Matthew Nicks

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Matthew Nicks
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Nicks addressing Adelaide players, 2022
Personal information
Full name Matthew Nicks
Date of birth (1975-05-13) 13 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide (SANFL)
Debut 14 April 1996, Sydney Swans  vs. Collingwood Magpies, at SCG
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1996–2005 Sydney Swans 175 (125)
Coaching career3
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
2020– Adelaide 102 (36–65–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 20, 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Matthew Nicks (born 13 May 1975) is a former professional Australian Football League player and currently the senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club. [1] He was recruited from the West Adelaide Football Club to the Sydney Swans with the 21st selection in the 1994 AFL Draft. [2]

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Playing career

Sydney Swans

Nicks made his Australian Football League debut in 1996 for the Sydney Swans and played a total of 175 games over the next 10 seasons. [3] He retired from AFL football in 2005 after prolonged struggles with injury and illness, including a broken leg in 1995, [4] pneumonia in 2000, a broken finger in 2001 [5] and a stress fracture in his leg in 2005. His second last game was the round 10, 2005 match against St Kilda at Marvel Stadium in which the Swans came under severe scrutiny from the AFL, in particular from then-CEO Andrew Demetriou and Network 10 commentators Stephen Quartermain, Tim Lane and Robert Walls, over their performance. [6] [7] [8]

Coaching career

Port Adelaide Football Club assistant coach (2011–2018)

Nicks joined the Port Adelaide Football Club in 2011 as a club development coach in an assistant coaching position under senior coach Matthew Primus until the end of 2012 season, during which time the Power struggled towards the bottom part of the ladder, finishing 16th and 14th in 2011 and 2012 respectively. [9] From 2013 to 2015, he served as the club's backline coach under senior coach Ken Hinkley and in 2016, he served as the forwards coach under senior coach Hinkley. [10] In 2017, Nicks was named as Port Adelaide's senior assistant coach under senior coach Hinkley. Nicks left the Port Adelaide Football Club at the end of the 2018 season. [11]

Greater Western Sydney Giants assistant coach (2019)

Nicks joined the GWS Giants as a senior assistant coach under senior coach Leon Cameron for the 2019 season. [12]

Adelaide Football Club senior coach (2020–present)

In October 2019, Nicks was appointed senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club, shortly after previous senior coach Don Pyke announced his departure. [13] [14] [15] [16] Due to a variety of reasons, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the club entering a rebuild at his arrival, and the lack of experienced assistant coaches at Adelaide, the Crows under Nicks slumped to a 0–13 start to the 2020 season, leading to Nicks being called “the least supported coach” in Adelaide’s history. [17] [18] He won his first game as Adelaide Football Club senior coach when the Crows defeated Hawthorn by 35 points in round 15, 2020. [19]

Player statistics

Statistics are correct to end of career [20]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
1996 Sydney 366212511361280.30.24.21.86.02.01.30
1997 Sydney 2320631509924959260.30.27.55.012.53.01.30
1998 Sydney 2324105291138429104420.40.212.15.817.94.31.89
1999 Sydney 232395263123386106260.40.211.45.316.84.61.14
2000 Sydney 2319131322986315107290.70.712.04.516.65.61.56
2001 Sydney 231816211867025689321.41.210.33.914.24.91.89
2002 Sydney 232128181867225886511.30.98.93.412.34.12.43
2003 Sydney 231816111255718262340.90.66.93.210.13.41.90
2004 Sydney 23171451285618465360.80.37.53.310.83.82.10
2005 Sydney 2391258278526220.10.26.43.09.42.92.40
Career175125841641238020237163060.70.59.44.213.64.11.731

Coaching statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 24, 2023. [21]
Legend
 W Wins L Losses D Draws W% Winning percentage LP Ladder position LT League teams
SeasonTeamGamesWLDW %LPLT
2020 Adelaide 17314017.6%1818
2021 Adelaide 22715031.8%1518
2022 Adelaide 21813 038.1%1418
2023 Adelaide 231112047.8%1018
Career totals832954034.9%14.3

Notes

1. ^ Matthew Nicks missed the round 8 game against Carlton due to contracting COVID-19, senior assistant coach Scott Burns was appointed interim senior coach in his absence. [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2005). AFL Record 2005: Guide to Season. p. 416. ISBN   0-9580300-6-5.
  3. ↑ "MATTHEW NICKS" . Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Loyal Nicks forced to call it quits". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 August 2005.
  5. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 483. ISBN   1-74095-001-1 .
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  21. ↑ "AFL Tables – Matthew Nicks – Coaching Record". afltables.com.
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Matthew Nicks's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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