List of Collingwood Football Club coaches

The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Collingwood Football Club in a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL) or the AFL Women's.

## VFL/AFL

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Image | No. | Coach | GC | W | L | D | W% | Years | Honours

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| 1  | Bill Strickland | 13  | 8  | 5  | 0  | 61.54  | 1904, 1908  |
| 2  | Dick Condon | 37  | 26  | 11  | 0  | 70.27  | 1905–1906  | 1905 VFL Minor Premiers
| 3  | Ted Rowell | 12  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 50.00  | 1907–1908  |
| 4  | George Angus | 60  | 41  | 17  | 2  | 70.00  | 1909–1911  | 1910 VFL Premiers
| 5  | Jock McHale | 714  | 467  | 237  | 10  | 66.1  | 1912–1949  | 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935 & 1936 VFL Premiers

1915, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 & 1930 VFL Minor Premiers

| —  | Bob RushNote 1 | 1*  | 1*  | 0  | 0  | 100.00  | 1930  |
| 6  | Phonse Kyne | 272  | 161  | 109  | 2  | 59.56  | 1950–1963  | 1953 & 1958 VFL Premiers
| 7  | Neil MannNote 2 | 72  | 49  | 22  | 1  | 68.75  | 1972–1974  | 1973 VFL Minor Premiers
| 8  | Bob Rose | 193  | 121  | 70  | 2  | 63.21  | 1964–1971, 1985–1986  | 1966, 1969 & 1970 VFL Minor Premiers
| 9  | Ron Richards | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 100.00  | 1974  |
| 10  | Murray Weideman | 45  | 19  | 26  | 0  | 42.22  | 1975–1976  |
| 11  | Tom Hafey | 138  | 89  | 47  | 2  | 65.22  | 1977–1982  | 1977 VFL Minor Premiers
| 12  | Mick Erwin | 12  | 3  | 9  | 0  | 25.00  | 1982  |
| 13  | John Cahill | 47  | 27  | 20  | 0  | 57.45  | 1983–1984  |
| 14  | Leigh Matthews | 224  | 125  | 94  | 5  | 56.92  | 1986–1995  | 1990 AFL Premiers
| 15  | Tony Shaw | 88  | 30  | 58  | 0  | 34.09  | 1996–1999  |
| 16  | Mick Malthouse | 286  | 163  | 121  | 2  | 57.34  | 2000–2011  | 2010 AFL Premiers

2010 & 2011 Minor Premiers

| 17  | Nathan Buckley | 218  | 117  | 99  | 2  | 53.67  | 2012–2021  |
| 18  | Robert Harvey | 9  | 2  | 7  | 0  | 22.22  | 2021  | Announced as caretaker coach 9 June 2021[1]
| 19  | Craig McRae | 45  | 34  | 11  | 0  | 75.56  | 2022–  | 2023 AFL Premiers
2023 Minor Premiers

* Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2023 AFL season.

## AFLW

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Image | No. | Coach | GC | W | L | D | W% | Years | Honours

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| 1  | Wayne Siekman | 21  | 7  | 14  | 0  | 33.33  | 2017–2019  |
| 2  | Stephen Symonds | 51  | 31  | 20  | 0  | 60.78  | 2020–2022  |
| 3  | Sam Wright | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | —  | 2024–  |

* Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2023 AFL Women's season.

## Notes

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* 1:^ Bob Rush stood in to perform the match day coaching duties in the 1930 Grand Final, including delivering the half time address, because regular coach Jock McHale was absent on the day of the game, having fallen ill with influenza days before the game. For many years, Rush was credited with having coached the game; but after a decision in 2014 by the AFL's historians, McHale is now credited as Collingwood's sole coach in the game for the purposes of coaching statistics.[2]
* 2:^ Although Neil Mann's coaching span is listed as being from 1972 to 1974 he coached the Magpies once in 1960 and again for a game in 1967 as caretaker coach.

## References

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* AFL Tables List of Collingwood coaches

1. ^ "Nathan Buckley clashes with Tony Jones during frosty moment in outgoing press conference". Fox Sports. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. ^ Jon Ralph (29 October 2014). "Kevin Bartlett accuses AFL of 'historical lie' over Jock McHale's coaching games record". The Herald Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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Collingwood Football Club

* Nickname: Magpies

* History
* Records
* Current squad
* Players
* Captains
* Coaches
* Awards
* Copeland Trophy
* AFL Women's best and fairest
* Leading goalkickers

* AFL coach: Craig McRae
* AFL captain: Darcy Moore

* AFLW coach: Sam Wright
* AFLW captain: Ruby Schleicher

VFL/AFL home grounds|

* Victoria Park (1897–1999)
* Melbourne Cricket Ground (2000–)

AFLW home grounds|

* Olympic Park Oval (2017–2018)
* Victoria Park (2019–)

VFA premierships (1)|

* 1896

VFL/AFL premierships (16)|

* 1902
* 1903
* 1910
* 1917
* 1919
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1935
* 1936
* 1953
* 1958
* 1990
* 2010
* 2023

Runner-up (27)|

* 1901
* 1905
* 1911
* 1915
* 1918
* 1920
* 1922
* 1925
* 1926
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1952
* 1955
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* 1977
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 2002
* 2003
* 2011
* 2018

Seasons (134)
(club articles in bold)|

* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
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* 2003
* 2004
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* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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* Eddie McGuire
* Mark Korda
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* King's Birthday match
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Coaches of the Collingwood Football Club

VFL/AFL|

* 1904: Strickland
* 1905–1906: Condon
* 1907–1908: Rowell
* 1908: Strickland
* 1909–1911: Angus
* 1912–1949: McHale
* 1950–1963: Kyne
* 1964–1971: Rose
* 1972–1974: Mann
* 1975–1976: Weideman
* 1977–1982: Hafey
* 1982: Erwin
* 1983–1984: Cahill
* 1985–1986: Rose
* 1986–1995: Matthews
* 1996–1999: Shaw
* 2000–2011: Malthouse
* 2012–2021: Buckley
* 2021: Harvey
* 2022–: McRae

AFL Women's|

* 2017–2019: Siekman
* 2020–2023: Symonds
* 2024–: Wright

Italics denote caretaker coach

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VFL/AFL and AFL Women's coaches

* Adelaide
* Brisbane Bears
* Brisbane Lions
* Carlton
* Collingwood
* Essendon
* Fitzroy
* Fremantle
* Geelong
* Gold Coast
* Greater Western Sydney
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne
* North Melbourne
* Port Adelaide
* Richmond
* St Kilda
* Sydney
* University
* West Coast
* Western Bulldogs

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*[D]: Games drawn
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