List of Box Hill Coaches

Coaches who have coached in at least one match for Box Hill in a premiership.

VFA/VFL Coach List (1951-2026)

Coaches who have coached in at least one match for Box Hill in a VFA/VFL premiership.

No.	Coach	Seasons	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses
1	Col Austen	1956-1959	81	47	0	34
2	Peter Pettigrew	1981	18	2	0	16
3	Eric Moore	1982-1985	72	40	2	30
4	Richard Murrie	1986	20	17	0	3
5	Harold Martin	1987-1988	36	12	1	23
6	Peter Francis	1989-1990	39	23	1	15
7	Shane Molloy	1991-1992	41	24	0	17
8	John Murphy	1993-1998	110	49	1	60
9	Brendan Mason	1999	18	6	1	11
10	Donald McDonald	2000-2002	64	43	1	20
11	Tony Liberatore	2003	22	16	0	6
12	Andy Collins	2004-2005	40	19	0	21
13	Damien Christensen	2006-2007	36	10	1	25
14	Barry Mitchell	2008	20	6	0	14
15	Brendon Bolton	2009-2010	41	26	0	15
16	Damian Carroll	2011-2013	60	33	0	27
17	Marco Bello	2014-2016	60	38	1	21
18	Chris Newman	2017-2018	42	30	1	11
19	Max Bailey	2019	19	9	1	9
20	Sam Mitchell	2021	10	8	0	2
21	Clint Proctor	2022	19	11	0	8
22	Zane Littlejohn	2023-2025	61	42	0	19
23	David Mirra	2026	21	15	0	6

Coach History

VFA/VFL Coach History (1951-2026)

Season	Coach	Matches	Rounds
1951 VFA Season	unknown	19	R01-12, R14-20
1952 VFA Season	unknown	20	R01-20
1953 VFA Season	unknown	20	R01-20
1954 VFA Season	unknown	20	R01-20
1955 VFA Season	unknown	20	R01-20
1956 VFA Season	Col Austen	22	R01-20, SF, PF
1957 VFA Season	Col Austen	20	R01-20
1958 VFA Season	Col Austen	19	R01-18, SF
1959 VFA Season	Col Austen	20	R01-20
1960 VFA Season	unknown	18	R01, R03-17, R19-20
1961 VFA (D1) Season	unknown	21	R01-02, R04-22
1962 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	17	R01-16, SF
1963 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	15	R01-08, R10-11, R13-17
1964 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1965 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	14	R02, R04, R06-13, R15-18
1966 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	16	R01-05, R07-17
1967 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1968 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	17	R01-17
1969 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	19	R01-18, SF
1970 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	20	R01-12, R14-18, SF, PF, GF
1971 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1972 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1973 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1974 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1975 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1976 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1977 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1978 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	17	R01-07, R09-18
1979 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1980 VFA (D2) Season	unknown	18	R01-18
1981 VFA (D2) Season	Peter Pettigrew	18	R01-18
1982 VFA (D2) Season	Eric Moore	18	R01-18
1983 VFA (D2) Season	Eric Moore	18	R01-18
1984 VFA (D2) Season	Eric Moore	18	R01-05, R07-16, R18, SF, GF
1985 VFA (D1) Season	Eric Moore	18	R01-18
1986 VFA (D2) Season	Richard Murrie	20	R01-18, SF, GF
1987 VFA (D1) Season	Harold Martin	18	R01-18
1988 VFA (D1) Season	Harold Martin	18	R01-18
1989 VFA Season	Peter Francis	21	R01-06, R08, R10-20, QF, SF, PF
1990 VFA Season	Peter Francis	18	R01-18
1991 VFA Season	Shane Molloy	21	R01-02, R04-09, R11-20, QF, SF, PF
1992 VFA Season	Shane Molloy	20	R01-18, EF, SF
1993 VFA Season	John Murphy	18	R01-18
1994 VFA Season	John Murphy	22	R01-18, QF, SF, PF, GF
1995 VFA Season	John Murphy	16	R01-02, R04-11, R13-18
1996 VFL Season	John Murphy	18	R01-07, R09-17, R19-20
1997 VFL Season	John Murphy	18	R02-10, R12-20
1998 VFL Season	John Murphy	18	R01, R03-12, R14-20
1999 VFL Season	Brendan Mason	18	R01-03, R05-14, R16-20
2000 VFL Season	Donald McDonald	20	R01-19, EF
2001 VFL Season	Donald McDonald	23	R01-20, QF, PF, GF
2002 VFL Season	Donald McDonald	21	R01-20, EF
2003 VFL Season	Tony Liberatore	22	R01-11, R13-14, R16-20, QF, SF, PF, GF
2004 VFL Season	Andy Collins	21	R01-02, R04-10, R12-20, EF, SF, PF
2005 VFL Season	Andy Collins	19	R01-08, R10-19, EF
2006 VFL Season	Damien Christensen	18	R01-08, R10-17, R19-20
2007 VFL Season	Damien Christensen	18	R02-15, R17-20
2008 VFL Season	Barry Mitchell	20	R01-20
2009 VFL Season	Brendon Bolton	20	R02-18, R20, EF, SF
2010 VFL Season	Brendon Bolton	21	R01-18, EF, SF, PF
2011 VFL Season	Damian Carroll	19	R01, R03-05, R07-12, R14-17, R19-22, EF
2012 VFL Season	Damian Carroll	20	R01, R03-09, R11-12, R14-20, R22, EF, SF
2013 VFL Season	Damian Carroll	21	R01-08, R10-19, QF, PF, GF
2014 VFL Season	Marco Bello	21	R01-05, R07-11, R13-20, QF, PF, GF
2015 VFL Season	Marco Bello	21	R01-02, R04-08, R10-20, QF, PF, GF
2016 VFL Season	Marco Bello	18	R01-04, R06-07, R09-12, R14-21
2017 VFL Season	Chris Newman	20	R01-08, R10-19, QF, PF
2018 VFL Season	Chris Newman	22	R01-03, R05-09, R11-15, R17-21, EF, SF, PF, GF
2019 VFL Season	Max Bailey	19	R01-04, R06-09, R11-16, R18-21, EF
2021 VFL Season	Sam Mitchell	10	R01-06, R10-12, R16
2022 VFL Season	Clint Proctor	19	R01-03, R05-08, R10-12, R14-18, R20-22, EF
2023 VFL Season	Zane Littlejohn	21	R01, R03-07, R09-12, R14-19, R21-22, QF, SF, PF
2024 VFL Season	Zane Littlejohn	19	R01-07, R09-12, R14-19, R21, EF
2025 VFL Season	Zane Littlejohn	21	R01-02, R04-12, R14-17, R19-21, QF, SF, PF
2026 VFL Season	David Mirra	21	R01-06, R08-11, R13-19, R21, QF, PF, GF

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