List of Australian Football League coaches

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This is a list of current Australian Football League head coaches.


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Team Name First Season Premierships Previous clubs as head coach Club as Player
Adelaide Football Club Neil Craig 2004* 0 Norwood (SANFL) Sturt, Norwood (SANFL)
Brisbane Lions Leigh Matthews 1999 4 Collingwood Hawthorn
Carlton Football Club Brett Ratten 2007 0 Norwood (EFL) Carlton Football Club
Collingwood Football Club Mick Malthouse 2000 2 Footscray, West Coast Eagles St Kilda, Richmond
Essendon Football Club Matthew Knights 2008 0 Bendigo Bombers (VFL) Richmond
Fremantle Football Club Mark Harvey 2007 0 None Essendon
Geelong Football Club Mark Thompson 2000 1 None Essendon
Hawthorn Football Club Alastair Clarkson 2005 0 Central Districts (SANFL) North Melbourne, Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club Dean Laidley 2003 0 None West Coast Eagles, North Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club Dean Bailey 2008 0 None Essendon
Port Adelaide Football Club Mark Williams 1999 1 Glenelg (SANFL) Collingwood, Brisbane Bears, Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Richmond Football Club Terry Wallace 2005 0 Footscray (Western Bulldogs) Richmond, Hawthorn, Footscray
St Kilda Football Club Ross Lyon 2007 0 Northern Bullants (VFL) Fitzroy, Brisbane Bears
Sydney Swans Paul Roos 2002* 1 None Fitzroy, Sydney Swans
West Coast Eagles John Worsfold 2002 1 None West Coast Eagles
Western Bulldogs Rodney Eade 2005 0 Sydney Hawthorn, Brisbane Bears

* Became club coaches mid-year after resignations and/or sackings of previous coaches.

† Is resigning at the end of 2007.