List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches

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Alastair Clarkson is the most decorated coach in Hawthorn history

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[edit]

Bronze statue of Kennedy in front of Waverley Park
Sam Mitchell current Hawthorn coach
As of the end of round 5, 2024
# Name Season(s) Total Achievements
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)
3× Jock McHale Medal (1961, 1971, 1976)
5× VFL Grand Final (1961, 1963, 1971, 1975, 1976)
4× Minor premiership (1961, 1963, 1971, 1975)
2× McClelland Trophy (1961, 1971)
2× Pre-season premiership (1968, 1969)

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)
Jock McHale Medal (1978)
VFL Grand Final (1978)
Pre-season premiership (1977)
NFL Championship (1976)

27 Allan Jeans^ 1981–1987
1989–1990 		221 159 61 1 71.95

3× VFL premiership (1983, 1986, 1989)
3× Jock McHale Medal (1983, 1986, 1989)
6× VFL Grand Final (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989)
2× Minor premiership (1986, 1989)
3× McClelland Trophy (1984, 1985, 1986)
2× Pre-season premiership (1985, 1986)
2× VFL Team of the Year (1983, 1986)

28 Alan Joyce 1988
1991–1993 		93 67 26 0 72.04

2× VFL/AFL premiership (1988, 1991)
2× Jock McHale Medal (1988, 1991)
2× VFL/AFL Grand Final (1988, 1991)
Minor premiership (1988)
McClelland Trophy (1988)
3× Pre-season premiership (1988, 1991, 1992)

29 Peter Knights^ 1994–1995 45 20 25 0 44.44
30 Ken Judge 1996–1999 89 37 50 1 41.57

Pre-season premiership (1999)

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)
4× Jock McHale Medal (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)
5× AFL Grand Final (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
2× Minor premiership (2012, 2013)
2× McClelland Trophy (2012, 2013)
4× All-Australian team (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)

– Brendon Bolton‡ 2014 5 5 0 0 100.00
33 Sam Mitchell 2022–present 50 15 35 0 30.00

AFL Women's coaches[edit]

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
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[edit]

  1. ^ "AFLW will expand to 18 teams from the 2022/23 season". ABC news. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ Black, Sarah (12 August 2021). "Hawks unveil premiership mastermind as inaugural AFLW coach". womens.afl. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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