List of Carlton Football Club coaches
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Carlton Football Club
at a game of Australian rules football
in the Australian Football League
(AFL), formally the VFL.
Key:
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
at a game of Australian rules football
Australian rules football
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in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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(AFL), formally the VFL.
| No. | Coach | P | W | L | D | W% | Years |
| 1 | Jack Worrall Jack Worrall John "Jack" Worrall was an Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy in the VFA and a test cricketer, a coach of both sports and a sporting journalist.... |
144 | 100 | 43 | 1 | 69.79 | 1902–09 |
| 2 | Fred Elliott Fred Elliott (footballer) Fred 'Pompey' Elliott was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Elliott made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1900 season. He had previously spent a year playing with Melbourne. He was named as Carlton's captain for the 1908 season and became... |
47 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 74.47 | 1909–11 |
| 3 | Norm Clark Norm Clark Norman "Hackenschmidt" Clark was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1905 and 1912.... |
150 | 102 | 42 | 6 | 70.00 | 1912, 1914–18, 1920–22 |
| 4 | Jack Wells Jack Wells (footballer) John "Jack" Wells was an Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Western Australian Football Association , Kalgoorlie City in the Goldfields Football Association , St Kilda and Carlton in the Victorian Football League , and in the Victorian Football Association... |
18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 52.78 | 1913 |
| 5 | Viv Valentine Viv Valentine Viv Valentine is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Valentine made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1911 season.... |
17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82 | 1919 |
| 6 | Horrie Clover Horrie Clover Horrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career... |
45 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 58.89 | 1922–23, 1927 |
| 7 | Percy Parratt Percy Parratt Percy Parratt was an Australian rules footballer. He played 195 games for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League from 1909 to 1923, kicking 202 goals.He started out at Rose of Northcote.After leaving the club he became coach... |
16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 34.38 | 1924 |
| 8 | Jim Caldwell Jim Caldwell (footballer) Jim Caldwell was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33 | 1925 |
| 9 | Paddy O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1925 |
| 10 | Ray Brew Ray Brew Ray Brew was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Brew made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3 of the 1923 season. He retired from the game due to injury in 1931.... |
37 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 59.46 | 1926, 1928 |
| 11 | Dan Minogue Dan Minogue Daniel 'Dan' Minogue was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Minogue was considered a courageous, or perhaps reckless, centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final... |
117 | 85 | 32 | 0 | 72.65 | 1929–34 |
| 12 | Frank Maher Frank Maher (footballer) Frank H. Maher , is a former Australian footballer, and coach in the Victorian Football League.He served in the army in World War I from 1916 to 1919, and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry for his actions in France on 19 May 1918.He only began playing football when serving overseas with... |
38 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 69.74 | 1935–36 |
| 13 | Percy Rowe Percy Rowe Percy Rowe is a former player and coach in the Victorian Football League.Rowe was the coach of the Fitzroy Football Club in 1935 and the Carlton Football Club for only the 1937 season before he was replaced by captain-coach Brighton Diggins. He is the father of Des Rowe, who captained... |
18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11 | 1937 |
| 14 | Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins was a former Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League and Victorian Football League.... |
56 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 67.86 | 1938–40 |
| 15 | Percy Bentley Percy Bentley Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era... |
281 | 167 | 110 | 4 | 60.14 | 1941–55 |
| 16 | Jim Francis Jim Francis Jim Francis is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.After playing 61 games for Hawthorn Francis made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 9 of the 1934 season. He retired as a player at the end of the 1943 season and was appointed coach of the... |
55 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 53.64 | 1956–58 |
| 17 | Ken Hands Ken Hands Ken Hands is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim . The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.... |
114 | 60 | 51 | 3 | 53.95 | 1959–64 |
| 18 | Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
147 | 99 | 47 | 1 | 67.69 | 1965–71 |
| 19 | John Nicholls | 95 | 61 | 31 | 3 | 65.79 | 1972–75 |
| 20 | Keith McKenzie | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1972, 1975 |
| 21 | Ian Thorogood Ian Thorogood Ian Thorogood is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Thorogood played for Melbourne, including three premiership teams. Following his retirement from playing, he coached Waverley to a premiership in the VFA in 1965... |
46 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 64.13 | 1976–77 |
| 22 | Ian Stewart Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer) Ian Harlow Stewart , son of Aldo Liberale Cervi and Anita Cervi who separated three years after his birth, is a former Australian rules footballer with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League , and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda and Richmond... |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | 1978 |
| 23 | Sergio Silvagni Sergio Silvagni Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Silvagni made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7, 1958... |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1978 |
| 24 | Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame... |
76 | 53 | 22 | 1 | 70.39 | 1978–79, 1989–90 |
| 25 | Peter Jones Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer) Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones , the son of Kevin and Mollie Jones , is a former Australian rules footballer who played 249 games for the Carlton Blues in the VFL... |
24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 70.83 | 1980 |
| 26 | David Parkin David Parkin David Parkin is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach.- Pre-football career :He attended Melbourne High School and during his time there, was the school vice-captain and captain of football.... |
355 | 219 | 134 | 2 | 61.97 | 1981–85, 1991–2000 |
| 27 | Robert Walls Robert Walls Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :... |
84 | 55 | 29 | 0 | 65.48 | 1986–89 |
| 28 | Wayne Brittain Wayne Brittain Wayne Brittain is a former coach of the Australian Football League.- Career :In his playing career, he did not play in the AFL, instead he played for Zillmere Eagles in the Queensland State League. He eventually suffered a back injury which ended his career... |
46 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 39.13 | 2001–02 |
| 29 | Denis Pagan Denis Pagan Denis Pagan is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the VFL/AFL. He is current coach of Northern Knights in TAC Cup.-Playing career:... |
104 | 25 | 77 | 2 | 25.00 | 2003–07 |
| 30 | Brett Ratten Brett Ratten Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.... |
74 | 34 | 40 | 0 | 45.90 | 2007– |
- Statistics are correct as of the end of Round 15, 2008
Key:
- P = Played
- W = Won
- L = Lost
- D = Drew
- W% = Win percentage