List of Essendon coaches
Coaches who have coached at least one match for Essendon in a VFL/AFL premiership.
Coach List
No. | Coach | Season(s) | Match(es) | W-D-L | Premiership(s) |
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1 | Dave Smith | 1908-1909 | 39 | 26-0-13 | |
2 | Allan Belcher | 1910 | 19 | 12-0-7 | |
3 | Jack Worrall | 1911-1920 | 135 | 65-3-67 | 1911, 1912 |
4 | Percy Ogden | 1920-1921 | 20 | 3-2-15 | |
5 | Sam Gravenall | 1922 | 12 | 7-1-4 | |
6 | Syd Barker | 1922-1926 | 81 | 57-1-23 | 1923, 1924 |
7 | Frank Maher | 1927 | 18 | 6-1-11 | |
8 | Charlie Hardy | 1928-1930 | 54 | 30-1-23 | |
9 | Garnet Campbell | 1931-1933 | 54 | 22-0-32 | |
10 | Charlie May | 1934-1935 | 36 | 12-0-24 | |
11 | Jack Baggott | 1936-1939 | 60 | 22-0-38 | |
12 | Dick Reynolds | 1939-1960 | 415 | 275-6-134 | 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950 |
13 | Harry Hunter | 1939 | 2 | 2-0-0 | |
14 | Les Griggs | 1941 | 1 | 1-0-0 | |
15 | Elton Plummer | 1944 | 7 | 3-1-3 | |
16 | Cec Ruddell | 1945-1946 | 2 | 0-0-2 | |
17 | Alan Thaw | 1959 | 1 | 1-0-0 | |
18 | John Coleman | 1961-1967 | 133 | 90-3-40 | 1962, 1965 |
19 | Greg Sewell | 1965 | 1 | 1-0-0 | |
20 | Jack Clarke | 1968-1970 | 65 | 33-2-30 | |
21 | Johnny Birt | 1971 | 22 | 4-1-17 | |
22 | Des Tuddenham | 1972-1975 | 90 | 47-0-43 | |
23 | Bill Stephen | 1976-1977 | 44 | 16-1-27 | |
24 | Barry Davis | 1978-1980 | 67 | 30-1-36 | |
25 | Kevin Sheedy | 1981-2007 | 634 | 386-6-242 | 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000 |
26 | Gary O'Donnell | 2006 | 1 | 0-1-0 | |
27 | Matthew Knights | 2008-2010 | 67 | 25-1-41 | |
28 | James Hird | 2011-2015 | 85 | 41-1-43 | |
29 | Simon Goodwin | 2013 | 1 | 0-0-1 | |
30 | Mark Thompson | 2014 | 23 | 12-1-10 | |
31 | Matthew Egan | 2015 | 3 | 1-0-2 | |
32 | John Worsfold | 2016-2020 | 107 | 45-1-61 | |
33 | Ben Rutten | 2021-2022 | 44 | 17-0-27 | |
34 | Blake Caracella | 2022 | 1 | 1-0-0 |
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