Adam Kingsley
Kingsley as assistant coach for Victoria in February 2020
Personal information
Full name Adam Kingsley
Date of birth (1975-08-20) 20 August 1975 (age 48)
Original team(s) Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 37, 1996 national draft
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1997–2006 Port Adelaide 170 (47)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2023– Greater Western Sydney 25 (15–10–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of finals week 2, 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Adam Kingsley (born 20 August 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer and current senior coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). Kingsley was a premiership player for Port Adelaide, before spending time as an assistant coach at St Kilda and Richmond.[1][2]

Playing career

Port Adelaide

Originally from Eastern Ranges, he was playing for the Essendon Football Club's reserves team, before being recruited by Port Adelaide. Debuting in the Port Adelaide Football Club's inaugural 1997 AFL side, Kingsley was known as a consistent defender/midfielder.[3]

He struggled in 2003, coming close to being delisted, but improved his form and cemented a spot during 2004, being a premiership player that year after working his way back into the side.[4]

2005 saw another consistent season from Kingsley, however, he played just five games in 2006, which cast doubts over his career. In his fifth game in Round 22, he injured his anterior cruciate ligament, which forced his retirement. He said in The Age on 12 September 2006, that he had hoped to continue playing in 2007 before the injury.[5]

Kingsley played a total of 170 games and kicked a total of 47 goals for Port Adelaide from 1997 until 2006, and was a member of the Port Adelaide premiership side in 2004.[6]

Coaching career

Assistant coaching (2007–2022)

In 2007, Kingsley became an assistant coach at Port Adelaide, a position in which he stayed in until the end of 2010. He then joined St Kilda at the end of the 2010 season as an assistant coach,[7] staying at the club until 2018 before joining Richmond as an assistant coach in 2019.[2]

Greater Western Sydney senior coach (2023–present)

Kingsley was named senior coach of Greater Western Sydney on 22 August 2022.[8][9][10] Kingsley replaced GWS caretaker senior coach Mark McVeigh, who coached the Giants after Leon Cameron stepped down in the middle of the 2022 season.[11][12]

His first match in charge, in round one, 2023, saw the Giants come from 31 points down to defeat Adelaide by 16 points, while losing three players to game-ending injuries, in a match played in 36-degree heat.[13] Despite having a win-loss record of 3-7 after round 10, the Giants won 8 of their last 10 matches to finish seventh and earn Kingsley a finals berth in his first year as coach.[14] The Giants defeated St Kilda by 24 points in an elimination final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in what was also the club's first final at the ground since the 2019 Grand Final;[15] this was followed by a win over Port Adelaide by 23 points at Adelaide Oval which saw them advance to a preliminary final where they eventually lost to Collingwood by one point at the MCG.[16] At the end of the season, Kingsley was named coach of the year by the AFL Coaches Association.[17]

Media work

In March 2006, Kingsley won Australia's Brainiest Footballer, a Network Ten quiz show special. He donated the $20,000 that he won to the McGuinness-McDermott Foundation (run by former Adelaide footballers Tony McGuinness and Chris McDermott).

Statistics

[18]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1997 Port Adelaide 29 12 2 4 114 69 183 40 9 0.2 0.3 9.5 5.8 15.3 3.3 0.8 0
1998 Port Adelaide 29 22 10 9 275 131 406 82 32 0.5 0.4 12.5 6.0 18.5 3.7 1.5 0
1999 Port Adelaide 29 23 3 5 310 125 435 71 26 0.1 0.2 13.5 5.4 18.9 3.1 1.1 8
2000 Port Adelaide 29 15 4 6 187 52 239 56 18 0.3 0.4 12.5 3.5 15.9 3.7 1.2 0
2001 Port Adelaide 29 21 0 1 236 126 362 117 29 0.0 0.0 11.2 6.0 17.2 5.6 1.4 0
2002 Port Adelaide 29 20 5 1 216 114 330 67 21 0.3 0.1 10.8 5.7 16.5 3.4 1.1 0
2003 Port Adelaide 29 12 1 1 112 55 167 51 18 0.1 0.1 9.3 4.6 13.9 4.3 1.5 3
2004 Port Adelaide 29 19 8 2 203 111 314 92 32 0.4 0.1 10.7 5.8 16.5 4.8 1.7 4
2005 Port Adelaide 29 21 14 5 264 121 385 102 36 0.7 0.2 12.6 5.8 18.3 4.9 1.7 0
2006 Port Adelaide 29 5 0 1 40 20 60 15 6 0.0 0.2 8.0 4.0 12.0 3.0 1.2 0
Career 170 47 35 1957 924 2881 693 227 0.3 0.2 11.5 5.4 16.9 4.1 1.3 15

References

  1. ^ "St Kilda Football Club Coaching Staff". saints.com.au. St Kilda Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Adam Kingsley to join Richmond". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ^ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ^ AAP (11 October 2010). "Hudson joins Saints management panel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Kingsley Appointed Head Coach". GWS Giants. Telstra Media. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  9. ^ "A Giant move: Adam Kingsley appointed the new GWS coach". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  10. ^ "New GWS Giants coach Adam Kingsley to remain working with Richmond during AFL finals campaign". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Finally not the bridesmaid: GWS names Tigers assistant Adam Kingsley as new coach". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ^ "AFL 2022: Incoming GWS Giants coach Adam Kingsley to juggle Richmond finals commitments before focusing on new job". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  13. ^ Gabelich, Josh (20 March 2023). "'Courageous' GIANTS Handle the Heat". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  14. ^ Hope, Shayne (28 August 2023). "Giants' road warriors set for AFL finals journey". Yahoo!. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  15. ^ Schmook, Nathan (9 September 2023). "GIANTS Surf Tsunami Over Saints". AFL Media. Greater Western Sydney Giants. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  16. ^ Black, Sarah (16 September 2023). "GIANTS Switch Off the Power to Book Prelim Berth". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  17. ^ Beveridge, Riley (26 September 2023). "Outstanding inaugural season sees Kingsley crowned coach of the year". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  18. ^ Adam Kingsley's player profile at AFL Tables

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