| Jarrad Schofield | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (age 50) | ||
| Original team | Subiaco (WAFL) | ||
| Debut | Round 11, 13 June 1993,West Coast Eagles vs.Sydney Swans, atSydney Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1993–1998 | West Coast | 63(34) | |
| 1999–2004 | Port Adelaide | 131(91) | |
| 2005–2006 | Fremantle | 12(2) | |
| Total | 206 (127) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2013–2018 | Subiaco | 130 (98–32–0) | |
| 2024 | West Coast | 7 (2–5–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 24, 2024. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jarrad Schofield (born 30 January 1975) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theWest Coast Eagles,Port Adelaide andFremantle in theAustralian Football League (AFL) andSubiaco in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL).
He attended school atWesley College inSouth Perth.
Schofield was drafted with the 49th selection in the1992 AFL draft by theWest Coast Eagles. He made his debut in 1993, but only played seven games in three seasons, until 1996, when he played 22 games and won anAFL Rising Star nomination, that he became an important player at the club. He was traded to Port Adelaide at the end of the 1998 season forScott Cummings.
He was traded toPort Adelaide in the1998 trade period in return forScott Cummings. He was noted for being a useful running outside midfielder, used as a "link man" in the midfield. In Round 5, 2002, he won theShowdown Medal.[1] In 2004, Schofield enjoyed an outstanding season where he amassed a high amount of disposals for Port, and topped it off by being a part of Port'spremiership side.
In 2005 Schofield went back home to Perth, this time playing with theFremantle Football Club. In 2005 he struggled to get on the field with numerous injuries and had what was considered a disappointing season which was much different from the heights he reached in 2004.
Schofield struggled to break into the Fremantle side in 2006, playing only two games for the season. He announced prior to Round 22 that he would retire from AFL football at the end of the 2006 season.[2]
Schofield made his debut forSubiaco in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL) in 1993 and played over 100 games for them until his retirement in 2008.[3] He was a member of their threeWAFL Grand Final winning sides, in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
At the end of the 2008 season he retired from theWAFL and was appointed coach of the Subiaco colts side. In 2012 he joinedClaremont as an assistant coach, before being named as the senior coach of Subiaco for the 2013 season.[4]
After a tough 2013 season whereSubiaco could only manage an 8th-placed finish in the competition, Schofield led the Lions to a dramatic turnaround with a second-placed finish on the ladder in 2014, and despite a loss toEast Perth in the first final, would turn the tables on them in the grand final where they won by 16 points, their first Premiership since 2008. Schofield would then lead Subiaco to the Minor Premiership in 2015 and would win that seasons Grand Final convincingly overWest Perth. Two further Minor Premierships were ensured in seasons 2016 and 2017, however would end up losing toPeel Thunder in both Grand Finals-with Peel boasting a significant number ofFremantle Dockers players.
The year 2018 would see Schofield andSubiaco end up making huge amends for the 2016 and 2017 disappointments, which drove them to an undefeated 2018 season and a huge premiership victory overWest Perth. As a result, Schofield would end up resigning from the senior coaching position.
Schofield joined his former clubPort Adelaide as an assistant coach for the 2019 season under senior coachKen Hinkley reuniting with former premiership teammates inBrett Montgomery andDean Brogan.
At the conclusion of the 2021 AFL season, he ended up joining theWest Coast Eagles as an assistant coach under senior coachAdam Simpson in the role of Strategy and Stoppage Coach.
During the 2024 AFL season, he was appointed caretaker senior coach of theWest Coast Eagles for the remainder of the season, after the club sacked Simpson in the middle of the season after Round 17.[5][6] Schofield then coached West Coast Eagles for a total of seven games with two wins and five losses. Schofield was not retained as senior coach of the West Coast Eagles at the end of the 2024 season and was replaced byAndrew McQualter.[7]
His son Taj is also an Australian rules footballer.[8]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 1993 | West Coast | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1994 | West Coast | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| 1995 | West Coast | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 1996 | West Coast | 21 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 216 | 141 | 357 | 54 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 16.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| 1997 | West Coast | 21 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 202 | 111 | 313 | 53 | 28 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 15.7 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
| 1998 | West Coast | 21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 103 | 52 | 155 | 33 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| 1999 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 208 | 96 | 304 | 68 | 22 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 153 | 76 | 229 | 40 | 21 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 12.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 312 | 145 | 457 | 92 | 32 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 3.8 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 247 | 140 | 387 | 100 | 28 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 12.4 | 7.0 | 19.4 | 5.0 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 321 | 123 | 444 | 107 | 44 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 14.0 | 5.3 | 19.3 | 4.7 | 1.9 |
| 2004# | Port Adelaide | 6 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 280 | 166 | 446 | 95 | 54 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 17.8 | 3.8 | 2.2 |
| 2005 | Fremantle | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 43 | 131 | 33 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 13.1 | 3.3 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | Fremantle | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 14.5 | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| Career | 206 | 127 | 104 | 2169 | 1128 | 3297 | 692 | 287 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 16.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | ||
