[Western Bulldogs|FOOT]]||[[1986 VFL season|1986]]
||11||11||0||{{winperc|11|11|}}||8th out of 12||—||—||—||—||—
|-
![[Western Bulldogs|FOOT]]||[[1987 VFL season|1987]]
||11||10||1||{{winperc|11|10|1}}||7th out of 14||—||—||—||—||—
|-
![[Western Bulldogs|FOOT]]||[[1988 VFL season|1988]]
||11||11||0||{{winperc|11|11}}||8th out of 14||—||—||—||—||—
|-
![[Western Bulldogs|FOOT]]||[[1989 VFL season|1989]]
||6||15||1||{{winperc|6|15|1}}||13th out of 14||—||—||—||—||—
|-
! colspan="2"|FOOT total||66||64||2||{{winperc|66|64|2}}||||1||2||0||{{winperc|1|2}}||

|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1990 AFL season|1990]]
||16||6||0||{{winperc|16|6}}||3rd out of 14|| 1 || 2 || 1 || .275 || <small>'''Lost to [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] in [[1990 AFL finals series|Preliminary Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1991 AFL season|1991]]
||19||3||0||{{winperc|19|3}}||1st out of 15|| 2 || 2 || 0 || .500 || <small>'''Lost to [[1991 Hawthorn Football Club season|Hawthorn]] in [[1991 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1992 AFL season|1992]]
||15||6||1||{{winperc|15|6|1}}||4th out of 15|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 1.000 || <small>'''Defeated [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in [[1992 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1993 AFL season|1993]]
||12||8||0||{{winperc|12|8}}||6th out of 15|| 1 || 1 || 0 || .500 || <small>'''Lost to [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] in [[1993 AFL season|Semi Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1994 AFL season|1994]]
||16||6||0||{{winperc|16|6}}||1st out of 15|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 1.000 || <small>'''Defeated [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in [[1994 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1995 AFL season|1995]]
||14||8||0||{{winperc|14|8}}||5th out of 16|| 0 || 2 || 0 || .000 || <small>'''Lost to [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] in [[1995 AFL season|Semi Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1996 AFL season|1996]]
||15||7||0||{{winperc|15|7}}||4th out of 16|| 1 || 1 || 0 || .500 || <small>'''Lost to [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] in [[1996 AFL season|Semi Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1997 AFL season|1997]]
||13||9||0||{{winperc|13|9}}||5th out of 16|| 0 || 2 || 0 || .000 || <small>'''Lost to [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] in [[1997 AFL season|Semi Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1998 AFL season|1998]]
||12||10||0||{{winperc|12|10}}||7th out of 16|| 0 || 1 || 0 || .000 || <small>'''Lost to [[Western Bulldogs|Footscray]] in [[1998 AFL finals series|Elimination Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[West Coast Eagles|WCE]]||[[1999 AFL season|1999]]
||12||10||0||{{winperc|12|10}}||5th out of 16|| 1 || 1 || 0 || .500 || <small>'''Lost to [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] in [[1999 AFL finals series|Semi Final]]'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|WCE total||144||73||1||{{winperc|144|73|1}}||||12||12||1||{{winperc|12|12|1}}||
|-
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2000 AFL season|2000]]
||7||15||0||{{winperc|7|15}}||15th out of 16||—||—||—||—||—
|-
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2001 AFL season|2001]]
||11||11||0||{{winperc|11|11}}||9th out of 16||—||—||—||—||—|—
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2002 AFL season|2002]]
||13||9||0||{{winperc|13|9}}||4th out of 16||2||1||0||.667|| <small>'''Lost to [[2002 Brisbane Lions season|Brisbane]] in [[2002 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2003 AFL season|2003]]
||15||7||0||{{winperc|15|7}}||2nd out of 16||2||1||0||.667||<small>'''Lost to [[2003 Brisbane Lions season|Brisbane]] in [[2003 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''</small>
|-
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2004 AFL season|2004]]
||8||14||0||{{winperc|7|15}}||13th out of 16||—||—||—||—||—|—
|-
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2005 AFL season|2005]]
||5||17||0||{{winperc|7|15}}||15th out of 16||—||—||—||—||—|—
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2006 AFL season|2006]]
||14||8||0||{{winperc|14|8}}||5th out of 16||0||1||0||.000||<small>'''Lost to [[Western Bulldogs]] in [[2006 AFL finals series|Elimination Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2007 AFL season|2007]]
||13||9||0||{{winperc|13|9}}||6th out of 16||2||1||0||.667||<small>'''Lost to [[2007 Geelong Football Club season|Geelong]] in [[2007 AFL finals series|Preliminary Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2008 AFL season|2008]]
||12||10||0||{{winperc|12|10}}||8th out of 16||1||1||0||.500||<small>'''Lost to [[2008 St Kilda Football Club season|St Kilda]] in [[2008 AFL finals series|Semi Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[Collingwood Football Club|COLL]]||[[2009 AFL season|2009]]
||15||7||0||{{winperc|15|7}}||4th out of 16||1||2||0||.333||<small>'''Lost to [[2009 Geelong Football Club season|Geelong]] in [[2009 AFL finals series|Preliminary Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[2010 Collingwood Football Club season|COLL]]||[[2010 AFL season|2010]]
||17||4||1||{{winperc|17|4|1}}||1st out of 16||3||0||1||.875||<small>'''Defeated [[2010 St Kilda Football Club season|St Kilda]] in [[2010 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2011 Collingwood Football Club season|COLL]]||[[2011 AFL season|2011]]
||20||2||0||{{winperc|20|2}}||1st out of 17||2||1||0||.667||<small>'''Lost to [[2011 Geelong Football Club season|Geelong]] in [[2011 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|COLL total||150||113||1||{{winperc|150|113|1}}|| ||13||8||1||{{winperc|13|8|1}}|| 
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2013 Carlton Football Club season|CARL]]||[[2013 AFL season|2013]]
||11||11||0||{{winperc|11|11}}||8th out of 18||1||1||0||.599||<small>'''Lost to [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] in [[2013 AFL finals series|Semi Final]]'''</small>
|-
![[2014 Carlton Football Club season|CARL]]||[[2014 AFL season|2014]]
||7||14||1||{{winperc|7|14|1}}||13th out of 18||—||—||—||—||—|—
|-
![[2015 Carlton Football Club season|CARL]]||[[2015 AFL season|2015]]
||1||7||0||{{winperc|1|7|0}}||fired after round 8||—||—||—||—||—|—
|-
! colspan="2"|CARL total||19||32||1||{{winperc|19|32|1}}|| ||1||1||0||{{winperc|1|1}}|| 
|-
! colspan="2"|[https://afltables.com/afl/stats/coaches/Mick_Malthouse.html]||369||282||5||{{winperc|369|282|5}}|| ||27||23||2||{{winperc|27|23|2}}||
|-
|}

