Mark Harvey

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Mark Harvey
Mark Harvey.jpg
Harvey in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Mark Harvey
Date of birth (1965-06-11) 11 June 1965 (age 56)
Original team(s) Keilor (EDFL)
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1984–1997 Essendon 206 (170)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1985–1994 Victoria
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2007–2011 Fremantle 97 (39–58–0)
2013 Brisbane Lions 3 (2–1–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2013.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark Harvey (born 11 June 1965) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played over 200 games during fourteen seasons with the Essendon Football Club, winning three premierships, and was senior coach of Fremantle from 2007 to 2011. In August 2013, he took over as interim senior coach of the Brisbane Lions following the resignation of Michael Voss as senior coach.[1] From 2015, Harvey has served as an assistant coach at the Essendon Football Club.[2][3]

Playing career[]

Harvey was originally known as a skilful forward, playing that role in the 1984 and 1985 premiership sides, including kicking four goals in the 1985 premiership win. However, injuries in his later career (particularly to his ankles) meant he was used more as a defender, which reduced the stress on his body. In his role as a defender he often played as centre half-back against much taller opponents, making up for his lack of height with his aggressive attack on the football.[4]

Harvey finished in the top five of the Essendon best-and-fairest on four occasions, winning the award in 1992. He was named in the All-Australian team in 1985 and 1993; he also played in premiership sides both those years as well as in 1984. He was also the side's leading goalkicker for the 1985 season, an unusual feat for a medium-sized forward in a premiership winning team. In 2002 he was named as the 18th greatest player to play for the club in the "Champions of Essendon" list.[5]

In 2001 Harvey admitted that he suffered from bulimia for 3 to 4 years of his playing career, after he gained weight following a broken leg.[6]

Coaching career[]

Harvey retired in 1997 after realising injuries had taken their toll on his body and he could no longer contribute to the side in the way he would like. He remained at Essendon as an assistant coach under Kevin Sheedy, and in the years since was often suggested as a possible senior coach. At the end of the 2004 season Harvey was a front-runner for a number of coaching jobs, but either wasn't offered or chose not to take each of them, and continued to be an assistant at Essendon.

However, after the end of the 2005 season, Harvey resigned as Essendon assistant coach to take up a job at Fremantle as an assistant coach to Chris Connolly. He helped Fremantle have their most successful season to date in 2006, reaching the preliminary final, but following a poor start to the 2007 season, Connolly resigned as senior coach after round 15. Harvey was then offered the caretaker role for the remainder of the season. After taking two days to consider the offer he accepted and was senior coach for the first time against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on 21 July 2007.[7] Fremantle performed very well, scoring their highest ever score in South Australia and winning by 25 points.[8][9] Harvey led Fremantle to win four of the seven remaining games in 2007 but it wasn't enough to make the finals, finishing in eleventh place.

On 17 September 2007 it was announced that Harvey would be the coach of Fremantle on a contract for the next three seasons.[10]

The 2008 season did not start well for Harvey with Fremantle only winning twice in the first thirteen rounds, including a demoralising loss to the previously winless Melbourne despite leading by 50 points at half time in round seven. At the end of the 2008 season Fremantle finished fourteenth on the ladder with six wins and sixteen losses. The following year at the end of the 2009 season Fremantle finished fourteenth on the ladder yet again with six wins and sixteen losses.[11]

In 2010 Harvey returned Fremantle to the finals after a three-year absence. Fremantle won its first three matches of a season for the first time ever; which culminated in an upset seven-point victory over the previous season's premiers, Geelong. But late in the season, Harvey rested up to half of his regular side ahead of a match against Hawthorn in Launceston and the result was a 116-point defeat, just one point off their record margin loss of 117 points suffered against Adelaide just a season earlier. But against the same opponents a fortnight later, the Dockers won its first finals match under Harvey, and its first since 2006, with a win by 5 goals. Fremantle's 2010 season ended in a disappointing defeat to Geelong at the MCG a week later.

He was involved in a nightclub fight in Darwin, Northern Territory on 17 June 2007 when he was king hit and knocked unconscious. This followed Fremantle's loss to Western Bulldogs and on the same night as Chris Tarrant was involved in an altercation with Jason McCartney.[12]

On 13 June 2010 The Age newspaper journalist Emma Quayle revealed in her book Nine Lives: football, cancer and getting on with life on former Essendon Football Club player Adam Ramanauskas that Harvey had, 10 years earlier, suffered from a brain tumour. Following successful treatment, Harvey has remained in remission ever since.[13]

Despite being praised for his efforts in attempting to field a fit Fremantle side late in the season when the club was suffering one of the worst injury tolls in the AFL, Mark Harvey was unexpectedly sacked on 15 September 2011 following the 2011 AFL season.[14] He was replaced by former St Kilda coach Ross Lyon who on the same night of Harvey's dismissal had resigned from his post as Saints coach.

