List of North Melbourne Football Club coaches

Ron Barrassi is the most successful coach in North Melbourne Football Club history.

There have been 33 coaches in the history of the North Melbourne Kangaroos, an Australian Football League club. The Kangaroos are based in North Melbourne, just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Melbourne metropolitan area. The North Melbourne Football Club was formed in 1869. It was purportedly established to satisfy the needs of local cricketers who were keen to keep themselves fit and healthy over the winter months.^[1] They entered the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1925 after 48 years in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).^[1]

Wels Eicke became the first coach of the Kangaroos in the 1925 season, serving for two seasons before retiring after the 1926 season. In terms of tenure, Denis Pagan has coached more games (240) and seasons (10) than any other coach in the clubs history.^[2] He coached the Kangaroos to two AFL Premierships in the 1996 season and then again in the 1999 season. In terms of successfulness, Ron Barassi has been more successful (65.91% win/loss record) than any other coach in the club's history.^[2] There have been 7 coaches in the North Melbourne Football Club's history that have been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame.^[3] There have been eleven captain-coaches in Kangaroos history. First, in 1925, coach Wels Eicke become the first captain-coach in Kangaroos history. He played only 21 games for the Kangaroos and coached 20 of those games. The current coach of the Kangaroos is Brad Scott.

Key

#	Number of coaches^[A]
GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
D	Draws
P	Premierships
R	Runners Up
W–L %	Win–Loss percentage
	Inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame
	Played as a captain-coach
	Both captain-coach and hall of famer.

Statistics are correct to the end of round 23, 2016.

Coaches

#	Name	Term	Home & Away					Finals					Overall					Awards	Ref
#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	D	W–L %	GC	W	L	P	R	GC	W	L	D	W–L %	Awards	Ref
1	Wels Eicke	1925–1926	20	5	15	0	25.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	20	5	15	0	25.00		^[4]
2	Gerry Donnelly	1926	14	0	13	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	14	0	13	1	0.00		^[5]
3	Stan Thomas	1926	1^[B]	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	1^[B]	0	1	0	0.00		^[6]
4	Syd Barker, Sr.	1927	18	3	15	0	16.67	0	0	0	0	0.00	18	3	15	0	16.67		^[7]
5	Charlie Tyson	1928–1929	23	5	18	0	21.74	0	0	0	0	0.00	23	5	18	0	21.74		^[8]
6	Paddy Noonan	1929	13	1	12	0	7.69	0	0	0	0	0.00	13	1	12	0	7.69		^[9]
7	Johnny Lewis	1930	18	1	17	0	5.56	0	0	0	0	0.00	18	1	17	0	5.56		^[10]
8	John Pemberton	1931	8	0	8	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	0	8	0	0.00		^[11]
9	Norm Clark	1931	10	0	10	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	10	0	10	0	0.00		^[12]
10	Charlie Cameron	1932	4	1	3	0	25.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	3	0	25.00		^[13]
11	Dick Taylor	1932–1934	42	14	27	1	34.52	0	0	0	0	0.00	42	14	27	1	34.52		^[14]
12	Tom Fitzmaurice	1934	8	0	8	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	0	8	0	0.00
13	Paddy Scanlan	1935–1937	54	8	46	0	14.81	0	0	0	0	0.00	54	8	46	0	14.81
14	Keith Forbes	1938–1939	36	12	24	0	33.33	0	0	0	0	0.00	36	12	24	0	33.33
15	Len Thomas	1940	12	4	8	0	33.33	0	0	0	0	0.00	12	4	8	0	33.33
16	Jim Adamson	1940	6	0	6	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	6	0	0.00
17	Bob McCaskill	1941–1942	25	8	17	0	32.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	25	8	17	0	32.00
18	Bill Findlay	1942–1943	22	7	14	1	34.09	0	0	0	0	0.00	22	7	14	1	34.09
0	Bob McCaskill	1944–1947	77	35	42	0	45.45	1	0	1	0	0.00	78	35	43	0	44.87
19	Wally Carter	1948–1953	116	61	55	0	52.57	5	2	3	0	40.00	121	63	58	0	52.07
20	Jock McCorkell	1954–1955	37	14	22	1	39.19	1	0	1	0	0.00	38	14	23	1	36.84
21	Charlie Gaudion	1956–1957	36	11	25	0	30.56	0	0	0	0	0.00	36	11	25	0	30.56
0	Wally Carter	1958–1962	92	35	57	1	38.04	2	1	1	0	50.00	94	36	58	0	38.30
22	Alan Killigrew	1963–1966	70	27	42	1	39.29	0	0	0	0	0.00	70	27	42	1	39.29	1965 Golden Fleece Night Premiership winning coach 1966 Golden Fleece Night Premiership winning coach 1966 State Carnival Winning Coach
23	Keith McKenzie	1966–1970	82	23	58	1	28.66	0	0	0	0	0.00	82	23	58	1	28.66
24	Brian Dixon	1971–1972	44	6	37	1	14.77	0	0	0	0	0.00	44	6	37	1	14.77
25	Ron Barassi	1973–1980	198	129	66	3	65.91	23	12	11	2	52.17	221	141	77	5	63.80	1975 Premiership winning coach 1975 National Champions winning coach 1976 McClelland Trophy 1977 Premiership winning coach 1978 McClelland Trophy 1980 Escort Cup winning coach
26	Ray Jordon	1976	1^[C]	1	0	0	100.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	1^[C]	1	0	0	100.00
27	John Dugdale	1977	1^[D]	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	1^[D]	0	1	0	0.00
28	Malcolm Blight	1981	16	6	10	0	37.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	16	6	10	0	37.50
29	Barry Cable	1981–1984	76	40	36	0	52.63	4	1	3	0	25.00	80	41	39	0	51.25	McClelland Trophy 1983
30	John Kennedy, Sr.	1985–1989	113	55	55	3	50.00	3	1	2	0	33.33	116	56	57	3	48.28
31	Wayne Schimmelbusch	1990–1992	66	31	35	0	46.97	0	0	0	0	0.00	66	31	35	0	46.97
32	Denis Pagan	1993–2002	240	150	90	0	62.50	22	14	8	2	63.64	262	164	98	2	62.60	1995 Ansett Cup winning coach 1996 Premiership winning coach 1998 Ansett Cup winning coach 1998 McClelland Trophy 1999 Premiership winning coach
33	Dean Laidley	2003–2009	149	72	75	2	48.99	5	1	4	0	20.00	154	73	79	2	47.40
34	Darren Crocker	2009, 2015, 2016	15	6	8	1	35.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	10	3	6	1	35.00
35	Brad Scott	2010–	158	86	72	0	54.67	7	4	3	0	57.14	157	86	71	0	54.78

