List of Melbourne Football Club coaches

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The following is a list of coaches who been the official coach of the Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), formally the VFL.

No. Coach P W D L W% Years
1 Alex Hall 107 39 1 67 36.92 1907-09, 1912-14
2 Eddie Drohan 18 4 0 14 22.22 1910
3 Jack McKenzie 17 9 0 8 52.94 1915
4 George Heinz 16 0 0 16 0.00 1919
5 Gerald Brosnan 16 5 0 11 31.25 1920
6 Percy Wilson 48 16 2 30 35.42 1921-23
7 Gordon Rattray 16 4 0 12 25.00 1924
8 Albert Chadwick 58 42 1 15 73.28 1925-27
9 Ivor Warne-Smith 92 48 2 42 53.26 1928-32
10 Frank 'Checker' Hughes 258 157 2 99 61.24 1933-41, 1945-48
11 Percy Beames 48 19 0 29 39.58 1942-44
12 Allan La Fontaine 56 25 0 31 44.64 1949-51
13 Norm Smith 310 197 5 108 64.35 1952-67
14 John Beckwith 62 17 0 45 27.42 1968-70
15 Ian Ridley 66 28 1 37 43.18 1971-73
16 Bob Skilton 88 28 0 60 31.82 1974-77
17 Dennis Jones 22 5 0 17 22.73 1978
18 Carl Ditterich 44 11 0 33 25.00 1979-80
19 Ron Barassi 111 34 0 77 30.63 1981-85
20 John Northey 167 90 1 76 54.19 1986-92
21 Neil Balme 98 41 0 57 41.84 1993-97
22 Greg Hutchison 13 3 0 10 23.08 1997
23 Neale Daniher 223 108 1 114 48.65 1998-2007
24 Mark Riley 9 3 0 6 33.33 2007
25 Dean Bailey 5 0 0 5 0.00 2008
  • Statistics are correct as of the end of Round 5, 2008

Key:

P = Played
W = Won
D = Drew
L = Lost
W% = Win percentage

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