List of West Coast Eagles coaches

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Adam Simpson (former AFL coach) and Daniel Pratt (former WAFL coach)

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team from Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1986, and had its first season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following year. The VFL was renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990 due to it being a national competition. [1] [2] Since entering the AFL, the West Coast Eagles have had seven senior coaches, as well as Jaymie Graham, who filled in for Adam Simpson for one game, and Jarrad Schofield, who was caretaker coach for the rest of the season (7 rounds) after Adam Simpson was sacked during the 2024 AFL season. As of the 30th of September 2025, Andrew McQualter is the new coach, making him the 7th official coach in the Club's history. [3] [4]

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In 2019, the West Coast Eagles joined the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) for the first time. They were forced to withdraw from that league in 2020 due to the AFL creating a rule that AFL-listed players cannot play in any state-based leagues, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] West Coast have since rejoined the WAFL in 2021. [6] West Coast's WAFL team has had two senior coaches.

In 2020, the West Coast Eagles joined the AFL Women's. [7] West Coast's AFLW team has had three senior coaches.

To qualify for this list, a coach must have coached the club in any regular season match or finals match. Pre-season matches, exhibition matches and other types of matches are not included.

Key

GCTotal games coached
WWins
LLosses
DDraws
W%Winning percentage
Acting/caretaker coach
*Premiership coach

VFL/AFL

Note: Statistics are correct as to end of the 2024 AFL season
Mick Malthouse was coach for West Coast's first and second premiership MoombaMick.jpg
Mick Malthouse was coach for West Coast's first and second premiership
#CoachSeasonsTotal gamesFinals gamesAchievements
GWLDWin%GWLWin%
1 Ron Alexander 1987 221111050.00
2 John Todd 19881989 452025044.441010.00
3 Mick Malthouse 19901999 24315685264.2025121250.001991 minor premiers

1991 runners up 1992 premiers 1994 minor premiers 1994 premiers

4 Ken Judge 20002001 441231127.27
5 John Worsfold 20022013 281149130253.021771041.182005 runners up

2006 minor premiers 2006 premiers

Jaymie Graham 2018 1100100.00
6 Adam Simpson 20142024 242122119150.62127558.332015 runners up

2018 premiers

Jarrad Schofield 2024 725028.57
7 Andrew McQualter 202500000.00

WAFL

Note: Statistics are correct as to the end of the 2024 WAFL season
#NameYearsAll gamesFinalsAchievements
GCWLDW%GCWLW%
1 Luke Webster 2019 201010050.0021150.00
2 Daniel Pratt 20212023 5454819.26
3 Kyal Horsley 202418415022.22

AFL Women's

Note: Statistics are correct as of round 4 of the 2024 AFL Women's season.
#NameYearsAll gamesFinalsAchievementsRef
GCWLDW%GCWLW%
1 Luke Dwyer 2020 615016.67 [8]
2 Daniel Pratt 2021 927022.22 [9]
3 Michael Prior 20222023 28523017.86 [10]
Rohan McHugh 2023 20200.00
4 Daisy Pearce 2024-642066.66

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