Current coachChris Scott has held the senior coaching position since the2011 AFL season.Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)—which is now known as theAustralian Football League (AFL)—in 1897, there have been 31 senior coaches of theGeelong Football Club. To qualify, a coach must have coached the club in at least one senior VFL/AFL match, defined as anAustralian rules football match between twoclubs that are, or were at the time of the match,members of the VFL/AFL. A senior VFL/AFL match is played under thelaws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well asfinals series matches. It does not includepre-season competition matches,Night Series matches,interstate matches orinternational rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each coach first coached a game for Geelong in a senior VFL/AFL match.
- Figures correct as of end of 2025 season.
| # | Name | Seasons | G | W | L | D | Win% | G | W | L | D | Win% | GF | P | Awards |
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| 1 | David Hickinbotham | 1910–1911 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 52.78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 2 | Bill Eason* | 1912–1913 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 56.76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
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| 3 | Billy Orchard | 1914 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 60.53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
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| 4 | Bert Taylor | 1923 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
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| 5 | Lloyd Hagger | 1924 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 6 | Cliff Rankin*^ | 1925–1927 | 57 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 78.95 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1925) |
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| 7 | Tom Fitzmaurice* | 1928 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 23.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 8 | Arthur Coghlan | 1929–1930,1933–1934 | 80 | 49 | 30 | 1 | 61.88 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 | VFL runners-up (1930) |
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| 9 | Charlie Clymo^ | 1931 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 80.95 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1931) |
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| 10 | Reg Hickey^ | 1932,1936–1940,1949–1959 | 304 | 183 | 118 | 3 | 60.69 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 3 | VFL Premiership (1937,1951,1952)
VFL runners-up (1953)
McClelland Trophy (1952,1954) |
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| 11 | Percy Parratt | 1935 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 36.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 12 | Charlie Dibbs* | 1936 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 13 | Allan Everett | 1940 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
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| 14 | Les Laver† | 1940 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 15 | Len Metherell | 1941 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 16 | Tom Arklay | 1944 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5.56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 17 | Jack Williams | 1945 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 18 | Tommy Quinn | 1946–1948 | 57 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 38.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 19 | Bob Davis^ | 1956–1965 | 116 | 72 | 39 | 5 | 64.22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.75 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1963)
McClelland Trophy (1962,1963)
VFL Night Series Cup (1961) |
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| 20 | Neil Trezise† | 1963 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 21 | Peter Pianto | 1966–1970 | 105 | 70 | 34 | 1 | 67.14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 | VFL runners-up (1967) |
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| 22 | Bill McMaster | 1971–1972 | 44 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 27.27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 23 | Graham Farmer | 1973–1975 | 66 | 24 | 42 | 0 | 36.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 24 | Rodney Olsson | 1976–1979 | 91 | 45 | 46 | 0 | 49.45 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | — | — | |
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| 25 | Bill Goggin | 1980–1982 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 0 | 57.75 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | — | — | McClelland Trophy (1980,1981) |
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| 26 | Tom Hafey | 1983–1985 | 66 | 31 | 35 | 0 | 46.97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 27 | John Devine | 1986–1988 | 66 | 28 | 37 | 1 | 43.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 28 | Malcolm Blight | 1989–1994 | 145 | 89 | 56 | 0 | 61.38 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33 | 3 | 0 | McClelland Trophy (1992)
VFL/AFL runners-up (1989,1992,1994) |
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| 29 | Gary Ayres | 1995–1999 | 116 | 65 | 50 | 1 | 56.47 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 | AFL runners-up (1995) |
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| 30 | Mark Thompson^ | 2000–2010 | 260 | 161 | 96 | 3 | 62.50 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11 | 3 | 2 | AFL Premiership (2007,2009)
Jock McHale Medal (2007,2009)
AFL runners-up (2008)
McClelland Trophy (2007,2008)
Pre-season Cup (2006,2009) |
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| 31 | Chris Scott^ | 2011–present | 360 | 245 | 112 | 3 | 68.5 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 48.5 | 4 | 2 | AFL Premiership (2011,2022)
Jock McHale Medal (2011,2022)
McClelland Trophy (2019,2022)
AFL runners-up (2020, 2025) |
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AFL Women's Coaches
[edit]- Figures correct as of end of the 2025 season.
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- AFLW coach:Vacant
- AFLW captain:Vacant
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| VFA premierships (7) | |
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| VFL/AFL premierships (10) | |
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| Runner-up (10) | |
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Seasons (153)
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Women's seasons (10)
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Geelong did not participate in the 1916, 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons due to the World Wars (indicated in grey) |
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| AFL Women's | |
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Italics denote caretaker coach |
