List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches

Last updated June 02, 2024

The Hawthorn Football Club are a professional Australian rules football team based in Mulgrave, Victoria, playing in the Australian Football League. The team began as the Mayblooms before changing their nickname to the Hawks in 1942.

Since joining the VFA in 1914, Hawthorn have had 33 coaches. The current coach of the club is Sam Mitchell, who took over from Alastair Clarkson ahead of the 2022 season. Clarkson is the most successful coach in the club's history having led the team for more games coached, home and away games coached, games won, home and away wins, finals games, finals wins, and VFL/AFL premierships.

#	Number of coaches
G	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
D	Draws
Win%	Winning percentage
†	Interim Coach
‡	Fill–in coach
*	Player–coach
^	Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame

VFA/VFL/AFL Men's coaches

As of the end of round 12, 2024

#	Name	Season(s)	Total					Achievements
#	Name	Season(s)	G	W	L	D	Win%	Achievements
1	Alf Gough	1914–1915	31	4	26	1	12.90
2	Jack McKenzie	1919	18	8	10	0	44.44
3	Ted Alley	1920	4	1	3	0	25.00
4	Arthur Rademacher	1920–1921	35	13	22	0	37.14
4	Arthur Rademacher	1933 ^‡	35	13	22	0	37.14
5	Bill Walton	1922–1924	54	31	22	1	57.41
6	Alec Hall	1925	17	3	14	0	17.65
7	Dan Minogue *	1926–1927	36	4	31	1	11.11
8	Bert Sutton *	1928	18	0	18	0	0.00
9	Albert Chadwick *	1929	18	4	14	0	22.22
10	John Harris *	1930–1931	36	9	27	0	25.00
11	Jim Jackson	1932	18	3	15	0	16.67
12	Fred Phillips	1933	0	0	0	0	0.00
13	Bill Twomey Sr. *	1933–1934	32	5	27	0	15.63
14	Ivan McAlpine *	1935–1938	72	22	50	0	30.56
15	Len Thomas *	1939	18	5	12	1	27.78
16	Bert Mills *	1940–1941	36	10	26	0	27.78
17	Roy Cazaly	1942–1943	30	10	20	0	33.33
18	Tommy Lahiff *	1944	18	2	15	1	11.11
19	Keith Shea *	1945–1946	39	9	30	0	23.08
20	Alec Albiston *	1947–1949	57	12	45	0	21.05
21	Bob McCaskill	1950–1951	36	4	32	0	11.11
22	Jack Hale	1952–1959	146	61	84	1	41.78
23	John Kennedy Sr. ^	1957 ^‡	299	181	116	2	60.54	3× VFL premiership (1961, 1971, 1976) 3× Jock McHale Medal (1961, 1971, 1976) 5× VFL Grand Final (1961, 1963, 1971, 1975, 1976) 4× Minor premiership (1961, 1963, 1971, 1975) 2× McClelland Trophy (1961, 1971) 2× Pre-season premiership (1968, 1969)
23	John Kennedy Sr. ^	1960–1963 1967–1976	299	181	116	2	60.54
24	Graham Arthur *	1964–1965	36	17	19	0	47.22
25	Peter O'Donohue	1966	18	5	13	0	27.78
26	David Parkin ^	1977–1980	94	57	37	0	60.64	VFL premiership (1978) Jock McHale Medal (1978) VFL Grand Final (1978) Pre-season premiership (1977) NFL Championship (1976)
27	Allan Jeans ^	1981–1987 1989–1990	221	159	61	1	71.95	3× VFL premiership (1983, 1986, 1989) 3× Jock McHale Medal (1983, 1986, 1989) 6× VFL Grand Final (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989) 2× Minor premiership (1986, 1989) 3× McClelland Trophy (1984, 1985, 1986) 2× Pre-season premiership (1985, 1986) 2× VFL Team of the Year (1983, 1986)
28	Alan Joyce	1988 1991–1993	93	67	26	0	72.04	2× VFL/AFL premiership (1988, 1991) 2× Jock McHale Medal (1988, 1991) 2× VFL/AFL Grand Final (1988, 1991) Minor premiership (1988) McClelland Trophy (1988) 3× Pre-season premiership (1988, 1991, 1992)
29	Peter Knights ^	1994–1995	45	20	25	0	44.44
30	Ken Judge	1996–1999	89	37	50	1	41.57	Pre-season premiership (1999)
31	Peter Schwab	2000–2004	109	52	57	0	47.71
–	Chris Connolly ^‡	2001	1	1	0	0	100.00
–	Donald McDonald ^†	2004	5	3	2	0	60.00
32	Alastair Clarkson	2005–2021	390	228	158	4	58.46	4× AFL premiership (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) 4× Jock McHale Medal (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) 5× AFL Grand Final (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) 2× Minor premiership (2012, 2013) 2× McClelland Trophy (2012, 2013) 4× All-Australian team (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)
–	Brendon Bolton ^‡	2014	5	5	0	0	100.00
33	Sam Mitchell	2022–present	57	20	37	0	35.09

