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)
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