In November 2011, Harvey signed on as a senior assistant coach to the Brisbane Lions for the 2012 season.[15]

On 13 August 2013, Harvey was appointed caretaker senior coach of Brisbane for the remainder of 2013, replacing Michael Voss who had been told his contract would not be renewed. Voss opted not to coach out his contract which expired at the end of the 2013 season.[16]

On 3 October 2013, Harvey quit the Brisbane Lions to return to Perth.[17]

On 22 October 2014, Harvey announced that he would return to Essendon as an assistant coach.[18]

Statistics[]

Playing statistics[]

[19]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  Bold  Career high
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1984 Essendon 38 16 28 23 210 39 249 73 N/A 1.8 1.4 13.1 2.4 15.6 4.6 N/A 6
1985 Essendon 38 24 48 34 354 121 475 138 N/A 2.0 1.4 14.8 5.0 19.8 5.8 N/A 7
1986 Essendon 38 20 21 24 258 72 330 90 N/A 1.1 1.2 12.9 3.6 16.5 4.5 N/A 0
1987 Essendon 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0
1988 Essendon 1 15 14 10 243 58 301 82 26 0.9 0.7 16.2 3.9 20.1 5.5 1.7 0
1989 Essendon 1 12 11 10 150 57 207 51 16 0.9 0.8 12.5 4.8 17.3 4.3 1.3 2
1990 Essendon 1 13 16 14 163 26 189 59 13 1.2 1.1 12.5 2.0 14.5 4.5 1.0 0
1991 Essendon 1 12 17 13 164 41 205 78 13 1.4 1.1 13.7 3.4 17.1 6.5 1.1 0
1992 Essendon 1 22 1 1 344 89 433 98 24 0.0 0.0 15.6 4.0 19.7 4.5 1.1 2
1993† Essendon 1 22 7 4 385 109 494 122 25 0.3 0.2 17.5 5.0 22.5 5.5 1.1 5
1994 Essendon 1 8 1 1 124 46 170 43 10 0.1 0.1 15.5 5.8 21.3 5.4 1.3 1
1995 Essendon 1 11 0 1 136 33 169 44 5 0.0 0.1 12.4 3.0 15.4 4.0 0.5 0
1996 Essendon 1 24 5 4 313 99 412 105 39 0.2 0.2 13.0 4.1 17.2 4.4 1.6 3
1997 Essendon 1 6 1 2 55 25 80 27 2 0.2 0.3 9.2 4.2 13.3 4.5 0.3 0
Career 206 170 141 2900 815 3715 1010 173 0.8 0.7 14.1 4.0 18.0 4.9 1.2 26

Coaching statistics[]

[20]
Legend
 W  Wins  L  Losses  D  Draws  W%  Winning percentage  LP  Ladder position  LT  League teams
Season Team Games W L D W % LP LT
2007 Fremantle 7 4 3 0 57.1% 11 16
2008 Fremantle 22 6 16 0 27.3% 14 16
2009 Fremantle 22 6 16 0 27.3% 14 16
2010 Fremantle 24 14 10 0 58.3% 6 16
2011 Fremantle 22 9 13 0 40.9% 11 17
2013 Brisbane Lions 3 2 1 0 66.7% 12 18
Career totals 100 41 59 0 41.0%

Champions of Essendon[]

In 2002 an Essendon panel ranked him at 18 in their Champions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon.

References[]

  1. ^ Atkinson, Tom (17 February 2014). "Mark Harvey happy in life". Radio 6PR. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ^ "AFL 2020: Essendon coach, Mark Harvey, Ben Rutten, John Worsfold, Bombers, Essendon coaches, James Kelly". Fox Sports. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Coaches Profiles". essendonfc.com.au. Essendon Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ^ Champions of Essendon Profile Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ List of Champions of Essendon Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Smith, Amanda; Abused Bodies Archived 7 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine; Radio National; 7 September 2001
  7. ^ AAP; Harvey takes over AFL reins at Freo; 21 July 2007
  8. ^ Fremantle scores at Aami Stadium[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Shiell, Alan; Dockers win in Harvey debut Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine; 21 July 2007
  10. ^ AAP;Harvey named as Fremantle coach;17 September 2007; Retrieved on 17 September 2007
  11. ^ Butler, Steve; Dockers check into the Hall of Shame Archived 20 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine; 5 May 2008; The West Australian
  12. ^ Beacham, D & Duffield, M;Coach hit, Tarrant scuffle in Darwin; 18 June 2007
  13. ^ Emma Quayle; AFL coach reveals secret: my brain tumour battle; 5 May 2008; The Age
  14. ^ Simon White; Lyon's den as Harvey cops heave-ho; 15 September 2011; WA Today
  15. ^ Duffield, Mark (4 November 2011). "Harvey fired up to roar at Lions". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  16. ^ Brisbane Lions chasing Paul Roos as Michael Voss given marching orders | The Australian 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013
  17. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/mark-harvey-quits-lions-schwab-joins-staff-20131003-2uxh3.html
  18. ^ Harvey appointed assistant coach, Essendon Football Club official website, 22 October 2014
  19. ^ Mark Harvey's player profile at AFL Tables
  20. ^ "AFL Tables - Mark Harvey - Coaching Record". afltables.com.

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