AFL Women's coaches

On 12 August 2021, Hawthorn was granted a license to join the AFL Women's league for the 2022/23 season.^[1] Bec Goddard who was in charge of the club's VFL women's side was immediately appointed as the club's first ever AFLW coach. ^[2]

As of the end of 2023

#	Name	Season(s)	Total					Awards
#	Name	Season(s)	G	W	L	D	Win%	Awards
1	Bec Goddard	2022 (S7)–2023	20	6	14	0	30.00
2	Daniel Webster	2024–present	0	0	0	0	0.00

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References

↑ "AFLW will expand to 18 teams from the 2022/23 season". ABC news. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
↑ Black, Sarah (12 August 2021). "Hawks unveil premiership mastermind as inaugural AFLW coach". womens.afl. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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[1] "AFLW will expand to 18 teams from the 2022/23 season". ABC news. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[2] Black, Sarah (12 August 2021). "Hawks unveil premiership mastermind as inaugural AFLW coach". womens.afl. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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v t e Hawthorn Football Club
Nickname: Hawks History Seasons Records Players Current squad Captains Coaches Peter Crimmins Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Sam Mitchell AFL captain: James Sicily AFLW coach: Daniel Webster AFLW captain: Tilly Lucas-Rodd
VFL/AFL home grounds	Glenferrie Oval (1906–1973) Princes Park (1974–1991) Waverley Park (1970–1999) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2000–) York Park (2001–)
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1961 1971 1976 1978 1983 1986 1988 1989 1991 2008 2013 2014 2015
Runner-up (6)	1963 1975 1984 1985 1987 2012
VFA/VFL/AFL Seasons (107)	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
AFLW home grounds	Box Hill City Oval (2022–) Frankston Park (2022–)
AFLW seasons (3)	2022 (S7) 2023 2024
Related articles	Beyond Blue Cup Blue Ribbon Cup Kennett curse Line in the Sand Match Melbourne Hawks VFL affiliate Racism allegations
VFA in recess from 1916–1917, Hawthorn did not participate in the 1918 VFA season due to World War I (indicated in grey)

v t e Coaches of the Hawthorn Football Club
VFA/VFL/AFL	1914–1915: Gough 1919: McKenzie 1920: Alley 1920–1921: Rademacher 1922–1924: Walton 1925: Hall 1926–1927: Minogue 1928: Sutton 1929: Chadwick 1930–1931: Harris 1932: Jackson 1933: Phillips 1933: Rademacher 1933–1934: Twomey 1935–1938: McAlpine 1939: Thomas 1940–1941: Mills 1942–1943: Cazaly 1944: Lahiff 1945–1946: Shea 1947–1949: Albiston 1950–1951: McCaskill 1952–1959: Hale 1960–1963: Kennedy 1964–1965: Arthur 1966: O'Donohue 1967–1976: Kennedy 1977–1980: Parkin 1981–1987: Jeans 1988: Joyce 1989–1990: Jeans 1991–1993: Joyce 1994–1995: Knights 1996–1999: Judge 2000–2004: Schwab 2004: McDonald 2005–2021: Clarkson 2022–: Mitchell
AFL Women's	2022 (S7)–2023: Goddard 2024–: Webster
Italics denote caretaker coach

List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches

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VFA/VFL/AFL Men's coaches

AFL Women's coaches

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