| Scott Watters | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Scott Watters | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-01-25)25 January 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 5,1988 pre-draft selection | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1989–1999 | South Fremantle | 91 (35) | |
| 1989–1992 | West Coast | 46 (13) | |
| 1993–1994 | Sydney | 37 (11) | |
| 1995–1996 | Fremantle | 26(6) | |
| Total | 200 (65) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1988–1993 | Western Australia | 6 (3) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2007–2009 | Subiaco | 68 (53–15–0) | |
| 2008–2009 | Western Australia | 2 (2–0–0) | |
| 2012–2013 | St Kilda | 44 (17–27–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 1993. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2013. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Scott Watters (born 25 January 1969) is a formerAustralian rules football player and coach. As a player, he was drafted from theSouth Fremantle Football Club in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL) to theWest Coast Eagles in theAustralian Football League (AFL) in 1988. He later played for theSydney Swans andFremantle. He was a member of the 1985Teal Cup winning side, the first year that Western Australia had won the national championships. As a coach, he started his career in 2006 with WAFL teamSubiaco, followed by a stint as an assistant coach with theCollingwood Football Club from 2010 to 2011. Watters then became the senior coach of theSt Kilda Football Club, followingRoss Lyon's departure, for two seasons from 2012 to 2013.[1]
Watters attendedAll Saints' College. He later helped coach the College's football teams.[2]
Watters was selected as a pre-draft selection in the1988 VFL Draft byWest Coast Eagles after he won the fairest and best award for South Fremantle in 1987. He played 46 games for the Eagles over the next four seasons, including their first ever grand final appearance in 1991. However, when he was not selected in the 1992 premiership team, he was traded to Sydney Swans as part of a deal which gave the Eagles the Number 1 draft pick, which they used to selectDrew Banfield.[3]
Watters played for West Coast Eagles from 1989 until 1992 for a total of 46 games and kicked a total of 13 goals.[3]
After Watters was traded to theSydney Swans, the reduction in public pressure in a non-AFL city and an injury free period saw Watters play some of his best football in the 37 games he played for the club. His good form in his first season was recognised with being runner-up in the Swans' best and fairest award;[4] further, he earned threeBrownlow Medal votes in the club's only win of the 1993 season, againstMelbourne in round 13.[5]
Watters played for Sydney Swans from 1993 until 1994 for a total of 37 games and kicked a total of 11 goals.[3]
With the entry of the second Western Australian team in 1995, Watters joined theFremantle Dockers and was the first vice-captain of the club. Injuries, however, would take their toll and at the end of the 1996 season he retired from AFL football.[3]
Watters played for Fremantle from 1995 until 1996 for a total of 26 games and kicked a total of 6 goals.[3]
He continued to play for South Fremantle until the 1998 season, when he retired with a total of 207 senior games, 109 in the AFL, 92 in the WAFL and six for Western Australia. He is a member of the West Australian Football Two Hundred Club.[6]
After retiring as a player, Watters spent time as a radio commentator with Perth radio station6PR.
In 2006, Watters was appointed the coach of theSubiaco Football Club colts team. In November 2006 he was appointed the league coach, afterPeter German accepted an assistant coaching position with theFremantle Football Club.[7]
In late 2009, Watters signed with theCollingwood Football Club as an assistant coach under senior coachMick Malthouse for seasons 2010 and 2011 and was part of the clubs 2010 premiership coaching panel.[8]
At the conclusion of the 2011 season, Watters was appointed the senior coach of theSt Kilda Football Club, following the resignation ofRoss Lyon.[9][10][11][12][13] In Watters's first season as senior coach of the St Kilda Football club, in the2012 season, The Saints under Watters finished ninth with twelve wins and ten losses, but they just missed out of the finals. But the Saints under Watters endured a miserable2013 season to finish in sixteenth (third-last) place on the ladder with only five wins.[14] Watters was sacked as St Kilda Football Club senior coach on 1 November 2013, at the end of the 2013 season.[1][15][16][17][18][19] Watters was then replaced byAlan Richardson as St Kilda Football Club senior coach.[20]
St Kilda Football Club President Peter Summers attributed that the club came to the decision to sack Watters, after a club review conducted by board member Andrew Thompson.[21]
