| Michael Godden | |
| Fullname: | Michael Godden |
| Nickname: | Godsy |
| Birth Date: | 1975 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Originalteam: | West Adelaide (SANFL) |
| Height: | 175 cm |
| Weight: | 65 kg |
| Statsend: | 1993 |
| Games Goals1: | 89 |
| Games Goals2: | 0 (0) |
| Years2: | 1993 |
| Draftpick: | No. 116, 1992 AFL draft |
| Coachyears1: | 2007 - 2009 |
| Coachyears2: | 2010 - 2018 |
| Coachyears3: | 2015 - 2017 |
| Coachclub3: | South Australia |
| Coachgames Wins3: | 3 |
| Coachyears5: | 2021 - 2024 |
| Coachgames Wins5: | 78 (40–38–0) |
| Coachstatsend: | 2024 |
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Michael Godden (born 12 May 1975) is a former professional Australian Football League player and most recently the senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was recruited from the West Adelaide Football Club to the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL) with the 116th selection in the 1992 AFL draft, but did not play a senior game. Godden has since coached 's reserves side,, and South Australia's state team.[1]
Godden played 89 senior games for and 56 games for the reserves team in the SANFL.[1] He was drafted with the 116th selection in the 1992 AFL draft, but was delisted after a single season with the Adelaide Crows without playing a senior game for the club.[2]
In 2007, Godden became the head coach of 's reserves team in the SANFL reserves league. The successful tenure at Glenelg which included a premiership in 2009 springboarded Godden's coaching career, and he became the senior coach of .[1] In just his second season in the role, he coached the Eagles to the premiership in 2011.[3] In 2018, Godden was awarded with a life membership by the SANFL.[4]
In 2021, Godden became the new coach of 's SANFL team.[5] He coached his 250th SANFL game in 2023, but his team lost two consecutive preliminary finals to evade a maiden grand final for the team.