List of Melbourne Football Club coaches

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The following is a list of coaches who have been the official coach of the Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the Victorian Football League (VFL).

No.CoachCWLDW%Years
1 Alex Hall 893751141.571907–09, 1912–13
2 Eddie Drohan 18414022.221910
3 Len Incigneri 18216011.111914
4 Jack McKenzie 1798052.941915
5 George Heinz 1601600.001919
6 Gerald Brosnan 16511031.251920
7 Percy Wilson 481630235.421921–23
8 Gordon Rattray 16412025.001924
9 Albert Chadwick 584215173.281925–27
10 Ivor Warne-Smith 924842253.261928–32
11 Frank 'Checker' Hughes 25815799261.241933–41, 1945–48
12 Percy Beames 481929039.581942–44
13 Allan La Fontaine 562531044.641949–51
14 Norm Smith 310197108564.351952–67
15 John Beckwith 621745027.421968–70
16 Ian Ridley 662837143.181971–73
17 Bob Skilton 882860031.821974–77
18 Dennis Jones 22517022.731978
19 Carl Ditterich 441133025.001979–80
20 Ron Barassi 1113477030.631981–85
21 John Northey 1679076154.191986–92
22 Neil Balme 984157041.841993–97
23 Greg Hutchison 13310023.081997
24 Neale Daniher 223108114148.651998–2007
25 Mark Riley 936033.332007
26 Dean Bailey 832259226.512008–2011
27 Todd Viney 514020.002011
28 Mark Neeld 33528015.152012–2013
29 Neil Craig 1111009.092013
30 Paul Roos 662145031.182014–2016
31 Simon Goodwin 1075848154.212017–
Key: C = coached, W = won, L = lost, D = drew, W% = win percentage

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