Members of Fitzroy's 1944 premiership side, with coach Fred Hughson at centre.

This is a list of people who coached the Fitzroy Football Club in a senior Australian Football League (AFL) game. Playing the sport of Australian rules football, the Fitzroy Football Club was formed in September 1883, and began playing in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) the following season. Originally based at the Brunswick Street Oval, the club won its first VFA premiership in 1895, but quit the league two years later to join the newly formed Victorian Football League (VFL). Fitzroy won consecutive VFL premierships between 1898 and 1899 and between 1904 and 1905. Prior to the 1911 season, there was no official position of coach. Rather, tactics and positioning were formulating by senior players, including club captains, and selectors. Former player Geoff Moriarty was appointed the club's inaugural coach in 1911, but was replaced by Percy Parratt in 1913, who acted as playing coach. Further premierships were won under Parratt in 1913 and George Holden in 1916, with Vic Belcher captain-coaching the club to the 1922 premiership. Up until the end of the Second World War, the position of coach was almost always filled by the current captain or an ex-Fitzroy player. Frank Maher, an ex-Essendon player, coached the club in 1932 and 1933, but was followed by several one-season coaches. Fitzroy were extremely unsuccessful at this point in time, and did not make the finals between 1924 and 1943, when captain Fred Hughson was appointed coach. The club's eighth and last VFL premiership came in 1944, under Hughson. A gradual movement towards non-playing coaches came after the Second World War. Bill Stephen, Fitzroy's longest-serving coach, coached the club on three separate occasions – from 1955 to 1957, 1965 to 1970, and 1979 to 1980 – for a total of 212 games. Fitzroy's last period of success came in the 1980s, with the club making the finals on five separate occasions between 1979 and 1986. The club merged with the Brisbane Bears to form the Brisbane Lions at the conclusion of the 1996 season, having gone through three coaches in its final two seasons, finishing last in each.

Coaches

# Coach Seasons G W D L W% FG FW FD FL FW% GF P Ref
1 Geoff Moriarty 1911–1912 36 20 0 16 55.56 — — — — — 0 0 [1]
2 Percy Parratt * 1913–1915 52 39 1 12 75.96 6 3 0 3 50.00 1 1 [2]
3 George Holden * 1916–1919 54 24 2 28 46.30 6 5 0 1 83.33 2 1 [3]
4 Ted Melling † 1919 9 4 1 4 50.00 — — — — — 0 0 [4]
Percy Parratt 1920–1921 32 20 2 10 65.63 1 0 0 1 0.00 0 0 [2]
5 Vic Belcher * 1922–1927 93 49 2 42 53.76 9 6 0 3 66.67 2 1 [5]
6 Chris Lethbridge 1925 17 12 0 5 70.59 — — — — — 0 0 [6]
7 Gordon Rattray 1928 18 7 0 11 38.89 — — — — — 0 0 [7]
8 Jimmy Freake 1929 8 1 0 7 12.50 — — — — — 0 0 [8]
9 Doug Ringrose † 1929 10 2 0 8 20.00 — — — — — 0 0 [9]
10 Colin Niven 1930–1931 36 25 0 11 30.56 — — — — — 0 0 [10]
11 Frank Maher 1932–1933 36 14 1 21 40.28 — — — — — 0 0 [10]
12 Jack Cashman 1934 2 1 0 1 50.00 — — — — — 0 0 [11]
13 Len Wigraft † 1934 16 6 0 10 37.50 — — — — — 0 0 [12]
14 Percy Rowe 1935 18 8 1 9 47.22 — — — — — 0 0 [13]
15 Haydn Bunton 1936 18 2 0 16 11.11 — — — — — 0 0 [14]
Gordon Rattray 1937–1939 54 18 1 35 34.26 — — — — — 0 0 [7]
16 Dan Minogue 1940–1942 51 25 0 26 49.02 — — — — — 0 0 [15]
17 Fred Hughson * 1943–1947 96 60 2 34 63.54 6 4 0 2 66.67 1 1 [16]
18 Norm Hillard † 1945 1 0 0 1 0.00 — — — — — 0 0 [17]
19 Charles Cameron 1948 19 9 0 10 47.37 — — — — — 0 0 [18]
20 Norm Smith 1949–1951 55 30 2 23 56.36 — — — — — 0 0 [19]
21 Allan Ruthven 1952–1954 57 28 1 28 50.00 2 1 0 1 50.00 0 0 [20]
22 Bill Stephen 1955–1957 53 19 0 34 35.85 — — — — — 0 0 [21]
23 Frank Curcio † 1956 1 0 0 1 0.00 — — — — — 0 0 [22]
24 Len Smith 1958–1962 92 50 2 40 55.43 3 0 0 3 0.00 0 0 [23]
25 Arthur Edwards † 1961 1 1 0 0 100.00 — — — — — 0 0 [24]
26 Kevin Murray 1963–1964 34 0 0 34 0.00 — — — — — 0 0 [25]
27 Wally Clark † 1963 1 1 0 0 100.00 — — — — — 0 0 [26]
28 Tommy Williams † 1964 1 0 0 1 0.00 — — — — — 0 0 [27]
Bill Stephen 1965–1970 115 29 0 86 25.22 — — — — — 0 0 [21]
29 Ray Slocum † 1968 1 0 0 1 0.00 — — — — — 0 0 [28]
30 Graham Donaldson 1971–1974 85 34 1 50 40.59 — — — — — 0 0 [29]
31 Graham Campbell † 1974 3 0 0 3 00.00 — — — — — 0 0 [30]
32 Kevin Rose 1975–1977 66 22 0 44 33.33 — — — — — 0 0 [31]
Graham Campbell 1978 22 8 0 14 36.36 — — — — — 0 0 [30]
Bill Stephen 1979–1980 44 19 1 24 44.32 2 1 0 1 50.00 0 0 [21]
33 Robert Walls 1981–1985 115 60 1 54 52.61 5 1 0 4 20.00 0 0 [32]
34 David Parkin 1986–1988 69 30 0 39 43.48 3 2 0 1 66.67 0 0 [33]
35 Rod Austin 1989–1990 44 19 0 25 43.18 — — — — — 0 0 [34]
36 Robert Shaw 1991–1994 86 28 0 58 32.56 — — — — — 0 0 [35]
37 Bernie Quinlan 1995 19 2 0 17 10.53 — — — — — 0 0 [36]
38 Alan McConnell † 1995 3 0 0 3 0.00 — — — — — 0 0 [37]
39 Michael Nunan 1996 14 1 0 13 7.14 — — — — — 0 0 [38]
Alan McConnell † 1996 8 0 0 8 0.00 — — — — — 0 0 [37]

