List of Footscray / Western Bulldogs coaches

Coaches who have coached at least one match for Footscray / Western Bulldogs in a VFL/AFL premiership.

Coach List

No. Coach Season(s) Match(es) W-D-L Premiership(s)
1 Con McCarthy 1925 17 4-0-13
2 Jim Cassidy 1926 8 1-0-7
3 Harry Saunders 1926 10 3-0-7
4 Paddy Scanlan 1927-1928 36 15-0-21
5 Alec Eason 1929 18 6-1-11
6 Allan Hopkins 1930-1934 19 4-0-15
7 Bill Cubbins 1931-1934 60 34-0-26
8 Alby Morrison 1934-1935 15 4-0-11
9 Syd Coventry 1935-1937 36 8-2-26
10 Joe Kelly 1937-1940 69 29-0-40
11 Norm Ware 1941-1942 33 20-0-13
12 Arthur Olliver 1943-1950 131 68-1-62
13 Jim Crowe 1947 19 8-1-10
14 Charlie Sutton 1951-1968 162 82-2-78 1954
15 George McLaren 1951 1 1-0-0
16 Wally Donald 1952-1953 3 1-0-2
17 Ted Whitten 1957-1971 228 91-0-137
18 Joe Ryan 1959-1960 2 0-0-2
19 Bill Findlay 1961-1966 5 2-0-3
20 Bob Rose 1972-1975 89 42-2-45
21 Bill Goggin 1976-1978 46 21-2-23
22 Don McKenzie 1978-1982 44 14-1-29
23 Royce Hart 1980-1982 53 8-0-45
24 Frank Goode 1981 1 0-0-1
25 Ian Hampshire 1982-1983 33 12-0-21
26 Mick Malthouse 1984-1989 135 67-2-66
27 Terry Wheeler 1990-1994 91 50-1-40
28 Alan Joyce 1994-1996 57 25-2-30
29 Terry Wallace 1996-2002 148 79-2-67
30 Peter Rohde 2002-2004 45 9-1-35
31 Rodney Eade 2005-2011 162 88-2-72
32 Paul Williams 2011 3 2-0-1
33 Brendan McCartney 2012-2014 66 20-0-46
34 Luke Beveridge 2015-2022 183 104-0-79 2016