Essendon Football Club Coaches

The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Essendon Football Club at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.

No.	Coach	P	W	L	D	Career Span
1	Dave Smith	39	26	13	0	1908–1909
2	Alan Belcher	19	12	7	0	1910
3	Jack Worrall	243	156	85	2	1911–1915, 1918–1920
4	Percy Ogden	20	3	15	2	1920–1921
5	Sid Barker	43	31	11	1	1922–1924
6	Sam Gravenall	12	7	4	1	1922
7	Frank Maher	56	32	23	1	1925–1927
8	Charlie Hardy	54	30	23	1	1928–1930
9	Garnet Campbell	54	22	32	0	1931–1933
10	Charlie May	36	12	24	0	1934–1935
11	Jack Baggott	60	22	38	0	1936–1939
12	Dick Reynolds	415	275	134	6	1939–1960
13	Harry Hunter	2	2	0	0	1939
14	Les Griggs	1	0	1	0	1941
15	Elton Plummer	7	4	2	1	1944
16	Cec Ruddell	2	0	2	0	1945–1946
17	Alan Thaw	1	1	0	0	1959
18	John Coleman	133	90	40	3	1961–1967
19	Greg Sewell	1	1	0	0	1965
20	Jack Clarke	65	33	30	2	1968–1970
21	John Birt	22	4	17	1	1971
22	Des Tuddenham	90	47	43	0	1972–1975
23	Bill Stephen	44	16	27	1	1976–1977
24	Barry Davis	67	30	36	1	1978–1980
25	Kevin Sheedy	635	386	242	7	1981–2007
26	Gary O'Donnell	1	0	0	1	2006
27	Matthew Knights	65	25	39	1	2008–2010
28	James Hird	30	18	11	1	2011–

Key:

P = Played

W = Won

L = Lost

D = Drew

Essendon Football Club

History Premierships & Records Players Captains Coaches Awards W. S. Crichton Medal Leading Goalkickers Captain: Jobe Watson Coach: James Hird Nickname: Bombers

Home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground Windy Hill Princes Park Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium

Premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith 1910: Belcher 1911–1915; 1918–1920:* Worrall 1920–1921: Ogden 1922: Gravenall 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1927: Maher 1928–1930: Hardy 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: May 1936–1939: Baggott 1939: Reynolds/Hunter 1939–1960: Reynolds 1941: Griggs 1944: Plummer 1945; 1946: Ruddell 1959: Thaw 1961–1967: Coleman 1965: Sewell 1968–1970: Clarke 1971: Birt 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976–1977: Stephen 1978–1980: Davis 1981–2007: Sheedy 2006: O'Donnell 2008–2010: Knights 2011–: Hird

VFL/AFL club coaches

Adelaide Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fitzroy Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney University West Coast Western Bulldogs

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