Notes

^A A running total of the number of coaches of the Kangaroos. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
^B Thomas coach the Kangaroos for a single match in 1926, while a replacement coach was found after the sacking of Gerry Donnelly.
^C Jordan coached the Kangaroos for a single match in 1976.
^D Dugdale coached the Kangaroos for a single match in Round 12, 1977.

References

1 2 "History Overview". Official AFL Site of the Kangaroos. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
1 2 "North Melbourne VFL/AFL Coaches Win/Loss Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
↑ "Hall of Fame". Official AFL Site of the Kangaroos. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
↑ "Australian Football Wels Eicke". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Gerry Donnelly". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Stan Thomas". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Syd Barker". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Charlie Tyson". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Paddy Noonan". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Johnny Lewis". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - John Pemberton". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Norm Clark". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Charlie Cameron". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Australian Football - Dick Taylor". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

North Melbourne Football Club

History Records Captains Coaches Players Current squad Syd Barker Medal Leading goalkickers Captain: Jack Ziebell Coach: Brad Scott Nickname: Kangaroos

Home grounds	Arden Street Oval (1925–64; 1966–85) Coburg City Oval (1965) Sydney Cricket Ground (1979; 1999–2002) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1984–99) Manuka Oval (1998; 2001–06) Docklands Stadium (2000–present) Bellerive Oval (2012–present)

Premierships (4)	1975 1977 1996 1999

Seasons (89)	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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known as Kangaroos Football Club from 1999–2007

Coaches of the North Melbourne Football Club

1925–1926: Eicke 1926: Donnelly 1926: S. Thomas 1927: Barker 1928–1929: Tyson 1929: Noonan 1930: Lewis 1931: Pemberton 1931: Clark 1932: Cameron 1932–1934: Taylor 1934: Fitzmaurice 1935–1937: Scanlan 1938–1939: Forbes 1940: L. Thomas 1940: Adamson 1941–1942: McCaskill 1942–1943: Findlay 1944–1947: McCaskill 1948–1953: Carter 1954–1955: McCorkell 1956–1957: Gaudion 1958–1962: Carter 1963–1966: Killigrew 1966–1970: McKenzie 1971–1972: Dixon 1973–1980: Barassi 1976: Jordon 1977: Dugdale 1981: Blight 1981–1984: Cable 1985–1989: Kennedy 1990–1992: Schimmelbusch 1993–2002: Pagan 2003–2009: Laidley 2009: Crocker 2010–: Scott 2015, 2016: Crocker

Italics denote caretaker coach

VFL/AFL club coaches

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