Season 2008 - Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club

Playing Career

Essendon: 202 games, 50 gls

 

Coaching Career

Geelong: Senior Coach 2000-09

Nth Melb: Asst Coach 1999

Essendon: Asst Coach 1996-98

 

Mark Thompson will forever be known as the coach that ended the Cats 44 year premiership drought. In leading Geelong to the 2007 premiership, Thompson entered the record books as just the seventh man to both captain and coach premiership teams.

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Playing career
Geelong: 59 games, 1 goal

Coaching career
Geelong: specialist coach, VFL assistant coach 2009, Asst coach 2010


Matt Egan took up a coaching role in 2009, working with the Cats young players and its VFL squad while rehabing his foot injury. He will continue in a formal position in 2010.

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Playing Career

Brisbane: 279 games, 174 goals

 

Coaching Career

Geelong: Asst Coach 2009

 

Nigel stepped straight from the field to the coaching box in 2009, and his first taste of coaching resulted in another premiership. Lappin was named as an assistant coach with the Cats in October 2008 just weeks after finishing a brilliant playing career.

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Playing Career

Newtown: 87 games

 

Coaching Career

Geelong: Asst Coach 2000-09

Richmond: Asst Coach 1998-99

Ocean Grove: Snr Coach 1993-97

Newtown: Reserves Coach 1990

 

The 2009 season marked Brendan’s 10th as an assistant coach with the Cats and saw him help the club to a second flag in three seasons. He is the longest tenured assistant coach on the Cats match committee and has 12 seasons experience as an AFL assistant.

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Playing career

Geelong: 90 games, 11 goals

 

Coaching career

Geelong: specialist coach, VFL assistant coach 2008-09, Asst coach 2010

 

James Rahilly returns for his third season working as a specialist coach and assistant coach with the Cats VFL unit.

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Playing Career

Adelaide: 6 games, 4 goals

Collingwood: 4 games, 1 goal

Geelong: 199 games, 29 goals

 

Coaching Career

Geelong: Asst Coach 2007-09

Port Adel: Asst Coach 2006

 

The 2009 season marked Brenton’s third as an assistant coach with the Cats as Geelong won another grand final. The season also marked his 14th campaign at Skilled Stadium, where he spent 11 years and 199 games as a player.

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Playing career

St Arnaud: 36 games

South Barwon: 216 games

St Kilda VFL: 12 games

 

Coaching career

Geelong: VFL coach 2009-

South Barwon: coach 2004-08

 

Dale Amos will guide Geelong’s VFL unit again in 2010. He led the Cats to the VFL finals in his first season and is be well suited to working with the Cats up and coming players.

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