| Matthew Nicks | |||
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_(cropped).jpg) Nicks addressing Adelaide players, 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Matthew Nicks | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-05-13)13 May 1975 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | West Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Debut | 14 April 1996,Sydney Swans vs.Collingwood Magpies, atSCG | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1996–2005 | Sydney Swans | 175 (125) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2020– | Adelaide | 102 (36–65–1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 20, 2024. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Matthew Nicks (born 13 May 1975) is a former professionalAustralian Football League player and currently the senior coach of theAdelaide Football Club.[1] He was recruited from theWest Adelaide Football Club to theSydney Swans with the 21st selection in the1994 AFL Draft.[2]
Nicks made hisAustralian Football League debut in 1996 for theSydney Swans and played a total of 175 games over the next 10 seasons.[3] He retired from AFL football in 2005 after prolonged struggles with injury and illness, including a broken leg in 1995,[4] pneumonia in 2000, a broken finger in 2001[5] and a stress fracture in his leg in 2005. His second last game was the round 10, 2005 match againstSt Kilda atMarvel Stadium in which the Swans came under severe scrutiny from the AFL, in particular from then-CEOAndrew Demetriou andNetwork 10 commentatorsStephen Quartermain,Tim Lane andRobert Walls, over their performance.[6][7][8]
Nicks joined thePort Adelaide Football Club in 2011 as a club development coach in an assistant coaching position under senior coachMatthew Primus until the end of 2012 season, during which time the Power struggled towards the bottom part of the ladder, finishing 16th and 14th in 2011 and 2012 respectively.[9] From 2013 to 2015, he served as the club's backline coach under senior coachKen Hinkley and in 2016, he served as the forwards coach under senior coach Hinkley.[10] In 2017, Nicks was named as Port Adelaide's senior assistant coach under senior coach Hinkley. Nicks left the Port Adelaide Football Club at the end of the 2018 season.[11]
Nicks joined theGWS Giants as a senior assistant coach under senior coachLeon Cameron for the 2019 season.[12]
In October 2019, Nicks was appointed senior coach of theAdelaide Football Club, shortly after previous senior coachDon Pyke announced his departure.[13][14][15][16] Due to a variety of reasons, including theCOVID-19 pandemic, the club entering a rebuild at his arrival, and the lack of experiencedassistant coaches at Adelaide, the Crows under Nicks slumped to a 0–13 start to the2020 season, leading to Nicks being called “the least supported coach” in Adelaide’s history.[17][18] He won his first game as Adelaide Football Club senior coach when the Crows defeatedHawthorn by 35 points in round 15, 2020.[19]
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 | |||||
| 1996 | Sydney | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 1997 | Sydney | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 150 | 99 | 249 | 59 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 12.5 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 1998 | Sydney | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 291 | 138 | 429 | 104 | 42 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.1 | 5.8 | 17.9 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 9 |
| 1999 | Sydney | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 263 | 123 | 386 | 106 | 26 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 5.3 | 16.8 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2000 | Sydney | 23 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 229 | 86 | 315 | 107 | 29 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 16.6 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 2001 | Sydney | 23 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 186 | 70 | 256 | 89 | 32 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 10.3 | 3.9 | 14.2 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 9 |
| 2002 | Sydney | 23 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 186 | 72 | 258 | 86 | 51 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 12.3 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 2003 | Sydney | 23 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 125 | 57 | 182 | 62 | 34 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 10.1 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2004 | Sydney | 23 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 128 | 56 | 184 | 65 | 36 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Sydney | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 27 | 85 | 26 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 9.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Career | 175 | 125 | 84 | 1641 | 2380 | 2023 | 716 | 306 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 4.2 | 13.6 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 31 | ||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Adelaide | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17.6% | 18 | 18 | |
| 2021 | Adelaide | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 31.8% | 15 | 18 | |
| 2022 | Adelaide | 21 | 8 | 13[1] | 0 | 38.1% | 14 | 18 | |
| 2023 | Adelaide | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 47.8% | 10 | 18 | |
| 2024 | Adelaide | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34.8% | 15 | 18 | |
| Career totals | 106 | 37 | 68 | 1 | 34.9% | 14.4 | |||
Matthew Nicks's playing statistics from AFL Tables
