Coaches

When he was appointed after the 2011 season Mark Neeld became the 28th man to have coached at least one game at the club. 25 of those had been permanent appointments, with three short-term caretakers. Alex Hall and Checker Hughes are the only coaches to have had two stints in the job, Hughes even returned a third time as a caretaker for one week in 1965 after Norm Smith was sacked. When Smith was re-instated Checker went back into retirement.

Coach	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	%	Years
Alex Hall	89	37	1	51	41.57	1907 - 1909, 1912 - 1913
Eddie Drohan	18	4	0	14	22.22	1910
Len Incigneri	18	2	0	16	11.11	1914
Jack McKenzie	17	9	0	8	52.94	1915
George Haines	16	0	0	16	0.0	1919
Gerald Brosnan	16	5	0	11	31.25	1920
Percy Wilson	48	16	2	30	35.42	1921 - 1923
Gordon Rattray	16	4	0	12	25	1924
Bert Chadwick	58	42	1	15	73.28	1925 - 1927
Ivor Warne-Smith	92	48	2	42	53.26	1928 - 1932
Frank 'Checker' Hughes	258	157	2	99	61.24	1933 - 1941, 1945 - 1948, 1965 (C)
Percy Beames	48	19	0	29	39.58	1942 - 1944
Allan La Fontaine	56	25	0	31	44.64	1949 - 1951
Norm Smith	310	197	5	108	64.35	1952 - 1967
John Beckwith	62	17	0	45	27.42	1968 - 1970
Ian Ridley	66	28	1	37	43.18	1971 - 1973
Bob Skilton	88	28	0	60	31.82	1974 - 1977
Dennis Jones	22	5	0	17	22.73	1978
Carl Ditterich	44	11	0	33	25	1979 - 1980
Ron Barassi	111	34	0	77	30.63	1981 - 1985
John Northey	167	90	1	76	54.19	1986 - 1992
Neil Balme	98	41	0	57	41.84	1993 - 1997
Greg Hutchison	13	3	0	10	23.08	1997 (C)
Neale Daniher	223	108	1	114	48.65	1998 - 2007
Mark Riley	9	3	0	6	33.33	2007 (C)
Dean Bailey	83	22	2	59	26.50	2008 - 2011
Todd Viney	5	1	0	4	20.00	2011 (C)
Mark Neeld	-	-	-	-	-	2012 -