List of West Coast Eagles coaches

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Adam Simpson (current AFL coach) and Daniel Pratt (current WAFL coach)

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team from Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1986, and had its first season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following year. The VFL was renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990 due to it being a national competition.[1][2] Since entering the AFL, the West Coast Eagles have had six senior coaches, as well as Jaymie Graham, who filled in for Adam Simpson for one game.[3][4]

In 2019, the West Coast Eagles joined the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) for the first time. They were forced to withdraw from that league in 2020 due to the AFL creating a rule that AFL-listed players cannot play in any state-based leagues, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] West Coast have since rejoined the WAFL in 2021.[6] West Coast's WAFL team has had two senior coaches.

In 2020, the West Coast Eagles joined the AFL Women's.[7] West Coast's AFLW team has had three senior coaches.

To qualify for this list, a coach must have coached the club in any regular season match or finals match. Pre-season matches, exhibition matches and other types of matches are not included.

Key[]

GC Total games coached
W Wins
L Losses
D Draws
W% Winning percentage
† Acting/caretaker coach
* Premiership coach

VFL/AFL[]

Note: Statistics are correct as of round 15 of the 2021 AFL season.
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Mick Malthouse was coach for West Coast's first and second premiership
# Name Years Home and away Finals Achievements Ref
GC W L D W% GC W L D W%
1 Ron Alexander 1987 22 11 11 0 50.00 — — — — — [3]
2 John Todd 1988–1989 44 20 24 0 45.45 1 0 1 0 0.00 [3]
3 Mick Malthouse* 218 144 73 1 66.28 25 12 12 1 50.00 1991 runners up
1992 premiers
1994 premiers 		[3]
4 Ken Judge 44 12 31 1 28.41 — — — — — [3]
5 John Worsfold* – 264 142 120 2 54.17 17 7 10 — 41.18 2005 runners up
2006 premiers 		[3]
6 Adam Simpson* 2014– 162 105 56 1 65.12 12 7 5 — 58.33 2015 runners up
2018 premiers 		[3]
Jaymie Graham† 2018 1 1 0 0 100.00 — — — — 58.33 2015 runners up
2018 premiers 		[3]

WAFL[]

Note: Statistics are correct as of round 12 of the 2021 WAFL season.
# Name Years Home and away Finals Achievements Ref
GC W L D W% GC W L W%
1 Luke Webster 2019 18 9 9 0 50.00 2 1 1 50.00 [8]
2 Daniel Pratt 2021– 12 2 10 0 16.67 — — — — [9]

AFL Women's[]

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2021 AFL Women's season.
# Name Years Home and away Finals Achievements Ref
GC W L D W% GC W L W%
1 Luke Dwyer 2020 6 1 5 0 16.67 — — — — [10]
2 Daniel Pratt 2021 9 2 7 0 22.22 — — — — [11]
3 Michael Prior 2022– [12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brief history of the West Coast Eagles Football Club". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ Thomas, Clint. "How the West Coast Eagles went from the brink of collapse to financial powerhouse". ABC News. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "West Coast Coaches Win-Loss Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ Black, Sarah. "Coach out of Dogs clash after daughter's illness". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Club statement: WAFL team update". West Coast Eagles. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ Townsend, John. "WAFL fixtures: Easter start for 2021 season Eagles are back but licence fee still undecided". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. ^ Sakkal, Paul. "Tigers, Saints, Suns and Eagles confirmed for AFLW in 2020". The Age. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. ^ "2019 LADDER - LEAGUE". WAFL. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 LADDER - LEAGUE". WAFL. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Luke Dwyer". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Daniel Pratt". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  12. ^ Healey, Catherine. "Michael Prior replaces Daniel Pratt as West Coast Eagles AFLW coach". The West Australian. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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