Key

# Number
G Total games coached FG Finals games coached
W Total wins FW Finals wins
L Total losses FL Finals losses
D Total draws FD Finals draws
W% Overall winning percentage FW% Finals winning percentage
GF Grand Final appearances
P Premierships
† Caretaker coach
* Premiership coach

See also

List of Brisbane Bears coaches

List of Brisbane Lions coaches

References

  1. ^ Geoff Moriarty coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b Percy Parratt coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  3. ^ George Holden coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ^ Ted Melling coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  5. ^ Vic Belcher coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  6. ^ Chris Lethbridge coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  7. ^ a b Gordon Rattray coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  8. ^ Jimmy Freake coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  9. ^ Doug Ringrose coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  10. ^ a b Colin Niven coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  11. ^ Jack Cashman coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  12. ^ Len Wigraft coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  13. ^ Percy Rowe coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  14. ^ Haydn Bunton coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  15. ^ Dan Minogue coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  16. ^ Fred Hughson coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  17. ^ Norm Hilard coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  18. ^ Charles Cameron coaching statistics Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  19. ^ Norm Smith coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  20. ^ Alan Ruthven coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  21. ^ a b c Bill Stephen coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  22. ^ Frank Curcio coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  23. ^ Len Smith coaching statistics[permanent dead link] – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  24. ^ Arthur Edwards coaching statistics[permanent dead link] – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  25. ^ Kevin Murray coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  26. ^ Wally Clark coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  27. ^ Tommy Williams coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  28. ^ Ray Slocum coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  29. ^ Graham Donaldson coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  30. ^ a b Graham Campbell coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  31. ^ Kevin Rose coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  32. ^ Robert Walls coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  33. ^ David Parkin coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  34. ^ Rod Austin coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  35. ^ Robert Shaw coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  36. ^ Bernie Quinlan coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  37. ^ a b Alan McConnell coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  38. ^ Michael Nunan coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
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