Coaching Career
Rawlings was the assistant coach of the Richmond Football Club, as well as head coach at Richmond's VFL affiliate club, the Coburg Tigers. He would later be replaced at Coburg by former Brisbane Lions' player Craig McRae, when after Round 11, 2009, he was appointed caretaker coach of the Richmond Football Club. following the resignation of Terry Wallace. His first game as coach of the Richmond Football Club was a victory against the West Coast Eagles. Rawlings has been dubbed "The Blade" in lieu of the 5 cuts to the lineup made for his first game as an AFL coach, including veteran Joel Bowden. However on 25 August 2009 the Richmond Football Club appointed Damien Hardwick as their new senior coach. Thus Rawlings was not retained for the 2010 season. On 15 September 2009 Rawlings was appointed as assistant coach of Brisbane Lions under Michael Voss for the 2010 season. At the end of the 2011 season, Rawlings became Assistant coach at Melbourne Demons for the 2012 season under their new coach Mark Neeld.
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