List of current Australian Football League coaches

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John Longmire is currently the longest-serving coach in the Australian Football League. John Longmire 2017.2.jpg
John Longmire is currently the longest-serving coach in the Australian Football League.

This list includes the appointment date and performance record of current Australian Football League senior coaches. The league consists of 18 clubs across Australia, with at least two clubs in every state/territory apart from Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

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John Longmire, the senior coach of the Sydney Swans since September 2010, is currently the longest-serving coach in the league. He has won (1) premiership alongside active coaches. Chris Scott, the senior coach of the Geelong since October 2010, has won the most matches (200) and has a winning percentage of 70.28%. Six coaches have won at least one AFL premiership during their current term: Chris Scott in 2011 and 2022; John Longmire in 2012; Luke Beveridge in 2016; Adam Simpson in 2018; Simon Goodwin in 2021; & Craig McRae in 2023.

Coaches

Key
Prem Premiership wins
WWins
LLosses
DDraws
GCGames coached
Win% Winning percentage
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 AFL season
TeamNameAppointed [lower-alpha 1] Time as coachPremWLDGCWin%PremWLDGCWin%Played forPast

Clubs as an assistant or senior coach

Source
Current [lower-alpha 2] Career [lower-alpha 3]
Adelaide Matthew Nicks 15 October 20195 years, 6 days0295508434.52%0295508434.52% Sydney Port Adelaide
Greater Western Sydney
Brisbane Lions Chris Fagan 3 October 20168 years, 18 days07362013554.07%07362013554.07%N/A Hawthorn
Melbourne
[1]
Carlton Michael Voss 23 September 20213 years, 28 days0111002152.38%05475113041.79% Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
Port Adelaide
[2]
Collingwood Craig McRae 1 September 20213 years, 50 days117802568.00%117802568.00% Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Lions
Richmond
Brisbane Lions
Collingwood
Hawthorn
[3]
Essendon Brad Scott 29 September 20222 years, 22 days0-----0106105021150.24% Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
Collingwood
North Melbourne
Fremantle Justin Longmuir 30 September 20195 years, 21 days0312916151.64%0312916151.64% Fremantle Collingwood
West Coast
Geelong Chris Scott 18 October 201014 years, 3 days220084228670.28%220084228670.28% Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle [4]
Gold Coast Damien Hardwick 21 August 20231 year, 61 days000000.0%3170131630756.3% Essendon
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney Adam Kingsley 22 August 20222 years, 60 days0----------- Port Adelaide Port Adelaide
St Kilda
Richmond
Hawthorn Sam Mitchell 22 August 20213 years, 60 days081402236.36%08140036.36% Hawthorn
West Coast
West Coast
Hawthorn
[5]
Melbourne Simon Goodwin 28 August 2016 [lower-alpha 4] 8 years, 54 days17757113557.41%17757113557.41% Adelaide Essendon [6] [7]
North Melbourne Alastair Clarkson 19 August 20222 years, 63 days0-----4228158439058.97% North Melbourne
Melbourne
St Kilda
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
Port Adelaide Ken Hinkley 5 October 201212 years, 16 days013192022358.74%013192022358.74% Fitzroy
Geelong
St Kilda
Geelong
Gold Coast
[8]
Richmond Adem Yze 21 September 20231 year, 30 days00000-00000- Melbourne Melbourne
Hawthorn
St Kilda Ross Lyon 24 October 20221 year, 363 days0-----01721285305- Fitzroy
Brisbane Bears
St Kilda
FremantleSydney

Richmond Carlton

[9]
Sydney John Longmire 12 September 2010 [lower-alpha 5] 14 years, 39 days1177104228362.90%1177104228362.90% North Melbourne Sydney [10]
West Coast Adam Simpson 3 October 201311 years, 18 days111686120357.39%111686120357.39% North Melbourne Hawthorn [11]
Western Bulldogs Luke Beveridge 14 November 20149 years, 342 days110479018356.83%110479018356.83% Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
St Kilda
Collingwood
Hawthorn
[12]

See also

Notes

  1. Appointment date of current term at the team.
  2. Coaching statistics from the current term with the team; coaching statistics from previous term with the team are not included.
  3. Coaching statistics for career in the AFL, records in other leagues are not included.
  4. Simon Goodwin was named as the succession coach of Melbourne in 2014, he took over as senior coach from Paul Roos after the conclusion of the 2016 AFL season.
  5. John Longmire was named as the succession coach of Sydney in 2009, he took over as senior coach from Paul Roos after the club lost the semi-final in 2010.

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