AFL Coaches Association awards

The AFL Coaches Association awards are a group of awards which have been presented annually since 2003, mainly to players and coaches in the Australian Football League (AFL), voted for by all AFL coaches.

Awards

Champion Player of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. Each week, the senior coach of each AFL club gives five votes to the player they consider to be best on ground in the game their team plays in, four to the second-best, and so on to one for the fifth-best. The player with the most votes at the end of the year wins. The award has different rules to many "best and fairest" awards, as player suspensions are disregarded. Gary Ablett, Jr. has won the award three times, the most by any player.

Winners

Year Player Club
2003 Buckley, NathanNathan Buckley Collingwood
2004 Tredrea, WarrenWarren Tredrea Port Adelaide
2005 Hall, BarryBarry Hall Sydney
2006 Goodwin, SimonSimon Goodwin Adelaide
Goodes, AdamAdam Goodes Sydney
2007 Ablett, Jr., GaryGary Ablett, Jr. Geelong
2008 Ablett, Jr., GaryGary Ablett, Jr. Geelong
2009 Ablett, Jr., GaryGary Ablett, Jr. Geelong
2010 Swan, DaneDane Swan Collingwood
2011 Murphy, MarcMarc Murphy Carlton
2012 Cotchin, TrentTrent Cotchin Richmond
2013 Pendlebury, ScottScott Pendlebury Collingwood
2014 Gray, RobbieRobbie Gray Port Adelaide
2015 Hannebery, DanDan Hannebery[1] Sydney
2016 Dangerfield, PatrickPatrick Dangerfield[2] Geelong

Gary Ayres Award

Awarded since 2016. Each week during the finals series, the senior coach of each competing AFL club gives five votes to the player they consider to be best on ground in the game their team plays in, four to the second-best, and so on to one for the fifth-best. The player with the most votes at the end of the finals series wins.

Winners

Year Player Club
2016 Kennedy, JoshJosh Kennedy[3] Sydney

Best Young Player of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. Unlike some other "best young player" awards, there is no age or game limit. Voted for by all AFL coaches.

Winners

Year Player Club
2003 Judd, ChrisChris Judd West Coast
2004 Wells, DanielDaniel Wells Kangaroos
2005 Cooney, AdamAdam Cooney Western Bulldogs
2006 Griffen, RyanRyan Griffen Western Bulldogs
2007 Pendlebury, ScottScott Pendlebury Collingwood
2008 Selwood, JoelJoel Selwood Geelong
2009 Rioli, CyrilCyril Rioli Hawthorn
2010 Hill, StephenStephen Hill Fremantle
2011 Fyfe, NathanNathan Fyfe Fremantle
2012 Heppell, DysonDyson Heppell Essendon
2013 Cameron, JeremyJeremy Cameron Greater Western Sydney
2014 O'Meara, JaegerJaeger O'Meara Gold Coast
2015 Bontempelli, MarcusMarcus Bontempelli Western Bulldogs
2016 Heeney, IsaacIsaac Heeney Sydney

Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. At the end of the season, all AFL coaches give three votes to the senior coach they adjudge to have performed the best over that season, two to the second-best, and one to the third-best. The coach with the most votes wins. Luke Beveridge, John Longmire, John Worsfold and Mark Thompson are the only coaches to have won the award more than once, with two each.

Winners

Year Coach Club
2003 Roos, PaulPaul Roos Sydney
2004 Williams, MarkMark Williams Port Adelaide
2005 Craig, NeilNeil Craig Adelaide
2006 Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold West Coast
2007 Thompson, MarkMark Thompson Geelong
2008 Thompson, MarkMark Thompson Geelong
2009 Lyon, RossRoss Lyon St Kilda
2010 Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse Collingwood
2011 Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold West Coast
2012 Longmire, JohnJohn Longmire Sydney
2013 Hinkley, KenKen Hinkley Port Adelaide
2014 Longmire, JohnJohn Longmire Sydney
2015 Beveridge, LukeLuke Beveridge[4] Western Bulldogs
2016 Beveridge, LukeLuke Beveridge Western Bulldogs

Assistant Coach of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. At the end of the season, all AFL coaches and players rate their club's assistant coaches out of ten, with ten being the highest score. Assistant coaches' scores are then averaged, and the coach with the highest score wins.

Winners

Year Coach Club
2003 Craig, NeilNeil Craig Adelaide
2004 Walsh, PhilPhil Walsh Port Adelaide
2005 Wiley, RobertRobert Wiley West Coast
2006 Longmire, JohnJohn Longmire Sydney
2007 Micale, TonyTony Micale West Coast
2008 Elshaug, TonyTony Elshaug St Kilda
2009 Riley, MarkMark Riley Carlton
2010 McCartney, BrendanBrendan McCartney[5] Geelong
2011 Crocker, DarrenDarren Crocker North Melbourne
2012 Sumich, PeterPeter Sumich Fremantle
2013 Harvey, RobertRobert Harvey Collingwood
2014 Montgomery, BrettBrett Montgomery Western Bulldogs
2015 Kingsley, AdamAdam Kingsley St Kilda
2016 Dew, StuartStuart Dew Sydney

Lifetime Achievement Award

Awarded annually since 2003. In recognition of "an individual who has made an outstanding contribution" to Australian rules football.

