List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches
The Hawthorn Football Club are a professional Australian rules football team based in Mulgrave, Victoria, playing in the Australian Football League. The team began as the Mayblooms before changing their nickname to the Hawks in 1942.
Since joining the VFA in 1914, Hawthorn have had 32 coaches. The current coach of the club is Alastair Clarkson, who took over from Peter Schwab ahead of the 2005 season. Clarkson is also the longest-serving and most successful coach in the clubs history having led the team for more games coached, home and away games coached, games won, home and away wins, finals games, finals wins, and VFL/AFL premierships.
# | Number of coaches |
G | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
D | Draws |
Win% | Winning percentage |
† | Interim Coach |
* | Player–coach |
^ | Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame |
Note: Statistics correct as of the end of 2020.
# | Name | Season(s) | Total | Awards | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win% | ||||
1 | Alf Gough | 1914–1915 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 12.90 | |
2 | Jack McKenzie | 1919 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44 | |
3 | Ted Alley | 1920 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00 | |
4 | Arthur Rademacher | 1920–1921 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 37.14 | |
1933† | ||||||||
5 | Bill Walton | 1922–1924 | 54 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 57.41 | |
6 | Alec Hall | 1925 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17.65 | |
7 | Dan Minogue* | 1926–1927 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 11.11 | |
8 | Bert Sutton* | 1928 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0.00 | |
9 | Albert Chadwick* | 1929 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 22.22 | |
10 | John Harris* | 1930–1931 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 25.00 | |
11 | Jim Jackson | 1932 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67 | |
12 | Fred Phillips | 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
13 | Bill Twomey Sr.* | 1933–1934 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 15.63 | |
14 | Ivan McAlpine* | 1935–1938 | 72 | 22 | 50 | 0 | 30.56 | |
15 | Len Thomas* | 1939 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78 | |
16 | Bert Mills* | 1940–1941 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 27.78 | |
17 | Roy Cazaly | 1942–1943 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 33.33 | |
18 | Tommy Lahiff* | 1944 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 11.11 | |
19 | Keith Shea* | 1945–1946 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 23.08 | |
20 | Alec Albiston* | 1947–1949 | 57 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 21.05 | |
21 | Bob McCaskill | 1950–1951 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 11.11 | |
22 | Jack Hale | 1952–1959 | 146 | 61 | 84 | 1 | 41.78 | |
23 | John Kennedy Sr.^ | 1957† | 299 | 181 | 116 | 2 | 60.54 |
3× VFL premiership (1961, 1971, 1976) |
1960–1963 1967–1976 | ||||||||
24 | Graham Arthur* | 1964–1965 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 47.22 | |
25 | Peter O'Donohue | 1966 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78 | |
26 | David Parkin^ | 1977–1980 | 94 | 57 | 37 | 0 | 60.64 |
VFL premiership (1978) |
27 | Allan Jeans^ | 1981–1987 1989–1990 |
221 | 159 | 61 | 1 | 71.95 |
3× VFL premiership (1983, 1986, 1989) |
28 | Alan Joyce | 1988 1991–1993 |
93 | 67 | 26 | 0 | 72.04 |
2× VFL/AFL premiership (1988, 1991) |
29 | Peter Knights^ | 1994–1995 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 44.44 | |
30 | Ken Judge | 1996–1999 | 89 | 37 | 50 | 1 | 41.57 |
Pre-season premiership (1999) |
31 | Peter Schwab | 2000–2004 | 109 | 52 | 57 | 0 | 47.71 | |
– | Chris Connolly† | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
– | Donald McDonald† | 2004 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | |
32 | Alastair Clarkson | 2005–present | 368 | 221 | 145 | 2 | 60.05 |
4× AFL premiership (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
– | Brendon Bolton† | 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |