Simon McPhee is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 coach, currently serving as senior coach of the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

 (VFL). He previously served as coach of the Claremont Football Club

Claremont Football Club

The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....

 in the West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...

 (WAFL), coaching the club to their 2011 premiership win.

Career

McPhee played for the Wembley Football Club in the Western Australian Amateur Football League

Western Australian Amateur Football League

The West Australian Amateur Football League is the largest fully amateur Australian rules football competition in Western Australia.The competition began in 1922.-Clubs:*Ballajura*Bassendean*Beechboro*Belmont Districts*Brentwood Booragoon...

 (WAAFL), representing Western Australia at the national amateurs carnival, and also played for the East Perth Football Club

East Perth Football Club

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 in the WAFL reserves. He coached Wembley for three years, and also served as coach of the colts and colts and reserves teams. He was appointed caretaker coach of the Claremont senior team in April 2009 after previous coach Roger Kerr

Roger Kerr (footballer)

Roger Alan Kerr is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played 85 games with in the West Australian Football League and in the South Australian National Football League , including the 1985 premiership, and later coach .-Career:Kerr was born in Calcutta to an English...

 was sacked. After the club won seven out of its last fifteen games, McPhee was signed to a two-year contract as full-time coach.

In 2010, Claremont finished as minor premiers, but lost to by one point in the Grand Final

2010 WAFL Grand Final

The 2010 WAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Claremont Football Club and the Swan Districts Football Club, on 19 September 2011 at Subiaco Oval, to determine the premier team of the West Australian Football League for the 2010 season...

. The club again finished as minor premiers in the 2011 season

2011 WAFL season

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, and defeated by 56 points in the 2011 Grand Final.

In October 2011, McPhee was appointed senior coach of the Sandringham Football Club for the 2012 season. He will also serve in a role at the St Kilda Football Club's development academy in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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(AFL).