List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches

Alastair Clarkson is the current coach of the Hawks, and has led the club to five Grand Finals, winning four of them.

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.

There have been 26 coaches in history of the Hawthorn Football Club. Based in Mulgrave, Victoria. Alec Hall became the first coach of the club in 1925 but only lasted one season. Alastair Clarkson who has been the current coach since 2005, has led the team for more games coached (329), home and away games coached (303), games won (205), home and away wins (189), finals games (26), finals wins (16), and VFL/AFL premierships (4). Clarkson is the only coach in the club's history to coach the team to consecutive premierships. Clarkson has led the team to five AFL Grand Final appearances, winning four of them. John Kennedy Sr led the team to their inaugural premiership in 1961, and won a further two in 1971 and 1976. Allan Jeans led the team to three premierships (1983, 1986, 1989) during the 1980s in a decade where the team played in seven consecutive Grand Finals from 1983–1989. David Parkin is the only other coach to lead the team to a premiership (1978).

The club has had five interim coaches. Fred Phillips was appointed coach for the 1933 season but died before the season started. Arthur Rademacher was named interim coach. He coached four games before the club appointed Bill Twomey Sr. as coach for the rest of the season. In 1957, John Kennedy Sr stepped in as interim coach for one game after Jack Hale was involved in an automobile accident. In 1973, Roy Simmonds was the interim coach for one game while John Kennedy Sr was coaching the VIctorian side. In 2001, Connolly coached one game, in the absence of regular coach, Peter Schwab, who was ill. In 2004, Donald McDonald was appointed interim coach after the club fired coach Peter Schwab late in the season due to a disappointing year. In 2014, Brendon Bolton coached five games as Clarkson was forced to step down due to illness.

# Number of coaches
G Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
D Draws
Win% Winning percentage
† Interim Coach
* Player–coach
^ Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame
  • Statistics correct to the end of 2018.
# Name Season(s) Total Awards
G W L D Win%
1 Alec Hall 1925 17 3 14 0 017.65
2 Dan Minogue* 1926–1927 36 4 31 1 011.11
3 Bert Sutton* 1928 18 0 18 0 000.00
4 Albert Chadwick* 1929 18 4 14 0 022.22
5 John Harris* 1930–1931 36 9 27 0 025.00
6 Jim Jackson 1932 18 3 15 0 016.67
– Arthur Rademacher† 1933 4 1 3 0 025.00
7 Bill Twomey Sr.* 1933–1934 32 5 27 0 015.63
8 Ivan McAlpine* 1935–1938 72 22 50 0 030.56
9 Len Thomas* 1939 18 5 12 1 027.78
10 Bert Mills* 1940–1941 36 10 26 0 027.78
11 Roy Cazaly 1942–1943 30 10 20 0 033.33
12 Tommy Lahiff* 1944 18 2 15 1 011.11
13 Keith Shea* 1945–1946 39 9 30 0 023.08
14 Alec Albiston* 1947–1949 57 12 45 0 021.05
15 Bob McCaskill 1950–1951 36 4 32 0 011.11
16 Jack Hale 1952–1959 146 61 84 1 041.78
17 John Kennedy Sr.^ 1957
1960–1963
1967–1976		 299 181 116 2 060.54

3× VFL premiership (1961, 1971, 1976)
3× Jock McHale Medal (1961, 1971, 1976)
2× McClelland Trophy (1961, 1971)
2× Pre-season premiership (1968, 1969)

18 Graham Arthur* 1964–1965 36 17 19 0 047.22
19 Peter O'Donohue 1966 18 5 13 0 027.78
– Roy Simmonds† 1973 1 0 1 0 000.00
20 David Parkin^ 1977–1980 94 57 37 0 060.64

VFL premiership (1978)
Jock McHale Medal (1978)
Pre-season premiership (1977)
NFL Championship (1976)

21 Allan Jeans^ 1981–1987
1989–1990		 221 159 61 1 071.95

3× VFL premiership (1983, 1986, 1989)
3× Jock McHale Medal (1983, 1986, 1989)
3× McClelland Trophy (1984, 1985, 1986)
2× Pre-season premiership (1985, 1986)
2× VFL Team of the Year (1983, 1986)

22 Alan Joyce 1988
1991–1993		 93 67 26 0 072.04

2× VFL/AFL premiership (1988, 1991)
2× Jock McHale Medal (1988, 1991)
McClelland Trophy (1988)
3× Pre-season premiership (1988, 1991, 1992)

23 Peter Knights 1994–1995 45 20 25 0 044.44
24 Ken Judge 1996–1999 89 37 50 2 041.57

Pre-season premiership (1999)

25 Peter Schwab 2000–2004 109 52 57 0 047.71
– Chris Connolly† 2001 1 1 0 0 100.00
– Donald McDonald† 2004 5 3 2 0 060.00
26 Alastair Clarkson 2005–present 329 205 122 2 062.31

4× AFL premiership (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)
4× Jock McHale Medal (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)
2× McClelland Trophy (2012, 2013)
4× All-Australian team (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015)

– Brendon Bolton† 2014 5 5 0 0 100.00

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