List of Carlton Football Club coaches

Last updated January 25, 2025

The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Carlton Football Club at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.

Statistics are correct to the end of Round 21 2023^[1]

No.	Coach	G	W	L	D	W%	Years
1	Jack Worrall	144	100	43	1	69.79	1902–1909
2	Fred Elliott	47	34	11	2	74.47	1909–1911
3	Norm Clark	150	102	42	6	70.00	1912, 1914–1918, 1920–1922
4	Jack Wells	18	9	8	1	52.78	1913
5	Viv Valentine	17	10	7	0	58.82	1919
6	Horrie Clover	45	26	18	1	58.89	1922–1923, 1927
7	Percy Parratt	16	5	10	1	34.38	1924
8	Jim Caldwell	15	5	10	0	33.33	1925
9	Paddy O'Brien	2	0	2	0	0.00	1925
10	Ray Brew	37	22	15	0	59.46	1926, 1928
11	Dan Minogue	117	85	32	0	72.65	1929–1934
12	Frank Maher	38	26	11	1	69.74	1935–1936
13	Percy Rowe	18	11	7	0	61.11	1937
14	Brighton Diggins	56	38	18	0	67.86	1938–1940
15	Percy Bentley	281	167	110	4	60.14	1941–1955
16	Jim Francis	55	29	25	1	53.64	1956–1958
17	Ken Hands	114	60	51	3	53.95	1959–1964
18	Ron Barassi	147	99	47	1	67.69	1965–1971
19	John Nicholls	95	61	31	3	65.79	1972–1975
20	Keith McKenzie	2	2	0	0	100.00	1972, 1975
21	Ian Thorogood	46	29	16	1	64.13	1976–1977
22	Ian Stewart	3	1	2	0	33.33	1978
23	Sergio Silvagni	3	0	3	0	0.00	1978
24	Alex Jesaulenko	76	53	22	1	70.39	1978–1979, 1989–1990
25	Peter Jones	24	17	7	0	70.83	1980
26	David Parkin	355	219	134	2	61.97	1981–1985, 1991–2000
27	Robert Walls	84	55	29	0	65.48	1986–1989
28	Wayne Brittain	46	18	28	0	39.13	2001–2002
29	Denis Pagan	104	25	77	2	24.04	2003–2007
30	Brett Ratten	120	60	59	1	50.00	2007–2012
31	Mick Malthouse	54	20	33	1	37.04	2013–2015
32	John Barker	14	3	11	0	23.08	2015
33	Brendon Bolton	77	16	61	0	20.77	2016–2019
34	David Teague	50	21	29	0	44.00	2019–2021
35	Michael Voss	44	24	19	1	54.55	2022–
36	Ashley Hansen	1	1	0	0	100.00	2022

Key:

G = Games

W = Won

L = Lost

D = Drew

W% = Win percentage

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References

↑ "Carlton Coaches". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

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v t e Carlton Football Club
Nickname: Blues History Premierships and records Players Captains Coaches Awards John Nicholls Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Honour roll AFL coach: Michael Voss AFL captain: Patrick Cripps AFLW coach: Matthew Buck AFLW captain: Kerryn Harrington
VFL/AFL home grounds	Princes Park (1897–2005) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2005–) Docklands Stadium (2002–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2017–)
Premierships	1871 1873 1874 1875 1877 1887 1906 1907 1908 1914 1915 1938 1945 1947 1968 1970 1972 1979 1981 1982 1987 1995
Runner-up (13)	1904 1909 1910 1916 1921 1932 1949 1962 1969 1973 1986 1993 1999
AFLW runners-up (1)	2019
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Related articles	1999 AFL First Preliminary Final 2002 salary cap breach Collingwood rivalry Essendon rivalry Northern Blues

v t e Coaches of the Carlton Football Club
VFL/AFL	1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: O'Brien 1925: Caldwell 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–2015: Malthouse 2015: Barker 2016–2019: Bolton 2019–2021: Teague 2022–: Voss 2022: Hansen
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Keeping 2019–2022 (S7): Harford 2023–: Buck
Italics denote caretaker coach