==Honours and achievements==

===Playing honours===
Team
*[[AFL Premiership|VFL/AFL Premiership]] ([[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]): [[1980 VFL Grand Final|1980]]

===Coaching honours===
Team
*[[AFL Premiership|VFL/AFL Premiership]] ([[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]): [[1992 AFL Grand Final|1992]], [[1994 AFL Grand Final|1994]]
*[[AFL Premiership|VFL/AFL Premiership]] ([[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]): [[2010 AFL Grand Final|2010]]
*[[McClelland Trophy]] ([[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]): [[1991 AFL season|1991]], [[1994 AFL season|1994]]
*[[McClelland Trophy]] ([[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]): [[2010 AFL season|2010]], [[2011 AFL season|2011]]
*[[Australian Football League pre-season competition|Pre-Season Cup]] ([[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]): [[2011 NAB Cup|2011]]
Individual
*[[Jock McHale Medal]]: 1992, 1994, 2010
*[[All-Australian team|All-Australian]]: [[All-Australian team#1991|1991]], [[All-Australian team#2010|2010]]
*[[Australian international rules football team|Australia Coach for]] [[International rules football|International Rules Football]]: 2008, 2010
*[[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]] [[List of Western Australian State of Origin footballers|State of Origin Coach]]: 1991–1993

==Family==
Malthouse is married with four children,{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} including sports reporter and AFL boundary rider [[Christi Malthouse]].

==Media career==
Malthouse spent time as a guest media commentator for [[SEN 1116]]. In 2012, he was a media commentator for the [[Seven Network]] and radio station [[3AW]] and a journalist for ''[[The West Australian]]''. In addition, he has appeared weekly on the [[5AA]] sports show with [[Graham Cornes]] and [[Stephen Rowe (footballer)|Stephen Rowe]]. In 2016, Malthouse replaced [[Dermott Brereton]] as a commentator of matches on SEN 1116 as well as being named coach of ''[[The Recruit (Australian TV series)|The Recruit]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mick Malthouse joins SEN|date=17 February 2016 |url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/mick-malthouse-joins-sen|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> After being fired by SEN at the end of 2017, Malthouse joined the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] as a commentator on its football coverage.

==Between coaching period==
Malthouse was quoted as saying he would like a senior coaching role with Cricket Australia.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/mick-malthouse-to-ponder-future-in-cricket/story-e6frf9jf-1226159550570 mick-malthouse-to-ponder-future-in-cricket]</ref> He has released an autobiography, ''The Ox is Slow but the Earth is Patient''.

Malthouse joined [[3AW]] and [[Seven Network]] in media roles after finishing coaching at Collingwood.

