List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches explained

The Hawthorn Football Club are a professional Australian rules football team based in Mulgrave, Victoria, playing in the Australian Football League. The team began as the Mayblooms before changing their nickname to the Hawks in 1942.

Since joining the VFA in 1914, Hawthorn have had 33 coaches. The current coach of the club is Sam Mitchell, who took over from Alastair Clarkson ahead of the 2022 season. Clarkson is the most successful coach in the club's history having led the team for more games coached, home and away games coached, games won, home and away wins, finals games, finals wins, and VFL/AFL premierships.

	Number of coaches
G	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
D	Draws
Win%	Winning percentage
†	Interim Coach
‡	Fill–in coach
	Player–coach
^	Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame

VFA/VFL/AFL Men's coaches

	Name	Season(s)	Total					Achievements
			G	W	L	D	Win%
1		1914–1915	31	4	26	1	12.90
2		1919	18	8	10	0	44.44
3		1920	4	1	3	0	25.00
4		1920–1921	35	13	22	0	37.14
		1933^‡
5		1922–1924	54	31	22	1	57.41
6		1925	17	3	14	0	17.65
7		1926–1927	36	4	31	1	11.11
8		1928	18	0	18	0	0.00
9		1929	18	4	14	0	22.22
10		1930–1931	36	9	27	0	25.00
11		1932	18	3	15	0	16.67
12		1933	0	0	0	0	0.00
13		1933–1934	32	5	27	0	15.63
14		1935–1938	72	22	50	0	30.56
15		1939	18	5	12	1	27.78
16		1940–1941	36	10	26	0	27.78
17		1942–1943	30	10	20	0	33.33
18		1944	18	2	15	1	11.11
19		1945–1946	39	9	30	0	23.08
20		1947–1949	57	12	45	0	21.05
21		1950–1951	36	4	32	0	11.11
22		1952–1959	146	61	84	1	41.78
23	^	1957^‡	299	181	116	2	60.54	3× VFL premiership (1961, 1971, 1976) 3× Jock McHale Medal (1961, 1971, 1976) 5× VFL Grand Final (1961, 1963, 1971, 1975, 1976) 4× Minor premiership (1961, 1963, 1971, 1975) 2× McClelland Trophy (1961, 1971) 2× Pre-season premiership (1968, 1969)
		1960–1963 1967–1976
24		1964–1965	36	17	19	0	47.22
25		1966	18	5	13	0	27.78
26	^	1977–1980	94	57	37	0	60.64	VFL premiership (1978) Jock McHale Medal (1978) VFL Grand Final (1978) Pre-season premiership (1977) NFL Championship (1976)
27	^	1981–1987 1989–1990	221	159	61	1	71.95	3× VFL premiership (1983, 1986, 1989) 3× Jock McHale Medal (1983, 1986, 1989) 6× VFL Grand Final (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989) 2× Minor premiership (1986, 1989) 3× McClelland Trophy (1984, 1985, 1986) 2× Pre-season premiership (1985, 1986) 2× VFL Team of the Year (1983, 1986)
28		1988 1991–1993	93	67	26	0	72.04	2× VFL/AFL premiership (1988, 1991) 2× Jock McHale Medal (1988, 1991) 2× VFL/AFL Grand Final (1988, 1991) Minor premiership (1988) McClelland Trophy (1988) 3× Pre-season premiership (1988, 1991, 1992)
29	^	1994–1995	45	20	25	0	44.44
30		1996–1999	89	37	50	1	41.57	Pre-season premiership (1999)
31		2000–2004	109	52	57	0	47.71
–	^‡	2001	1	1	0	0	100.00
–	^†	2004	5	3	2	0	60.00
32		2005–2021	390	228	158	4	58.46	4× AFL premiership (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) 4× Jock McHale Medal (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) 5× AFL Grand Final (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) 2× Minor premiership (2012, 2013) 2× McClelland Trophy (2012, 2013) 4× All-Australian team (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)
–	^‡	2014	5	5	0	0	100.00
33		2022–present	67	28	39	0	41.79

AFL Women's coaches

On 12 August 2021, Hawthorn was granted a license to join the AFL Women's league for the 2022/23 season.^[1] Bec Goddard who was in charge of the club's VFL women's side was immediately appointed as the club's first ever AFLW coach. ^[2]

	Name	Season(s)	Total					Awards
			G	W	L	D	Win%
1		2022 (S7)–2023	20	6	14	0	30.00
2	style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	2024–present	0	0	0	0	0.00

References

• AFL Tables - Hawthorn coaches

Notes and References

1. Web site: AFLW will expand to 18 teams from the 2022/23 season . ABC news . 13 August 2021 . 12 August 2021.
2. Web site: Black . Sarah . Hawks unveil premiership mastermind as inaugural AFLW coach . womens.afl . 13 August 2021 . 12 August 2021.