Ken Hinkley

Ken Hinkley
Personal information
Full name Ken Hinkley
Date of birth (1966-09-30) 30 September 1966
Place of birth Camperdown, Victoria
Original team(s) Camperdown
Height/Weight 185 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1987–1988
1989–1995
Total		 Fitzroy
Geelong		 011 (21)
121 (58)
132 (79)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2013– Port Adelaide 70 (41-29-0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1995 season.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2015.
Career highlights

Ken Hinkley (born 30 September 1966) is currently the senior coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League and a former player with the Geelong Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club.

Playing career

Hinkley, recruited from Camperdown, started his league career as a forward at Fitzroy but played his best football with Geelong, where he was used as a rebounding defender. Hinkley walked out of Fitzroy in 1988 and asked for a clearance to Geelong. He stood out of football for the rest of 1988 season before being trade to Geelong for the 1989 season. A half back flanker in the 1991 and 1992 All-Australian teams, Hinkley also won a Carji Greeves Medal as Geelong's best and fairest player in the 1992 AFL season. In the same year he finished third at the Brownlow Medal count, behind winner Scott Wynd and Hawthorn's Jason Dunstall. He appeared in 12 finals with Geelong, including the 1992, 1994 and 1995 Grand Final losses.

Coaching career

Retiring after the 1995 AFL Grand Final, Hinkley joined Hampden Football League club Mortlake as coach, where he remained for three seasons. He then returned to Camperdown and steered his former club to back to back premierships in 1999 and 2000, the former as captain-coach. St Kilda acquired his services as an assistant coach in 2001 but the following year he took up the role of senior coach of Bell Park in the Geelong Football League and oversaw a premiership in 2003. He resumed his AFL coaching career in 2004, as an assistant to Mark Thompson at Geelong. At the end of the 2009 season, Hinkley was announced as an assistant at the new Gold Coast Suns Franchise. Hinkley has also interviewed for the Richmond, Geelong and St Kilda senior coach positions but was unsuccessful.

Port Adelaide Football Club (2013–present)

On 8 October 2012, Hinkley was announced as the senior coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club making him the first coach that has not been associated with the club before since Fos Williams. In his debut season, he led Port to 13 wins, which included an elimination final win at the MCG against Collingwood before being eliminated by Geelong in a close game a week later. This came to a surprise to many as Port Adelaide had only won eight games in the previous two seasons combined. For his impressive season, Hinkley was voted as the Coach of the Year by the AFL Coaches Association.

A year later, despite predictions by many that Port Adelaide would miss the finals, Hinkley led the club to a preliminary final finish; having finished the minor rounds in fifth place on the ladder, the Power defeated Richmond and Fremantle in their first two finals before losing to eventual premiers Hawthorn.[1]

Personal

Hinkley is the cousin of Sydney Swans player Gary Rohan.

Statistics

Playing statistics

[2]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Led the league for the Season only*
Led the league after finals only*
Led the league after Season and Finals*

*10 games required to be eligible.

Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1987 Fitzroy 48 10 20 12 79 33 112 39 8 2.0 1.2 7.9 3.3 11.2 3.9 0.8
1988 Fitzroy 22 1 1 3 15 3 18 4 0 1.0 3.0 15.0 3.0 18.0 4.0 0.0
1989 Geelong 39 1 0 0 6 2 8 0 1 0.0 0.0 6.0 2.0 8.0 0.0 1.0
1990 Geelong 39 15 27 25 149 64 213 64 10 1.8 1.7 9.9 4.3 14.2 4.3 0.7
1991 Geelong 29 24 3 10 391 110 501 114 26 0.1 0.4 16.3 4.6 20.9 4.8 1.1
1992 Geelong 29 26 8 7 443 100 543 130 32 0.3 0.3 17.0 3.8 20.9 5.0 1.2
1993 Geelong 29 16 5 7 211 89 300 56 12 0.3 0.4 13.2 5.6 18.8 3.5 0.8
1994 Geelong 29 25 2 4 306 130 436 95 26 0.1 0.2 12.2 5.2 17.4 3.8 1.0
1995 Geelong 29 14 13 14 137 59 196 37 8 0.9 1.0 9.8 4.2 14.0 2.6 0.6
Career 132 79 82 1737 590 2327 539 123 0.6 0.6 13.2 4.5 17.6 4.1 0.9

Coaching statistics

[3]
Season Team Games Coached Wins Losses Draws Points % Position League Teams
2013 Port Adelaide 24 13 11 0 54.2% 5 18
2014 Port Adelaide 25 16 9 0 64.0% 3 18
2015 Port Adelaide 22 12 10 0 54.5% 9 18
Total 71 41 30 0 57.7% N/A N/A

References

  1. ↑ Mastermind season review: Port Adelaide, The Roar 3 October 2014
  2. ↑ Ken Hinkley's player profile at AFL Tables
  3. ↑ Ken Hinkley's coaching profile at AFL Tables

External links

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