List of current Australian Football League coaches

This list includes the appointment date and performance record of current Australian Football League senior coaches. The league consists of 18 clubs across Australia.

Chris Scott is currently the longest-serving coach in the Australian Football League.

Chris Scott, the senior coach of the Geelong Cats since September 2010, is currently the longest-serving coach in the league. He has won two premierships, won the most matches (200) and has a winning percentage of 70.28%.

Five current coaches have won at least one AFL premiership during their current term: Luke Beveridge in 2016; Simon Goodwin in 2021; Chris Scott in 2011 and 2022; Craig McRae in 2023 & Chris Fagan in 2024. Alistair Clarkson and Damian Hardwick have won premierships with other clubs prior to their current appointments.

Coaches

Key

Prem	Premiership wins
W	Wins
L	Losses
D	Draws
GC	Games coached
Win%	Winning percentage

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2024 AFL season

Team	Name	Appointed[a]	Time as coach	Prem	W	L	D	GC	Win%	Prem	W	L	D	GC	Win%	Played for	Past Clubs as an assistant or senior coach	Source
				Current[b]						Career[c]
Adelaide	Matthew Nicks	15 October 2019	5 years, 191 days	0	29	55	0	84	34.52%	0	29	55	0	84	34.52%	Sydney	Port Adelaide Greater Western Sydney
Brisbane Lions	Chris Fagan	3 October 2016	8 years, 203 days	1	73	62	0	135	54.07%	0	73	62	0	135	54.07%	N/A	Hawthorn Melbourne	[1]
Carlton	Michael Voss	23 September 2021	3 years, 213 days	0	11	10	0	21	52.38%	0	54	75	1	130	41.79%	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions Port Adelaide	[2]
Collingwood	Craig McRae	1 September 2021	3 years, 235 days	1	17	8	0	25	68.00%	1	17	8	0	25	68.00%	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	Richmond Brisbane Lions Collingwood Hawthorn	[3]
Essendon	Brad Scott	29 September 2022	2 years, 207 days	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	106	105	0	211	50.24%	Hawthorn Brisbane Lions	Collingwood North Melbourne
Fremantle	Justin Longmuir	30 September 2019	5 years, 206 days	0	31	29	1	61	51.64%	0	31	29	1	61	51.64%	Fremantle	Collingwood West Coast
Geelong	Chris Scott	18 October 2010	14 years, 188 days	2	200	84	2	286	70.28%	2	200	84	2	286	70.28%	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	Fremantle	[4]
Gold Coast	Damien Hardwick	21 August 2023	1 year, 246 days	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	3	170	131	6	307	56.3%	Essendon Port Adelaide	Richmond
Greater Western Sydney	Adam Kingsley	22 August 2022	2 years, 245 days	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide St Kilda Richmond
Hawthorn	Sam Mitchell	22 August 2021	3 years, 245 days	0	8	14	0	22	36.36%	0	8	14	0	0	36.36%	Hawthorn West Coast	West Coast Hawthorn	[5]
Melbourne	Simon Goodwin	28 August 2016[d]	8 years, 239 days	1	77	57	1	135	57.41%	1	77	57	1	135	57.41%	Adelaide	Essendon	[6][7]
North Melbourne	Alastair Clarkson	19 August 2022	2 years, 248 days	0	-	-	-	-	-	4	228	158	4	390	58.97%	North Melbourne Melbourne	St Kilda Port Adelaide Hawthorn
Port Adelaide	Ken Hinkley	5 October 2012	12 years, 201 days	0	131	92	0	223	58.74%	0	131	92	0	223	58.74%	Fitzroy Geelong	St Kilda Geelong Gold Coast	[8]
Richmond	Adem Yze	21 September 2023	1 year, 215 days	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	Melbourne	Melbourne Hawthorn
St Kilda	Ross Lyon	24 October 2022	2 years, 182 days	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	172	128	5	305	-	Fitzroy Brisbane Bears	St Kilda FremantleSydney Richmond Carlton	[9]
Sydney	Dean Cox	26 November 2024[e]	149 days	0	2	2	0	4	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0%	West Coast	Sydney	[10]
West Coast	Andrew McQualter	30 September 2024	206 days	0	0	3	0	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0%	St Kilda Gold Coast	Richmond	[11]
Western Bulldogs	Luke Beveridge	14 November 2014	10 years, 161 days	1	104	79	0	183	56.83%	1	104	79	0	183	56.83%	Melbourne Western Bulldogs St Kilda	Collingwood Hawthorn	[12]

See also

• Sports portal
• Australia portal

• List of current AFL Women's coaches

Notes

1. Appointment date of current term at the team.
2. Coaching statistics from the current term with the team; coaching statistics from previous term with the team are not included.
3. Coaching statistics for career in the AFL, records in other leagues are not included.
4. Simon Goodwin was named as the succession coach of Melbourne in 2014, he took over as senior coach from Paul Roos after the conclusion of the 2016 AFL season.
5. Cox joined the Sydney Swans as an assistant coach under senior John Longmire at the end of the 2017 season.[3] On 26 November 2024, two months after the club suffered a 60-point loss to Brisbane Lions in the Grand Final, the club announced Longmire's resignation as senior coach and that Longmire would hand the senior coach role to assistant coach Cox, who becomes the 46th senior coach of the Sydney Swans.