List of Western Bulldogs coaches

The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Western Bulldogs, previously known as Footscray, at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.

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List of Western Bulldogs coaches

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No.	Coach	P	W	L	D	W%	Years
1	Con McCarthy	17	4	13	0	23.53	1925
2	Harry Saunders	10	3	7	0	30.00	1926
3	Jim Cassidy	8	1	7	0	12.50	1926
4	Paddy Scanlan	36	15	21	0	41.67	1927–28
5	Alec Eason	18	6	11	1	36.11	1929
6	Allan Hopkins	18	4	14	0	22.22	1930
7	Bill Cubbins	54	32	22	0	59.26	1931–33
8	Alby Morrison	22	6	16	0	27.27	1934–35
9	Syd Coventry	36	8	26	2	25.00	1935–37
10	Joe Kelly	69	29	40	0	42.03	1937–40
11	Norman Ware	33	20	13	0	60.61	1941–42
12	Arthur Olliver	131	68	62	1	52.29	1943–50
13	Jim Crowe	19	8	10	1	44.74	1947
14	Charlie Sutton	162	81	79	2	50.62	1951–57, 1967–68
15	George McLaren	1	1	0	0	100.00	1951
16	Wally Donald	3	2	1	0	66.67	1952, 1953
17	Ted Whitten	228	91	137	0	39.91	1957–66 1969–71
18	Joe Ryan	2	0	2	0	0.00	1959, 1960
19	Bill Findlay	5	2	3	0	40.00	1961–62, 1964, 1966
20	Bob Rose	89	42	45	2	48.31	1972–75
21	Bill Goggin	46	21	23	2	47.83	1976–78
22	Don McKenzie	44	14	29	1	31.81	1978–79, 1982
23	Royce Hart	53	8	45	0	15.09	1980–82
24	Frank Goode	1	0	1	0	0.00	1981
25	Ian Hampshire	33	12	21	0	36.36	1982–83
26	Mick Malthouse	135	67	66	2	50.37	1984–89
27	Terry Wheeler	91	50	40	1	55.49	1990–94
28	Alan Joyce	57	25	30	2	45.61	1994–96
29	Terry Wallace	148	79	67	2	54.05	1996–2002
30	Peter Rohde	45	9	35	1	21.11	2002–04
31	Rodney Eade	162	88	72	2	54.94	2005–2011
32	Paul Williams	3	2	1	0	66.67	2011
33	Brendan McCartney	66	20	46	0	30.30	2012–14
34	Luke Beveridge	220	123	97	0	55.91	2015 -

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History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Charles Sutton Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers Nickname: Bulldogs AFL coach: Luke Beveridge AFL captain: Marcus Bontempelli AFLW coach: Nathan Burke AFLW captain: Ellie Blackburn
VFL/AFL home grounds	Whitten Oval (1925–1941; 1943–1996) Yarraville Oval (1942) Princes Park (1997–1999) Docklands Stadium (2000–) Eureka Stadium (2017–)
AFLW home grounds	Whitten Oval (2017–)
VFL/AFL premierships (2)	1954 2016
Runner-up (2)	1961 2021
AFLW premierships (1)	2018
Seasons	1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 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 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
AFLW seasons	2021
Related articles	Women's club VFL team Year of the Dogs A Wink from the Universe Fitzroy Bulldogs 2016 AFL First Preliminary Final Greater Western Sydney-Western Bulldogs rivalry Super-Flood
Known as the Footscray Football Club from 1925–1996