Phil Walsh (Australian rules footballer)
| Phil Walsh | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1960 | ||
| Original team | Hamilton | ||
| Height/Weight | 180 cm / 80 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1983 1984–1986 1987–1990 Total | Collingwood Richmond Brisbane Bears | 22 (9) 40 (14) 60 (18) 122 (41) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2015– | Adelaide | 4 (3-1-0) (75%) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1990 season. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of Round 4, 2015. | |||
Phil Walsh (born 15 March 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer, and the current coach of the Adelaide Football Club. Walsh played for Collingwood, Richmond and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. Upon ending his playing career, Walsh held assistant coaching roles at Geelong, West Coast, and Port Adelaide.
Playing Career
Walsh played mostly as a wingman and made his VFL debut in the 1983 season with Collingwood. The following year he crossed to Richmond where he spent three seasons with the club playing in 40 games. He finished his career at Brisbane and won their inaugural Best and Fairest award in 1987.
Coaching Career
Post playing career, Walsh was the strength and conditioning coach at the Geelong Football Club, before moving to the Port Adelaide Football Club, as an assistant coach in 1999. He was an assistant coach under Mark Williams in Port's 2004 premiership team, and in the same year was awarded the AFL Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year award.
In 2009 he moved on to West Coast as an assistant coach under John Worsfold.
In 2014, he returned to South Australia as an assistant coach, specialising in midfield strategy, at the Port Adelaide Football Club.
On 7 October 2014, Walsh was appointed the senior coach at the Adelaide Football Club for three years, after the sacking on Brenton Sanderson.[1]
References
- ↑ "Walsh to coach Crows". afc.com.au. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
External links
- Phil Walsh's statistics from AFL Tables
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| Preceded by Brenton Sanderson |
Adelaide Football Club coach 2015- |
Incumbent |
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