The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team from Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1986, and had its first season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following year. The VFL was renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990 due to it being a national competition. [1] [2] Since entering the AFL, the West Coast Eagles have had six senior coaches, as well as Jaymie Graham, who filled in for Adam Simpson for one game. [3] [4]
In 2019, the West Coast Eagles joined the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) for the first time. They were forced to withdraw from that league in 2020 due to the AFL creating a rule that AFL-listed players cannot play in any state-based leagues, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] West Coast have since rejoined the WAFL in 2021. [6] West Coast's WAFL team has had two senior coaches.
In 2020, the West Coast Eagles joined the AFL Women's. [7] West Coast's AFLW team has had three senior coaches.
To qualify for this list, a coach must have coached the club in any regular season match or finals match. Pre-season matches, exhibition matches and other types of matches are not included.
GC | Total games coached | ||
W | Wins | ||
L | Losses | ||
D | Draws | ||
W% | Winning percentage | ||
† | Acting/caretaker coach | ||
* | Premiership coach |
# | Coach | Seasons | Total games | Finals games | Achievements | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | W | L | D | Win% | G | W | L | Win% | ||||
1 | Ron Alexander | 1987 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.00 | — | — | — | — | |
2 | John Todd | 1988— 1989 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 44.44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
3 | Mick Malthouse | 1990— 1999 | 243 | 156 | 85 | 2 | 64.20 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 50.00 | 1991 minor premiers
1991 runners up 1992 premiers 1994 minor premiers 1994 premiers |
4 | Ken Judge | 2000— 2001 | 44 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 27.27 | — | — | — | — | |
5 | John Worsfold | 2002— 2013 | 281 | 149 | 130 | 2 | 53.02 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41.18 | 2005 runners up
2006 minor premiers 2006 premiers |
† | Jaymie Graham | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | — | — | — | — | |
6 | Adam Simpson | 2014— 2024 | 242 | 122 | 119 | 1 | 50.62 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.33 | 2015 runners up
2018 premiers |
† | Jarrad Schofield | 2024— | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00.00 | — | — | — | — |
# | Name | Years | All games | Finals | Achievements | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GC | W | L | D | W% | GC | W | L | W% | ||||
1 | Luke Webster | 2019 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |
2 | Daniel Pratt | 2021– 2023 | 54 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 9.26 | — | — | — | — | |
3 | Kyal Horsley | 2024– | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77 | — | — | — | — |
# | Name | Years | All games | Finals | Achievements | Ref | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GC | W | L | D | W% | GC | W | L | W% | |||||
1 | Luke Dwyer | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67 | — | — | — | — | [8] | |
2 | Daniel Pratt | 2021 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22 | — | — | — | — | [9] | |
3 | Michael Prior | 2022– 2023 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 17.86 | — | — | — | — | [10] | |
† | Rohan McHugh | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Daisy Pearce | 2024 – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team from Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1986, and had its first season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following year. The VFL was renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990 due to it being a national competition. [1] [2] Since entering the AFL, the West Coast Eagles have had six senior coaches, as well as Jaymie Graham, who filled in for Adam Simpson for one game. [3] [4]
In 2019, the West Coast Eagles joined the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) for the first time. They were forced to withdraw from that league in 2020 due to the AFL creating a rule that AFL-listed players cannot play in any state-based leagues, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] West Coast have since rejoined the WAFL in 2021. [6] West Coast's WAFL team has had two senior coaches.
In 2020, the West Coast Eagles joined the AFL Women's. [7] West Coast's AFLW team has had three senior coaches.
To qualify for this list, a coach must have coached the club in any regular season match or finals match. Pre-season matches, exhibition matches and other types of matches are not included.
GC | Total games coached | ||
W | Wins | ||
L | Losses | ||
D | Draws | ||
W% | Winning percentage | ||
† | Acting/caretaker coach | ||
* | Premiership coach |
# | Coach | Seasons | Total games | Finals games | Achievements | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | W | L | D | Win% | G | W | L | Win% | ||||
1 | Ron Alexander | 1987 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.00 | — | — | — | — | |
2 | John Todd | 1988— 1989 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 44.44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
3 | Mick Malthouse | 1990— 1999 | 243 | 156 | 85 | 2 | 64.20 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 50.00 | 1991 minor premiers
1991 runners up 1992 premiers 1994 minor premiers 1994 premiers |
4 | Ken Judge | 2000— 2001 | 44 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 27.27 | — | — | — | — | |
5 | John Worsfold | 2002— 2013 | 281 | 149 | 130 | 2 | 53.02 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41.18 | 2005 runners up
2006 minor premiers 2006 premiers |
† | Jaymie Graham | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | — | — | — | — | |
6 | Adam Simpson | 2014— 2024 | 242 | 122 | 119 | 1 | 50.62 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.33 | 2015 runners up
2018 premiers |
† | Jarrad Schofield | 2024— | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00.00 | — | — | — | — |
# | Name | Years | All games | Finals | Achievements | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GC | W | L | D | W% | GC | W | L | W% | ||||
1 | Luke Webster | 2019 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |
2 | Daniel Pratt | 2021– 2023 | 54 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 9.26 | — | — | — | — | |
3 | Kyal Horsley | 2024– | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77 | — | — | — | — |
# | Name | Years | All games | Finals | Achievements | Ref | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GC | W | L | D | W% | GC | W | L | W% | |||||
1 | Luke Dwyer | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67 | — | — | — | — | [8] | |
2 | Daniel Pratt | 2021 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22 | — | — | — | — | [9] | |
3 | Michael Prior | 2022– 2023 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 17.86 | — | — | — | — | [10] | |
† | Rohan McHugh | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Daisy Pearce | 2024 – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |