Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)—which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL)—in 1897, there have been 31 senior coaches of the Geelong Football Club. To qualify, a coach must have coached the club in at least one senior VFL/AFL match, defined as an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or were at the time of the match, members of the VFL/AFL. A senior VFL/AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, Night Series matches, interstate matches or international 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.
Key #Number of coachesGGames coachedWWinsLLossesDDrawsWin%Winning percentageGFNumber of VFL/AFL Grand Final appearancesPNumber of VFL/AFL Premierships achieved by the coach*Player-coach†Caretaker coach^Premiership coach*^Player-coach and Premiership coach
VFL/AFL Figures correct as of end of 2025 season.
# Name Seasons G W L D Win% G W L D Win% GF P Awards All games Finals 1 1910–1911 36 18 16 2 52.78 — — — — — — — 2 * 1912–1913 37 21 16 0 56.76 1 0 1 0 0 — — 3 1914 19 11 7 1 60.53 1 0 1 0 0 — — 4 1923 17 9 8 0 52.94 1 0 1 0 0 — — 5 1924 16 8 8 0 50 — — — — — — — 6 *^ 1925–1927 57 45 12 0 78.95 1 3 0 4 25 1 1 VFL Premiership (1925) 7 * 1928 26 6 20 0 23.08 — — — — — — — 8 1929–1930, 1933–1934 80 49 30 1 61.88 7 3 4 0 42.86 1 0 VFL runners-up (1930) 9 ^ 1931 21 17 4 0 80.95 3 2 1 0 66.67 1 1 VFL Premiership (1931) 10 ^ 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) 11 1935 18 6 11 1 36.11 — — — — — — — 12 * 1936 7 3 4 0 42.82 — — — — — — — 13 1940 12 7 5 0 58.33 1 0 1 0 0 — — 14 † 1940 2 1 1 0 50 — — — — — — — 15 1941 18 3 15 0 16.67 — — — — — — — 16 1944 18 1 17 0 5.56 — — — — — — — 17 1945 20 2 18 0 10 — — — — — — — 18 1946–1948 57 22 35 0 38.60 — — — — — — — 19 ^ 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) 20 † 1963 1 0 1 0 0 — — — — — — — 21 1966–1970 105 70 34 1 67.14 7 3 4 0 42.86 1 0 VFL runners-up (1967) 22 1971–1972 44 12 32 0 27.27 — — — — — — — 23 1973–1975 66 24 42 0 36.36 — — — — — — — 24 1976–1979 91 45 46 0 49.45 3 1 2 0 33.33 — — 25 1980–1982 71 41 30 0 57.75 5 1 4 0 20 — — McClelland Trophy (1980, 1981) 26 1983–1985 66 31 35 0 46.97 — — — — — — — 27 1986–1988 66 28 37 1 43.18 — — — — — — — 28 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) 29 1995–1999 116 65 50 1 56.47 6 2 4 0 33.33 1 0 AFL runners-up (1995) 30 ^ 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) 31 ^ 2011–present 365 248 114 3 67.94 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)
AFL Women's Figures correct as of end of the 2025 season.
# Name Seasons G W L D Win% G W L D Win% GF P Awards All games Finals 1 2019–2021 23 6 17 0 26.09 1 0 1 0 0.00 — — 2 2022 (S6)–2025 57 26 30 1 45.61 4 2 2 0 50.00 — — 3 2026–present 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 — —
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