List of Collingwood Football Club coaches
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The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Collingwood Football Club
at a game of Australian rules football
in the Australian Football League
(AFL), formerly the VFL.
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| No. | Coach | P | W | L | D | W% | Years |
| 1 | Bill Strickland Bill Strickland (footballer) William 'Bill' Strickland was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the inaugural VFL season.Strickland was a centreman and started his career with Brunswick before joining VFA side Carlton in 1885... |
13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54 | 1904, 1908 |
| 2 | Dick Condon Dick Condon Richard 'Dick' Condon was a highly controversial, exceptionally brilliant champion Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association and the Victorian Football League from 1894 to 1909.... |
37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 70.27 | 1905–06 |
| 3 | Ted Rowell | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00 | 1907–08 |
| 4 | George Angus George Angus George Angus was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Collingwood in the VFL during the early 1900s.Angus was a late comer to the game, making his Collingwood debut at the age of 27 in 1902 having previously fought in the Boer War. He was a member of back to back premiership... |
60 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 70.00 | 1909–11 |
| 5 | Jock McHale Jock McHale James Francis "Jock" McHale, was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949.... |
713 | 466 | 237 | 10 | 66.06 | 1912–49 |
| 6 | Bob Rush Bob Rush (Australian footballer) Robert 'Bob' Thomas Rush was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League .... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1930 |
| 7 | Phonse Kyne Phonse Kyne Alphonsius E. "Phonse" Kyne was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Collingwood in the Victorian Football League. He is an inductee of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and a member of the official Collingwood Team of the Century... |
272 | 161 | 109 | 2 | 59.56 | 1950–63 |
| 8 | Neil Mann | 72 | 49 | 22 | 1 | 68.75 | 1972–74 |
| 9 | Bob Rose Bob Rose (footballer) Robert "Bob" Rose was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL. He is widely regarded as the greatest player ever to play for Collingwood.-Playing career:... |
193 | 121 | 70 | 2 | 63.21 | 1964–71, 1985–86 |
| 10 | Ron Richards | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1974 |
| 11 | Murray Weideman Murray Weideman Murray Weideman is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-Playing career:Weideman is probably best remembered today as Collingwood's 'enforcer' of the late 1950s and early 1960s, loved by the club's supporters, and loathed by those of the opposition.He made his VFL... |
45 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 42.22 | 1975–76 |
| 12 | Tom Hafey Tom Hafey Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey is a former Australian rules football Victorian Football League player and coach. Hafey played for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coached four clubs—Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney—between 1966 and 1988, leading teams to a total of four premierships... |
138 | 89 | 47 | 2 | 65.22 | 1977–82 |
| 13 | Mick Erwin Mick Erwin Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club.... |
12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.00 | 1982 |
| 14 | John Cahill | 47 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 57.45 | 1983–84 |
| 15 | Leigh Matthews Leigh Matthews Leigh Raymond "Lethal Leigh" Matthews AM is a former player and coach of Australian rules football. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League from 1969 to 1985, coached Collingwood from 1986–1995, and coached the Brisbane Lions from 1999 to 2008... |
224 | 125 | 94 | 5 | 56.92 | 1986–95 |
| 16 | Tony Shaw Tony Shaw Anthony 'Tony' Shaw is a former Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.-Playing career:Shaw was recruited to Collingwood from Reservoir-Lakeside to make his debut in 1977 alongside brother Ray... |
88 | 30 | 58 | 0 | 34.09 | 1996–99 |
| 17 | Mick Malthouse Mick Malthouse Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach... |
286 | 163 | 121 | 2 | 57.34 | 2000–2011 |
| 18 | Nathan Buckley Nathan Buckley Nathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | 2012– |
- Statistics are correct as of the end of the AFL 2010 season.
Key:
- P = Played
- W = Won
- L = Lost
- D = Drew
- W% = Win percentage