Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)—which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL)—in 1897, there have been 31 senior coaches of the Geelong Football Club. To qualify, a coach must have coached the club in at least one senior VFL/AFL match, defined as an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or were at the time of the match, members of the VFL/AFL. A senior VFL/AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, Night Series matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each coach first coached a game for Geelong in a senior VFL/AFL match.
| # | Number of coaches |
| G | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| D | Draws |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| GF | Number of VFL/AFL Grand Final appearances |
| P | Number of VFL/AFL Premierships achieved by the coach |
| * | Player-coach |
| † | Caretaker coach |
| ^ | Premiership coach |
| *^ | Player-coach and Premiership coach |
| # | Name | Seasons | G | W | L | D | Win% | G | W | L | D | Win% | GF | P | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All games | Finals | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | David Hickinbotham | 1910–1911 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 52.78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Bill Eason* | 1912–1913 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 56.76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 3 | Billy Orchard | 1914 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 60.53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 4 | Bert Taylor | 1923 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 5 | Lloyd Hagger | 1924 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Cliff Rankin*^ | 1925–1927 | 57 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 78.95 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1925) |
| 7 | Tom Fitzmaurice* | 1928 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 23.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Arthur Coghlan | 1929–1930, 1933–1934 | 80 | 49 | 30 | 1 | 61.88 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 | VFL runners-up (1930) |
| 9 | Charlie Clymo^ | 1931 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 80.95 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1931) |
| 10 | Reg Hickey^ | 1932, 1936–1940, 1949–1959 | 304 | 183 | 118 | 3 | 60.69 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 3 | VFL Premiership (1937, 1951, 1952) VFL runners-up (1953) McClelland Trophy (1952, 1954) |
| 11 | Percy Parratt | 1935 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 36.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Charlie Dibbs* | 1936 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Allan Everett | 1940 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 14 | Les Laver† | 1940 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 15 | Len Metherell | 1941 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | Tom Arklay | 1944 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5.56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Jack Williams | 1945 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | Tommy Quinn | 1946–1948 | 57 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 38.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Bob Davis^ | 1956–1965 | 116 | 72 | 39 | 5 | 64.22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.75 | 1 | 1 | VFL Premiership (1963) McClelland Trophy (1962, 1963) VFL Night Series Cup (1961) |
| 20 | Neil Trezise† | 1963 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Peter Pianto | 1966–1970 | 105 | 70 | 34 | 1 | 67.14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 | VFL runners-up (1967) |
| 22 | Bill McMaster | 1971–1972 | 44 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 27.27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Graham Farmer | 1973–1975 | 66 | 24 | 42 | 0 | 36.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Rodney Olsson | 1976–1979 | 91 | 45 | 46 | 0 | 49.45 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | — | — | |
| 25 | Bill Goggin | 1980–1982 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 0 | 57.75 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | — | — | McClelland Trophy (1980, 1981) |
| 26 | Tom Hafey | 1983–1985 | 66 | 31 | 35 | 0 | 46.97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | John Devine | 1986–1988 | 66 | 28 | 37 | 1 | 43.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | Malcolm Blight | 1989–1994 | 145 | 89 | 56 | 0 | 61.38 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33 | 3 | 0 | McClelland Trophy (1992) VFL/AFL runners-up (1989, 1992, 1994) |
| 29 | Gary Ayres | 1995–1999 | 116 | 65 | 50 | 1 | 56.47 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 | AFL runners-up (1995) |
| 30 | Mark Thompson^ | 2000–2010 | 260 | 161 | 96 | 3 | 62.50 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11 | 3 | 2 | AFL Premiership (2007, 2009) Jock McHale Medal (2007, 2009) AFL runners-up (2008) McClelland Trophy (2007, 2008) Pre-season Cup (2006, 2009) |
| 31 | Chris Scott^ | 2011–present | 309 | 210 | 96 | 3 | 68.45 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 46.43 | 3 | 2 | AFL Premiership (2011, 2022) Jock McHale Medal (2011, 2022) McClelland Trophy (2019, 2022) AFL runners-up (2020) |
| # | Name | Seasons | G | W | L | D | Win% | G | W | L | D | Win% | GF | P | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All games | Finals | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Paul Hood | 2019–2021 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 26.09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | |
| 2 | Daniel Lowther | 2022– | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | |