List of Carlton Football Club coaches

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), formerly the VFL.

* Statistics are correct to the end of Round 15 2025[1]

No. | Coach | G | W | L | D | W% | Years

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1  | Jack Worrall | 144  | 100  | 43  | 1  | 69.79  | 1902–1909
2  | Fred Elliott | 47  | 34  | 11  | 2  | 74.47  | 1909–1911
3  | Norm Clark | 150  | 102  | 42  | 6  | 70.00  | 1912, 1914–1918, 1920–1922
4  | Jack Wells | 18  | 9  | 8  | 1  | 52.78  | 1913
5  | Viv Valentine | 17  | 10  | 7  | 0  | 58.82  | 1919
6  | Horrie Clover | 45  | 26  | 18  | 1  | 58.89  | 1922–1923, 1927
7  | Percy Parratt | 16  | 5  | 10  | 1  | 34.38  | 1924
8  | Jim Caldwell | 15  | 5  | 10  | 0  | 33.33  | 1925
9  | Paddy O'Brien | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0.00  | 1925
10  | Ray Brew | 37  | 22  | 15  | 0  | 59.46  | 1926, 1928
11  | Dan Minogue | 117  | 85  | 32  | 0  | 72.65  | 1929–1934
12  | Frank Maher | 38  | 26  | 11  | 1  | 69.74  | 1935–1936
13  | Percy Rowe | 18  | 11  | 7  | 0  | 61.11  | 1937
14  | Brighton Diggins | 56  | 38  | 18  | 0  | 67.86  | 1938–1940
15  | Percy Bentley | 281  | 167  | 110  | 4  | 60.14  | 1941–1955
16  | Jim Francis | 55  | 29  | 25  | 1  | 53.64  | 1956–1958
17  | Ken Hands | 114  | 60  | 51  | 3  | 53.95  | 1959–1964
18  | Ron Barassi | 147  | 99  | 47  | 1  | 67.69  | 1965–1971
19  | John Nicholls | 95  | 61  | 31  | 3  | 65.79  | 1972–1975
20  | Keith McKenzie | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 100.00  | 1972, 1975
21  | Ian Thorogood | 46  | 29  | 16  | 1  | 64.13  | 1976–1977
22  | Ian Stewart | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 33.33  | 1978
23  | Sergio Silvagni | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0.00  | 1978
24  | Alex Jesaulenko | 76  | 53  | 22  | 1  | 70.39  | 1978–1979, 1989–1990
25  | Peter Jones | 24  | 17  | 7  | 0  | 70.83  | 1980
26  | David Parkin | 355  | 219  | 134  | 2  | 61.97  | 1981–1985, 1991–2000
27  | Robert Walls | 84  | 55  | 29  | 0  | 65.48  | 1986–1989
28  | Wayne Brittain | 46  | 18  | 28  | 0  | 39.13  | 2001–2002
29  | Denis Pagan | 104  | 25  | 77  | 2  | 24.04  | 2003–2007
30  | Brett Ratten | 120  | 60  | 59  | 1  | 50.00  | 2007–2012
31  | Mick Malthouse | 54  | 20  | 33  | 1  | 37.04  | 2013–2015
32  | John Barker | 14  | 3  | 11  | 0  | 23.08  | 2015
33  | Brendon Bolton | 77  | 16  | 61  | 0  | 20.77  | 2016–2019
34  | David Teague | 50  | 21  | 29  | 0  | 44.00  | 2019–2021
35  | Michael Voss | 84  | 45  | 38  | 1  | 54.17  | 2022–
36  | Ashley Hansen | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 100.00  | 2022

Key:

G = Games
W = Won
L = Lost
D = Drew
W% = Win percentage

## References

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1. ^ "Carlton Coaches". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 June 2025.

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Carlton Football Club

* Nickname: Blues

* History
* Premierships and records
* Players
* Captains
* Coaches
* Awards
* John Nicholls Medal
* AFL Women's best and fairest
* Honour roll

* AFL coach: Michael Voss
* AFL captain: Patrick Cripps

* AFLW coach: Matthew Buck
* AFLW captain: Kerryn Harrington

VFL/AFL home grounds|

* Princes Park (1897–2005)
* Melbourne Cricket Ground (2005–)
* Docklands Stadium (2002–)

AFLW home grounds|

* Princes Park (2017–)

Premierships|

* 1871
* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1877
* 1887
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1914
* 1915
* 1938
* 1945
* 1947
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1979
* 1981
* 1982
* 1987
* 1995

Runner-up (13)|

* 1904
* 1909
* 1910
* 1916
* 1921
* 1932
* 1949
* 1962
* 1969
* 1973
* 1986
* 1993
* 1999

AFLW runners-up (1)|

2019

Seasons
(club articles in bold)|

* 1870
* 1871
* 1872
* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1876
* 1877
* 1878
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* 1880
* 1881
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* 1956
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* 1976
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Related articles|

* 1999 AFL First Preliminary Final
* 2002 salary cap breach
* Collingwood rivalry
* Essendon rivalry
* Northern Blues

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Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

VFL/AFL|

* 1902–1909: Worrall
* 1909–1911: Elliott
* 1912: Clark
* 1913: Wells
* 1914–1918: Clark
* 1919: Valentine
* 1920–1922: Clark
* 1922–1923: Clover
* 1924: Parratt
* 1925: O'Brien
* 1925: Caldwell
* 1926: Brew
* 1927: Clover
* 1928: Brew
* 1929–1934: Minogue
* 1935–1936: Maher
* 1937: Rowe
* 1938–1940: Diggins
* 1941–1955: Bentley
* 1956–1958: Francis
* 1959–1964: Hands
* 1965–1971: Barassi
* 1972–1975: Nicholls
* 1976–1977: Thorogood
* 1978: Stewart
* 1978: Silvagni
* 1978–1979: Jesaulenko
* 1980: Jones
* 1981–1985: Parkin
* 1986–1989: Walls
* 1989–1990: Jesaulenko
* 1991–2000: Parkin
* 2001–2002: Brittain
* 2003–2007: Pagan
* 2007–2012: Ratten
* 2013–2015: Malthouse
* 2015: Barker
* 2016–2019: Bolton
* 2019–2021: Teague
* 2022–: Voss
* 2022: Hansen

AFL Women's|

* 2017–2018: Keeping
* 2019–2022 (S7): Harford
* 2023–: Buck

Italics denote caretaker coach

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