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 |
VFA/VFL/AFL Men's coaches
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| # | Name | Season(s) | Total | Achievements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win% | ||||
| 1 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1914–1915 | ||||||
| 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1919 | ||||||
| 3 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1920 | ||||||
| 4 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1920–1921 | ||||||
| 5 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1922–1924 | ||||||
| 6 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1925 | ||||||
| 7 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1926–1927 | ||||||
| 8 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1928 | ||||||
| 9 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1929 | ||||||
| 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1930–1931 | ||||||
| 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1932 | ||||||
| 12 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1933 | ||||||
| – | Script error: No such module "Sort". (interim) | 1933 | ||||||
| 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1933–1934 | ||||||
| 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1935–1938 | ||||||
| 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1939 | ||||||
| 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1940–1941 | ||||||
| 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1942–1943 | ||||||
| 18 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1944 | ||||||
| 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1945–1946 | ||||||
| 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1947–1949 | ||||||
| 21 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1950–1951 | ||||||
| 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1952–1959 | ||||||
| — | Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) | 1957 | ||||||
| 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1960–1963 | 1 VFL premiership (1961) 1 Jock McHale Medal (1961) 2 Minor premierships (1961, 1963) 1 McClelland Trophy (1961) | |||||
| 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1964–1965 | ||||||
| 25 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1966 | ||||||
| — | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1967–1976 | 2 VFL premierships (1971, 1976) 2 Jock McHale Medals (1971, 1976) 2 Minor premierships (1971, 1975) 1 McClelland Trophy (1971) 2 Pre-season premierships (1968, 1969) | |||||
| 26 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1977–1980 | 1 VFL premiership (1978) 1 Jock McHale Medal (1978) 1 Pre-season premiership (1977) 1 NFL Championship (1976) | |||||
| 27 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1981–1987 | 2 VFL premierships (1983, 1986) 2 Jock McHale Medals (1983, 1986) 1 Minor premiership (1986) 3 McClelland Trophies (1984, 1985, 1986) 2 Pre-season premierships (1985, 1986) 2 VFL Team of the Years (1983, 1986) | |||||
| — | Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) | 1988 | 1 VFL premiership (1988) 1 Jock McHale Medal (1988) 1 Minor premiership (1988) 1 McClelland Trophy (1988) 1 Pre-season premiership (1988) | |||||
| — | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1989–1990 | 1 VFL premiership (1989) 1 Jock McHale Medal (1989) 1 Minor premiership (1989) | |||||
| 28 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1991–1993 | 1 AFL premiership (1991) 1 Jock McHale Medal (1991) 2 Pre-season premierships (1991, 1992) | |||||
| 29 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1994–1995 | ||||||
| 30 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1996–1999 | 1 Pre-season premiership (1999) | |||||
| 31 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2000–2004 | ||||||
| — | Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) | 2001 | ||||||
| — | Script error: No such module "Sort". (interim) | 2004 | ||||||
| 32 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2005–2021 | 4 AFL premierships (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) 4 Jock McHale Medals (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) 2 Minor premierships (2012, 2013) 2 McClelland Trophies (2012, 2013) 4 All-Australian teams (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) | |||||
| — | Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) | 2014 | ||||||
| 33 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2022– | 1 McClelland Trophy (2024) | |||||
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]
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| # | Name | Season(s) | Total | Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win% | ||||
| 1 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2022 (S7)–2023 | ||||||
| 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2024– | 1 McClelland Trophy (2024) | |||||
References
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