Alastair Clarkson is the most decorated coach in Hawthorn history The Hawthorn Football Club are a professional Australian rules football team based in Mulgrave, Victoria , playing in the Australian Football League . The team began as the Mayblooms before changing their nickname to the Hawks in 1942.
Since joining the VFA in 1914, Hawthorn have had 33 coaches. The current coach of the club is Sam Mitchell , who took over from Alastair Clarkson ahead of the 2022 season. Clarkson is the most successful coach in the club's history having led the team for more games coached, home and away games coached, games won, home and away wins, finals games, finals wins, and VFL/AFL premierships .
[ edit ] Bronze statue of Kennedy in front of Waverley Park Sam Mitchell current Hawthorn coach As of the end of 2024 # Name Season(s) Total Achievements G W L D Win% 1 Alf Gough 1914 –1915 31 4 26 1 12.90 2 Jack McKenzie 1919 18 8 10 0 44.44 3 Ted Alley 1920 4 1 3 0 25.00 4 Arthur Rademacher 1920 –1921 35 13 22 0 37.14 1933 ‡ 5 Bill Walton 1922 –1924 54 31 22 1 57.41 6 Alec Hall 1925 17 3 14 0 17.65 7 Dan Minogue 1926 –1927 36 4 31 1 11.11 8 Bert Sutton 1928 18 0 18 0 0.00 9 Albert Chadwick 1929 18 4 14 0 22.22 10 John Harris 1930 –1931 36 9 27 0 25.00 11 Jim Jackson 1932 18 3 15 0 16.67 12 Fred Phillips 1933 0 0 0 0 0.00 13 Bill Twomey Sr. 1933 –1934 32 5 27 0 15.63 14 Ivan McAlpine 1935 –1938 72 22 50 0 30.56 15 Len Thomas 1939 18 5 12 1 27.78 16 Bert Mills 1940 –1941 36 10 26 0 27.78 17 Roy Cazaly 1942 –1943 30 10 20 0 33.33 18 Tommy Lahiff 1944 18 2 15 1 11.11 19 Keith Shea 1945 –1946 39 9 30 0 23.08 20 Alec Albiston 1947 –1949 57 12 45 0 21.05 21 Bob McCaskill 1950 –1951 36 4 32 0 11.11 22 Jack Hale 1952 –1959 146 61 84 1 41.78 23 John Kennedy Sr. 1957 ‡ 299 181 116 2 60.54 3× VFL premiership (1961 , 1971 , 1976 )1961 , 1971 , 1976 )VFL Grand Final (1961 , 1963 , 1971 , 1975 , 1976 )Minor premiership (1961 , 1963 , 1971 , 1975 )McClelland Trophy (1961, 1971)Pre-season premiership (1968 , 1969 )
1960 –1963 1967 –1976 24 Graham Arthur 1964 –1965 36 17 19 0 47.22 25 Peter O'Donohue 1966 18 5 13 0 27.78 26 David Parkin 1977 –1980 94 57 37 0 60.64 VFL premiership (1978 )1978 )VFL Grand Final (1978 )Pre-season premiership (1977)1976 )
27 Allan Jeans 1981 –1987 1989 –1990 221 159 61 1 71.95 3× VFL premiership (1983 , 1986 , 1989 )1983 , 1986 , 1989 )VFL Grand Final (1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 )Minor premiership (1986 , 1989 )McClelland Trophy (1984, 1985, 1986)Pre-season premiership (1985, 1986)1983 , 1986 )
28 Alan Joyce 1988 1991 –1993 93 67 26 0 72.04 2× VFL/AFL premiership (1988 , 1991 )1988 , 1991 )VFL/AFL Grand Final (1988 , 1991 )Minor premiership (1988 )McClelland Trophy (1988)Pre-season premiership (1988 , 1991 , 1992 )
29 Peter Knights 1994 –1995 45 20 25 0 44.44 30 Ken Judge 1996 –1999 89 37 50 1 41.57 Pre-season premiership (1999 )
31 Peter Schwab 2000 –2004 109 52 57 0 47.71 – Chris Connolly ‡ 2001 1 1 0 0 100.00 – Donald McDonald † 2004 5 3 2 0 60.00 32 Alastair Clarkson 2005 –2021 390 228 158 4 58.46 4× AFL premiership (2008 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 )2008 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 )AFL Grand Final (2008 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 )Minor premiership (2012 , 2013 )McClelland Trophy (2012, 2013)All-Australian team (2008 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 )
– Brendon Bolton ‡ 2014 5 5 0 0 100.00 33 Sam Mitchell 2022 –present 70 30 40 0 42.86
[ edit ] On 12 August 2021, Hawthorn was granted a license to join the AFL Women's league for the 2022/23 season.[ 1] Bec Goddard who was in charge of the club's VFL women's side was immediately appointed as the club's first ever AFLW coach. [ 2]
As of the end of round 10, 2024
VFL/AFL home grounds VFL/AFL premierships (13) Runner-up (6) Men's seasons (121)
MJFA/MAFA (12) VFA (8) VFL/AFL (101)
AFLW home grounds Women's seasons (7)
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VFA VFL/AFL AFL Women's 2022 (S7)–2023: Goddard 2024–: Webster Italics denote caretaker coach
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