In 2012, La Trobe University appointed Malthouse as a Vice Chancellor's Fellow. As a leader and mentor, Malthouse works with staff, students and the community and leads the development of sport at the university – including programs to support La Trobe's academic programs in sports journalism, sports management, physiotherapy podiatry and other sports related academic programs.<ref>[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/videos/afl-great-joins-team-la-trobe "AFL great joins Team La Trobe"]</ref>

Malthouse wrote an opinion piece, "Academia and Experience", about his approach to his new role which was published as a La Trobe University Opinion on 14 February 2012. In this he wrote that "'Education for the future needs a lot more than specialised knowledge and skills. It requires life experience. This is what La Trobe expects me to bring to my new role as Vice-Chancellors Fellow. It is a challenge I will relish. The aim is to place more emphasis on the non-academic side of campus life: practical experience, teamwork, leadership skills and community involvement. In my view, the importance of these aspects of education real-world experience are being seriously overlooked by too many institutions."<ref>[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2012/opinion/academia-and-experience "Academia and Experience"]</ref>

==Legacy==
Malthouse has been described as a "remote and intimidating character, an old fashioned patrician whose passion for the game could never be questioned but whose love of its people was never expressed" and a "consummate football politician". "Malthouse's ability to adapt to a game that is virtually unrecognisable is testament to his insatiable appetite to compete and win".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/malthouse--and-in-the-end-20150527-ghahhj.html|title=Malthouse - and in the end...|date=27 May 2015|access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref>

Former [[West Coast Eagles]] CEO [[Brian Cook (football administrator)|Brian Cook]], who worked with Malthouse at the helm of Malthouse's tenure as senior coach of West Coast Eagles stated "His dedication and his determination are old-school values which he certainly had as a young coach. He was very consistent and very dogmatic and always had his own way about how he wanted his players to train and play. He was quite inflexible about that. He also had a large say on pretty much every aspect of the footy department. He seems to still have all those things today. I was a great admirer of the way he would focus on the one-percenters and make sure his players were completely professional in his way to carry them out. Mick always had the ability to attract players of great character but without huge amounts of talent and make them into great footballers. He'll go out as one of the great coaches of all time".<ref name="thewest.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/love-or-hate-him-mick-leaves-on-a-high-ng-ya-148897|title=Love or hate him, Mick leaves on a high|date=29 September 2011|access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>

Former [[Collingwood Football Club]] football operations manager [[Neil Balme]], who worked with Malthouse in Malthouse's tenure as senior coach of Collingwood stated "It's hard to say he's not unique because there aren't many like him. He loves the game and encourages people to be honest with what they say they're going to be. He's very much a footballer's footballer".<ref name="thewest.com.au"/>

Former [[Carlton Football Club]] captain [[Marc Murphy (footballer)|Marc Murphy]], who played under Malthouse, both praised and criticised Malthouse in Malthouse's tenure as senior coach of Carlton, stating "his time at Carlton, I don't think he was really in it for the right reasons. Then once it turned pear-shaped, it was all about him, unfortunately, at the end and I was left to be thrown at the bus quite a bit. He was obviously a terrific coach, but unfortunately at Carlton for us and for me and the boys who were there working so hard, it just didn't work out. It was extremely difficult, but Mick was a very autocratic leader. It was all whatever he said basically goes. I could have my input, but I couldn't get really any traction whatsoever".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/carlton-blues/afl-news-2021-marc-murphy-vs-mick-malthouse-dyl-and-friends-podcast-wrong-call-to-sack-brett-ratten/news-story/9e993bb56717be571dbccfc8add72e46|title=Marc Murphy says it was the 'wrong decision' to sack Brett Ratten and replace him with Mick Malthouse|date=14 December 2021|access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>

Former [[Carlton Football Club]] player [[Troy Menzel]] who played under Malthouse, praised Malthouse in Malthouse's tenure as senior coach of Carlton, stating “I got along really well with Mick, I was probably one of the few in my time at Carlton who had positive experiences with him, I clicked really well with Mick, he taught me a lot and he has an amazing football brain, The way he sees things and the way he explains things, you'd go, ‘I would never have thought of it that way. But I will say he did have some different methods, He had some interesting methods, Mick, but from my end, it was pretty positive”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/11/20/ex-carlton-forward-on-the-interesting-methods-malthouse-used-to-motivate/|title=EX-CARLTON FORWARD ON THE "INTERESTING METHODS" MALTHOUSE USED TO MOTIVATE PLAYERS|date=20 November 2022|access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref>

==Playing and coaching achievements==
* 1985 and 1991 Players Association Coach of the Year
* 1991 Inaugural AFL Coach of the Year
* 1992 Institute of Sport Coach of the Year
* Richmond premiership player 1980
* West Coast premiership coach 1992 and 1994
* West Coast Eagles Hall of Fame
* 2008 International Rules Series Coach
* 2010 International Rules Series Coach
* 2010 AFLCA Coach of the Year
* Collingwood premiership coach 2010
* 2nd longest serving coach of the Collingwood FC behind Jock McHale.
* Most games coached at AFL/VFL level.
* 3rd most wins as coach (all time).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|first1=Ben|last1=Collins|first2=Dan|last2=Eddy|publisher=The Slattery Media Group|location=[[Docklands, Victoria]]|title=Champions : conversations with great players & coaches of Australian football|edition=3rd|year=2016|isbn=9780992379162}}
* {{cite book|last=Malthouse|first=Christi|author-link=Christi Malthouse|title=Malthouse: A football life|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=2012|isbn=978-1742378145}}

==External links==
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* {{AFL Tables}}
* {{AFL Tables coach ID}}
* {{AustralianFootball}}
* {{cite web|publisher=Tigerland Archive|url=https://tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Michael+Malthouse|title=Michael Malthouse}}

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