This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(August 2012) |
The following is a list of coaches who have coached the St Kilda Football Club at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.
No. | Coach | P | W | L | D | W% | Years |
1 | Alex Hall | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77 | 1906 |
2 | Mick Grace | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63 | 1908 |
3 | Jimmy Smith | 49 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 32.65 | 1909, 1915, 1918 |
4 | Eddie Drohan | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11.11 | 1911 |
5 | George Sparrow | 63 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 58.73 | 1913, 1920, 1928–29 |
6 | Dave McNamara | 50 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 46.00 | 1914, 1922–23 |
7 | Wels Eicke | 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 34.38 | 1919, 1924 |
8 | Charlie Ricketts | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 20.37 | 1920–21 |
9 | Norm Clark | 35 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 40.00 | 1925–26 |
10 | George Heinz | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44 | 1927 |
11 | Bill Cubbins | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44 | 1930 |
12 | Charlie Hardy | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 36.00 | 1931–32 |
13 | Stuart King | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18 | 1932 |
14 | Col Deane | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33 | 1933 |
15 | Colin Watson | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00 | 1934 |
16 | Dan Minogue | 54 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 55.56 | 1935–37 |
17 | Ansell Clarke | 55 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 50.91 | 1938–40 |
18 | Bill Patterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1938 |
19 | Jack Knight | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67 | 1941 |
20 | Reg Garvin | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 31.25 | 1942–43 |
21 | Hugh Thomas | 38 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 23.68 | 1944–45 |
22 | Allan Hird | 38 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 14.47 | 1946–47 |
23 | Fred Froude | 56 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 25.89 | 1948–50 |
24 | Fred Green | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78 | 1951 |
25 | Col Williamson | 37 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 18.92 | 1952–53 |
26 | Les Foote | 36 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 15.28 | 1954–55 |
27 | Alan Killigrew | 54 | 19 | 34 | 1 | 36.11 | 1956–58 |
28 | Jim Francis | 36 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 50.00 | 1959–60 |
29 | Allan Jeans | 332 | 193 | 138 | 1 | 58.28 | 1961–76 |
30 | Eric Guy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | 1972, 1974 |
31 | Ross G. Smith | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 18.18 | 1977 |
32 | Mike Patterson | 46 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 31.52 | 1978–80 |
33 | Alex Jesaulenko | 64 | 13 | 49 | 2 | 21.88 | 1980–82 |
34 | Tony Jewell | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 19.23 | 1983–84 |
35 | Graeme Gellie | 62 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 16.13 | 1984–86 |
36 | Darrel Baldock | 62 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 29.03 | 1987–89 |
37 | Allan Davis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | 1987 |
38 | Ken Sheldon | 89 | 48 | 40 | 1 | 54.49 | 1990–93 |
39 | Stan Alves | 115 | 55 | 59 | 1 | 48.26 | 1994–98 |
40 | Tim Watson | 44 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 28.41 | 1999–2000 |
41 | Malcolm Blight | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 20.00 | 2001 |
42 | Grant Thomas | 123 | 63 | 59 | 1 | 51.63 | 2001–06 |
43 | Ross Lyon | 121 | 76 | 41 | 4 | 64.46 | 2007–11 |
44 | Scott Watters | 44 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 38.64 | 2012–13 |
45 | Alan Richardson | 126 | 43 | 81 | 2 | 34.12 | 2014–19 |
46 | Brett Ratten | 47 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 50.00 | 2019– |
Key:
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also coached the Geelong Football Club, Adelaide Football Club and St Kilda Football Club.
Robert Jeffrey Harvey is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. As a player he played his entire career with the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was previously the interim head coach of the Collingwood Football Club.
Timothy Michael Watson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After retiring from the game, he has continued working in the Australian football industry as a coach, sports journalist and media personality.
Adam Schneider is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Trevor Graeme Barker was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Austinn Gregg "Aussie" Jones is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Ansett Cup (AFL).
Lenny Hayes is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1999 to 2014.
Jason Heatley is a former Australian rules football full-forward, who played for Subiaco and St Kilda during the 1990s.
Steven King is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently serving as Senior Assistant Coach at the Gold Coast Suns Football Club.
Nathan Burke is a former Australian rules footballer and current coach of the Western Bulldogs team in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). He was a tough rover who always backed himself in a contest and was one of the most courageous footballers to play for the St Kilda Football Club. He set the club record for most games at his retirement, with 323 games which was broken by former team-mate Robert Harvey in round 7, 2006. His tough playing style led to him using a helmet. In 2019 he was elevated to Legend status in the St Kilda Hall of Fame. One of only 9 Saints to achieve this honour. Burke's uncle Nick Bloom also played for St Kilda.
Nick Dal Santo is the senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's competition and a retired Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Daniel Patrick Frawley was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)/Australian Football League (AFL) from 1984 to 1995, captaining the club for nine seasons, and won All-Australian selection and the St Kilda best and fairest award in 1988. Frawley coached the Richmond Football Club from 2000 to 2004, with his most successful season coming in 2001, when he coached Richmond to a preliminary final. He later served as chief executive officer of the AFL Coaches Association from 2008 to 2014 and had part-time roles with the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda.
Wellesley Hastings "Wels" Eicke was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
James Shanahan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Raphael Clarke is an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2004 to 2012. His brother Xavier Clarke also played for St Kilda.
Samuel Gilbert is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Ross Lyon is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He was the senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club from 2007 to 2011, and of the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2019. He played for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears between 1985 and 1995.
James Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached St Kilda in the VFL during the early 1900s.
Maverick 'Mav' Weller is an Australian rules footballer who played 123 games across a nine-year career from 2011 to 2019 in the Australian Football League (AFL) with Gold Coast, St Kilda and Richmond. His AFL tenures included 32 matches over three years at the Gold Coast Football Club, 89 matches with St Kilda over five years at the club and two matches with Richmond. He currently plays and coaches for Penguin in the Tasmanian North West Football League (NWFL).