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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.
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2023 season[4]
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As well as full-time coaching, Wood is a high school teacher.[3]
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