Winners

Year Winner
2003 Bunton, Jr., HaydnHaydn Bunton, Jr.
2004 Kerley, NeilNeil Kerley
2005 Todd, JohnJohn Todd
2006 Grant, JohnJohn Grant
2007 Miller, WallyWally Miller
2008 Ridley, IanIan Ridley
2009 Reid, BruceBruce Reid
Reynolds, IanIan Reynolds
2010 Downs, BarrieBarrie Downs
2011 Ebert, RussellRussell Ebert
Walsh, GeoffGeoff Walsh
2012 Beveridge, JohnJohn Beveridge
2013 Stone, GeorgeGeorge Stone
2014 Daniher, NealeNeale Daniher
2015 Wheadon, DavidDavid Wheadon
2016 Williams, MarkMark Williams

Coaching Legend Award

Awarded annually since 2009. Awarded to a former VFL/AFL coach who has achieved "significant achievement and success".

Winners

Year Coach Club/s
2009 Kennedy, Sr., JohnJohn Kennedy, Sr. Hawthorn/North Melbourne
2010 Barrassi, RonRon Barrassi Carlton/North Melbourne/Melbourne/Sydney
2011 Hafey, TomTom Hafey Richmond/Collingwood/Geelong/Sydney
2012 Parkin, DavidDavid Parkin Hawthorn/Carlton/Fitzroy
2013 McHale, JockJock McHale Collingwood
Matthews, LeighLeigh Matthews Collingwood/Brisbane Lions
2014 Sheedy, KevinKevin Sheedy Essendon/Greater Western Sydney
2015 Jeans, AllanAllan Jeans St Kilda/Hawthorn/Richmond
2016 Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse Footscray/West Coast/Collingwood/Carlton

Media Award

Awarded annually since 2009. Awarded to an individual who displays "respected and insightful coverage of AFL football at the professional level". All AFL coaches can nominate an individual.

Winners

Year Winner
2009 Baum, GregGreg Baum
2010 Harford, DanielDaniel Harford
2011 Lane, SamanthaSamantha Lane
2012 Niall, JakeJake Niall
2013 Timms, DarylDaryl Timms
2014 Whateley, GerardGerard Whateley
2015 Whateley, GerardGerard Whateley

Career & Education Award

Awarded annually since 2014. Awarded to an AFL coach who has "shown exceptional commitment to their professional development".

Winners

Year Coach Club
2014 King, StevenSteven King Western Bulldogs
2015 Hudson, PaulPaul Hudson St Kilda
2016 McQualter, AndrewAndrew McQualter Richmond
Sexton, DannyDanny Sexton St Kilda

All-Australian team

Awarded annually since 2015. In 2015, in what was described as "ditching traditional positions in favour of modern tactics,"[6] in each position on the field (decided by analysts), the highest-scoring player from the Champion Player of the Year Award voting is chosen. In 2016, a more traditional team was apparently chosen.

2015 team

2015 AFL Coaches Association All-Australian team[6]
Name Position Club
Easton Wood Tall/medium defender Western Bulldogs
Alex Rance Tall defender Richmond
Zach Tuohy Small defender Carlton
Robert Murphy Medium defender Western Bulldogs
Cale Hooker Tall defender Essendon
Jarrad McVeigh Medium defender Sydney
Todd Goldstein Ruckman North Melbourne
Dan Hannebery Inside/outside midfielder Sydney
Nathan Fyfe Inside midfielder Fremantle
Josh P. Kennedy Inside midfielder Sydney
Matt Priddis Inside midfielder West Coast
Andrew Gaff Inside/outside midfielder West Coast
Patrick Dangerfield Inside/outside midfielder Adelaide
Jake Stringer Key forward Western Bulldogs
Brett Deledio High half-forward Richmond
Chad Wingard Small forward Port Adelaide
Josh J. Kennedy Key forward West Coast
Jack Gunston Tall/medium forward Hawthorn
David Mundy Interchange inside midfielder Fremantle
Scott Pendlebury (captain) Interchange inside/outside midfielder Collingwood
Bernie Vince Interchange inside/outside midfielder Melbourne
Nic Naitanui Interchange ruckman West Coast

2016 team

2016 AFL Coaches Association All-Australian team[7]
B: Josh Gibson (Hawthorn) Alex Rance (Richmond) Rory Laird (Adelaide)
HB: Callan Ward (Greater Western Sydney) Robbie Tarrant (North Melbourne) Corey Enright (Geelong)
C: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) Joel Selwood (Geelong, captain) Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
HF: Dan Hannebery (Sydney) Tom Lynch (Gold Coast) Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
F: Eddie Betts (Adelaide) Josh Kennedy (West Coast) Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
Foll: Max Gawn (Melbourne) Rory Sloane (Adelaide) Dustin Martin (Richmond)
Int: Luke Parker (Sydney) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) Luke Shuey (West Coast)
Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)

References

  1. ↑ Laughton, Max (8 September 2015). "Sydney‘s Dan Hannebery wins AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year Award over Nat Fyfe". Fox Footy. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Schmook, Nathan (29 August 2016). "Superstar Cat wins AFLCA award with record haul". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Laughton, Max (3 October 2016). "Swan Josh Kennedy inaugural winner of Gary Ayres Award for best finals player, Grand Final coaches votes". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Beveridge wins AFL coaches award". SBS. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Edmund, Sam (13 October 2010). "Cats assistant coach Brendan McCartney moves to Essendon". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Coaches shock with revolutionary AA team". AFL. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Gabelich, Josh (31 August 2016). "Riewoldt named in AFLCA All Australian team". St Kilda Football Club. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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