List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches

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.

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

There have been 27 coaches in history of the Hawthorn Football Club. 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 (354), home and away games coached (328), games won (218), home and away wins (202), 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. Alan Joyce coached the club to two premierships in 1988 and 1991. David Parkin is the only other coach to lead the team to a premiership (1978).

# 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

Note: Statistics correct as of the end of round 3, 2020.

# Name Season(s) Total Awards
G W L D Win%
1 Alec Hall 1925 17 3 14 0 17.65
2 Dan Minogue* 1926–1927 36 4 31 1 11.11
3 Bert Sutton* 1928 18 0 18 0 0.00
4 Albert Chadwick* 1929 18 4 14 0 22.22
5 John Harris* 1930–1931 36 9 27 0 25.00
6 Jim Jackson 1932 18 3 15 0 16.67
7 Fred Phillips 1933 0 0 0 0 0.00
– Arthur Rademacher† 1933 4 1 3 0 25.00
8 Bill Twomey Sr.* 1933–1934 32 5 27 0 15.63
9 Ivan McAlpine* 1935–1938 72 22 50 0 30.56
10 Len Thomas* 1939 18 5 12 1 27.78
11 Bert Mills* 1940–1941 36 10 26 0 27.78
12 Roy Cazaly 1942–1943 30 10 20 0 33.33
13 Tommy Lahiff* 1944 18 2 15 1 11.11
14 Keith Shea* 1945–1946 39 9 30 0 23.08
15 Alec Albiston* 1947–1949 57 12 45 0 21.05
16 Bob McCaskill 1950–1951 36 4 32 0 11.11
17 Jack Hale 1952–1959 146 61 84 1 41.78
18 John Kennedy Sr.^ 1957
1960–1963
1967–1976		 299 181 116 2 60.54

3× VFL premiership (1961, 1971, 1976)
3× Jock McHale Medal (1961, 1971, 1976)
4× Minor premiership (1961, 1963, 1971, 1975)
2× Pre-season premiership (1968, 1969)

19 Graham Arthur* 1964–1965 36 17 19 0 47.22
20 Peter O'Donohue 1966 18 5 13 0 27.78
21 David Parkin^ 1977–1980 94 57 37 0 60.64

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

22 Allan Jeans^ 1981–1987
1989–1990		 221 159 61 1 71.95

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

23 Alan Joyce 1988
1991–1993		 93 67 26 0 72.04

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

24 Peter Knights^ 1994–1995 45 20 25 0 44.44
25 Ken Judge 1996–1999 89 37 50 1 41.57

Pre-season premiership (1999)

26 Peter Schwab 2000–2004 109 52 57 0 47.71
– Donald McDonald† 2004 5 3 2 0 40.00
27 Alastair Clarkson 2005–present 354 218 134 2 61.58

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

– Brendon Bolton† 2014 5 5 0 0 100.00

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