| Alan Richardson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alan R. Richardson | ||
| Born | (1965-05-17)17 May 1965 (age 60) | ||
| Original team | East Burwood | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1987–1996 | Collingwood | 114 (10) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2013 | Port Adelaide | 1 (0–1–0) | |
| 2014–2019 | St Kilda | 126 (43–81–2) | |
| Total | 127 (43–82–2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2019. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alan Richardson (born 17 May 1965) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who is the former senior coach of theSt Kilda Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
He was previously the Director of Coaching atPort Adelaide and had earlier roles as an assistant coach at theWestern Bulldogs,Collingwood,Essendon,Carlton and Port Adelaide. He is a former player with Collingwood and played 114 senior games and now works as an assistant coach at theMelbourne Football Club.
Richardson had initially been listed atNorth Melbourne, where he played at reserves level, but was let go by the club without being able to break into the seniors.[1]
A half back, he was given a second chance byCollingwood Football Club and made his league debut a week before his 22nd birthday, in 1987.[2][3][4]
It was not until 1990 that he became a regular fixture in the Collingwood side and he participated in both qualifying finals against theWest Coast Eagles, after the first was drawn. He also played in the semi-final win over Essendon, which saw Collingwood make the grand final, but cracked his collarbone when he collided withAdrian Burns. On the Thursday before the premiership decider, Richardson failed a fitness test after being bumped by his coachLeigh Matthews while walking off the ground. He was replaced byShane Kerrison, a surprise inclusion ahead ofRon McKeown who had missed the semi-final.[5][6] Richardson retired at the end of the 1996 season. Richardson played a total of 114 games and kicking 10 goals for Collingwood Football Club.[7]
When his playing career ended, Richardson became a coach and was put in charge of his original club, East Burwood, in theEastern Football League. He coached the seniors to premierships in 1999 and 2000.[8][9] He was the senior coach of VFL clubCoburg for the next two years.
in 2003, he joined theWestern Bulldogs as an assistant coach.[10]
After three seasons at the Bulldogs, Richardson was appointed toMick Malthouse's coaching staff at Collingwood and given the role of development manager.[11][12]
From 2008 to 2010 he was an assistant coach withEssendon.[13]
He joined theCarlton Football Club as an assistant coach in 2011,[14][15] but was released at the end of the 2012 season because of the departure of senior coachBrett Ratten who was replaced by Mick Malthouse.[16][17][18]
He then joined thePort Adelaide Football Club as a senior assistant and director of coaching for the 2013 season. On 4 May 2013, Richardson coached his first official AFL game as caretaker interim senior coach in place of regular senior coachKen Hinkley, who was unavailable due to a virus. Port Adelaide under Richardson as stand-in senior coach for Hinkley, lost that game toNorth Melbourne by a margin of ten points in Round 6, 2013.[19][20][21][22]
Richardson was appointed senior coach ofSt Kilda Football Club on 14 November 2013, when he replacedScott Watters, who was sacked at the end of the 2013 season.[23][24][25][26][27] Richardson received criticism by Port Adelaide over the late timing of the decision, being made only one week before thenational draft.[28][29]
Richardson's coaching career at St Kilda started well with three wins from their first five games, however, the club would win only one game (against then-second placedFremantle in Round 18) for the remainder of the 2014 season and crash to its firstwooden spoon since2000. After coaching the team to the brink of finals in 2016 and 2017, the Saints fell to 16th place in 2018. The2019 season saw considerable scrutiny applied to Richardson and his coaching tenure. Although the Saints won four of their first five games, their subsequent poor record where the Saints under Richardson sat fifteenth position on the ladder with six wins and ten losses, saw Richardson resign as St Kilda Football Club senior coach on 16 July 2019, in the middle of the 2019 season after Round 17, 2019.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] Richardson was then replaced by assistant coachBrett Ratten as caretaker senior coach of St Kilda Football Club for the remainder of the 2019 season, who was eventually appointed full-time senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club.[38][39]
On 23 August, 2019, Richardson returned to coaching when he joined theMelbourne Football Club in an assistant coach role in preparation for the 2020 season.[40] Richardson spent the 2020 season in the assistant coaching position as the club's director of coaching.[41] Richardson was then appointed to the position of the club's General Manager of AFL Football Performance in 2021.[42]
Richardson is married to Jo and they have two sons. He lives in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.[8]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1987 | Collingwood | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1988 | Collingwood | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 23 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 1989 | Collingwood | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 1990 | Collingwood | 13 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 170 | 73 | 243 | 45 | 12 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 13.5 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 1991 | Collingwood | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 132 | 42 | 174 | 32 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.0 | 3.8 | 15.8 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 1992 | Collingwood | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 289 | 124 | 413 | 79 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 5.6 | 18.8 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 1993 | Collingwood | 13 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 128 | 357 | 65 | 42 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 17.9 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 6 |
| 1994 | Collingwood | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 51 | 126 | 29 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 11.5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1995 | Collingwood | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 75 | 250 | 39 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 11.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1996 | Collingwood | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 48 | 11 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Career | 114 | 10 | 11 | 1146 | 536 | 1682 | 315 | 161 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 4.7 | 14.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 6 | ||
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Wins | L | Losses | D | Draws | W% | Winning percentage | LP | Ladder position | LT | League teams | ||
| Season | Team | Games | W | L | D | W % | LP | LT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | N/a | 18 |
| 2014 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 18.2% | 18 | 18 |
| 2015 | St Kilda | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 29.5% | 14 | 18 |
| 2016 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 54.6% | 9 | 18 |
| 2017 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.0% | 11 | 18 |
| 2018 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 20.5% | 16 | 18 |
| 2019 | St Kilda | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 37.5% | 15 | 18 |
| Career totals | 127 | 43 | 82 | 2 | 34.7% | |||
Alan Richardson's playing statistics from AFL Tables