Natalie Wood | |||
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Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
2022 (S7)– | Essendon ( W) | 21 (10–11–0) | |
3 Coaching statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 season. |
Natalie Wood is a former Australian rules footballer and current senior coach of the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). [1]
Wood played 190 games for the Darebin Falcons and Melbourne University in the Victorian Women's Football League, and represented the Western Bulldogs in women's exhibition matches in 2013 and 2014. [2]
After retiring as a player in 2014, Wood joined the Geelong Football Club as a part-time assistant coach for the club's inaugural women's team that joined the VFL Women's (VFLW) in 2017. [2] Wood was then appointed to a full-time coaching role with Geelong as an assistant coach for the club's first season in the national AFLW competition in 2019. [2] As part of this role, she was also promoted to senior coach of Geelong's VFLW team. [2] This appointment meant that Wood was the first woman to attain a full-time coaching role with the club. [3]
On 18 March 2022, Wood was appointed as the inaugural coach of the Essendon Football Club's AFL Women's (AFLW) team.
Legend | |||||||||||||
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W | Wins | L | Losses | D | Draws | W% | Winning percentage | LP | Ladder position | LT | League teams |
Season | Team | Games | W | L | D | W % | LP | LT |
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2022 (S7) | Essendon | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | 10 | 18 |
2023 | Essendon | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.6% | 7 | 18 |
Career totals | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.6% |
As well as full-time coaching, Wood is a high school teacher. [3]
Natalie Wood | |||
---|---|---|---|
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
2022 (S7)– | Essendon ( W) | 21 (10–11–0) | |
3 Coaching statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 season. |
Natalie Wood is a former Australian rules footballer and current senior coach of the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). [1]
Wood played 190 games for the Darebin Falcons and Melbourne University in the Victorian Women's Football League, and represented the Western Bulldogs in women's exhibition matches in 2013 and 2014. [2]
After retiring as a player in 2014, Wood joined the Geelong Football Club as a part-time assistant coach for the club's inaugural women's team that joined the VFL Women's (VFLW) in 2017. [2] Wood was then appointed to a full-time coaching role with Geelong as an assistant coach for the club's first season in the national AFLW competition in 2019. [2] As part of this role, she was also promoted to senior coach of Geelong's VFLW team. [2] This appointment meant that Wood was the first woman to attain a full-time coaching role with the club. [3]
On 18 March 2022, Wood was appointed as the inaugural coach of the Essendon Football Club's AFL Women's (AFLW) team.
Legend | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W | Wins | L | Losses | D | Draws | W% | Winning percentage | LP | Ladder position | LT | League teams |
Season | Team | Games | W | L | D | W % | LP | LT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 (S7) | Essendon | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | 10 | 18 |
2023 | Essendon | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.6% | 7 | 18 |
Career totals | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.6% |
As well as full-time coaching, Wood is a high school teacher. [3]