List of current AFL Women's coaches

This list includes the appointment date and performance record of current AFL Women's senior coaches. The league consists of women's teams from eight of the Australian Football League (AFL) clubs, with every state which has an AFL team, featuring at least one AFL Women's team.

Bec Goddard was the AFLW's inaugural premiership coach, leading Adelaide to the 2017 premiership.

Craig Starcevich, the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions since June 2016, was the first coach to be appointed in the league. Bec Goddard, the senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club since August 2016, won the inaugural premiership in the 2017 season.

Coaches
Key
Prem Premiership wins
W Wins
L Losses
D Draws
GC Games coached
Win% Winning percentage
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 AFL Women's season
Team Name Appointed[lower-alpha 1] Time as coach Prem W L D GC Win% Prem W L D GC Win% Source
Current[lower-alpha 2] Career[lower-alpha 3]
Adelaide Matthew Clarke 23 May 2018 3 years, 328 days 1 18 8 0 26 69.23% 1 18 8 0 26 69.23% [1]
Brisbane Craig Starcevich 22 June 2016 5 years, 298 days 1 24 15 1 40 60.00% 1 24 15 2 41 60.00% [2]
Carlton Daniel Harford 23 April 2018 3 years, 358 days 0 11 5 0 16 68.75% 0 11 5 0 16 68.75% [3]
Collingwood Stephen Symonds 4 June 2019 2 years, 316 days 0 7 2 0 0 77.78% 0 7 2 0 0 77.78% [4]
Fremantle Trent Cooper 6 June 2018 3 years, 314 days 0 20 7 0 27 74.07% 0 20 7 0 27 74.07% [5]
Geelong Daniel Lowther 29 June 2021 291 days 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0% [6]
Gold Coast Cameron Joyce 2 June 2021 318 days 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0% [7]
Greater Western Sydney Alan McConnell 21 July 2017 4 years, 269 days 0 13 16 1 30 43.33% 0 13 27 1 41 31.71% [8]
Melbourne Mick Stinear 15 September 2016 5 years, 213 days 0 26 13 0 39 66.67% 0 26 13 0 39 66.67% [9]
North Melbourne Darren Crocker 4 June 2020 1 year, 175 days 0 6 4 0 10 60.00% 0 6 4 0 10 60.00% [10]
Richmond Ryan Ferguson 6 November 2020 1 year, 161 days 0 3 6 0 9 33.33% 0 3 6 0 0 33.33% [11]
St Kilda Nick Dal Santo 2 August 2021 257 days 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0% [12]
West Coast Michael Prior 7 September 2021 221 days 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0% [13]
Western Bulldogs Nathan Burke 19 September 2019 2 years, 209 days 0 6 9 0 15 40.00% 0 6 9 0 15 40.00% [14]


See also

Notes
  1. Appointment date of current term at the team.
  2. Coaching statistics from the current term with the team; coaching statistics from previous term with the team are not included.
  3. Coaching statistics for career in the AFL Women's; records in other leagues are not included.

References
  1. Balmer, Matt (23 May 2018). "Adelaide appoint Matthew Clarke as new AFLW coach". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. Whiting, Michael (22 June 2016). "Starcevich to coach Lion's women". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. Morris, Tom (23 April 2018). "Daniel Harford appointed Carlton AFL women's coach for 2019 AFLW season". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. Lewis, Tash (4 June 2019). "AFLW: Symonds to coach Pies". Collingwood Football Club. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. "AFLW: Trent Cooper named as Michelle Cowan's successor at Fremantle". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. "Lowther to Lead AFLW Cats". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. Doole, Jacob. "Cameron Joyce named Gold Coast Suns AFLW Head Coach | AFL Tasmania". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. "Ex-Lions coach takes over Giants' AFLW job". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. Morris, Tom; Harrington, Anna (15 September 2016). "Melbourne appoints dual TAC Cup premiership coach Michael Stinear as its women's team coach". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  10. "North Melbourne announce Carlton assistant Scott Gowans as first AFLW coach". The Age. Fairfax Media. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  11. Black, Sarah (19 June 2019). "Tigers finally appoint coach: Former Demon gets top job". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
  12. "Dal Santo appointed St Kilda AFLW Senior Coach". saints.com.au. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  13. Stocks, Gary (7 September 2021). "AFLW: Prior takes coaching reins". westcoasteagles.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  14. "Nathan Burke to coach AFLW Bulldogs". westernbulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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