Chris Scott (Australian footballer)

Chris Scott
Chris Scott in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Michael Scott
Date of birth	(1976-05-03) 3 May 1976
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Eastern Ranges
Draft	12th overall, 1993 Brisbane Bears
Height/Weight	182 cm / 90 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1994–1996 1997–2007 Total	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	055 (23) 160 (56) 215 (79)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2011–	Geelong	120 (85–33–1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007 season. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of Round 1 2016.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star 1994 Merrett-Murray Medal 1998 Brisbane Lions premiership side 2001, 2002 Geelong premiership coach 2011 Ansett Cup Grand Final 2001 Brisbane Lions vice-captain 1999-2004

Christopher Michael "Chris" Scott (born 3 May 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League best known as being a dual premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and is a current premiership AFL coach of the Geelong Football Club.

AFL career

Scott was picked by the Brisbane Bears in the 1993 AFL Draft with the 12th draft pick and moved to Queensland while still studying at St Kevin's College. He studied at Brisbane Boys' College during his first years as an AFL player.

Scott made his AFL debut in 1994 with the Brisbane Bears, taking out the Norwich Rising Star award.

Scott became one of the AFL's toughest defensive players, using his strength to outmuscle opposing forwards. Along with his brother Brad, they were nicknamed the Kray brothers by some fans for their forceful and ruthless styles of play.

During Brisbane's three-peat era Scott was part of a powerful backline also containing Mal Michael, Chris Johnson and Justin Leppitsch. He caused controversy in round 1 of 2005, when along with Mal Michael he crashed into St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt after Riewoldt chose to stay on the ground with a broken collarbone. In the same game Scott also had several teeth knocked out after receiving a back-handed fist from opponent Aaron Hamill.^[1]

After participating in 2 premiership sides, Scott's later career was plagued with injuries, but his occasional appearances showed his experience and skill. Brisbane's round 22 match against the Geelong Football Club on 1 September 2007 was his last after announcing his retirement. In 2008, Scott joined Fremantle as an assistant coach.^[2]

In 2010, Scott was a frontrunner for the Port Adelaide Football Club senior coaching position to replace the sacked Mark Williams but ultimately fell short and caretaker coach and former Port captain, Matthew Primus, was chosen by the selection committee to be the club's senior coach. The media speculated that Scott was considered the second best applicant by the selection committee. On 18 October 2010, it was officially announced by the Geelong Football Club that Scott would be their new coach, following Mark Thompson's resignation at the end of the 2010 season.^[3]

Scott had a brilliant start to his AFL coaching career, with Geelong winning its first thirteen matches of the 2011 season. His thirteen wins in succession was the best start to a coaching career in almost 80 years. But this streak was broken in Round 15, when the Cats went down to Essendon by four points.

Scott coached Geelong to its third Grand Final in five years, and became the first coach since Malcolm Blight in 1997 to win a premiership as a first-year club coach, when Geelong defeated Collingwood in the 2011 AFL Grand Final by 38 points. He is also the youngest premiership coach since Alex Jesaulenko in 1979 to win a Grand Final.

In August 2014, Scott signed a two-year contract extension extending his tenure as senior coach of Geelong until the end of 2017.^[4]

Statistics

Playing statistics

^[5]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
1994	Brisbane Bears	22	19	9	6	193	88	281	66	27	0.5	0.3	10.2	4.6	14.8	3.5	1.4
1995	Brisbane Bears	22	14	8	12	118	65	183	57	10	0.6	0.9	8.4	4.6	13.1	4.1	0.7
1996	Brisbane Bears	22	22	6	8	199	110	309	62	33	0.3	0.4	9.0	5.0	14.0	2.8	1.5
1997	Brisbane Lions	22	5	3	1	26	19	45	15	2	0.6	0.2	5.2	3.8	9.0	3.0	0.4
1998	Brisbane Lions	22	21	14	8	296	156	452	100	45	0.7	0.4	14.1	7.4	21.5	4.8	2.1
1999	Brisbane Lions	22	24	4	4	363	150	513	150	34	0.2	0.2	15.1	6.3	21.4	6.3	1.4
2000	Brisbane Lions	22	21	7	5	274	135	409	137	48	0.3	0.2	13.0	6.4	19.5	6.5	2.3
2001	Brisbane Lions	22	20	8	7	275	121	396	142	31	0.4	0.4	13.8	6.1	19.8	7.1	1.6
2002	Brisbane Lions	22	22	5	3	260	130	390	134	30	0.2	0.1	11.8	5.9	17.7	6.1	1.4
2003	Brisbane Lions	22	19	2	2	179	88	267	108	38	0.1	0.1	9.4	4.6	14.1	5.7	2.0
2004	Brisbane Lions	22	13	3	1	106	52	158	49	25	0.2	0.1	8.2	4.0	12.2	3.8	1.9
2005	Brisbane Lions	22	13	10	8	110	34	144	68	23	0.8	0.6	8.5	2.6	11.1	5.2	1.8
2006	Brisbane Lions	22	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Brisbane Lions	22	2	0	0	8	8	16	6	5	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	8.0	3.0	2.5
Career			215	79	65	2407	1156	3563	1094	351	0.4	0.3	11.2	5.4	16.6	5.1	1.6

Coaching statistics

^[6]

Season	Team	Games Coached	Wins	Losses	Points %	Ladder Position	League Teams
2011	Geelong	25	22	3	88.0%	2	17
2012	Geelong	23	15	8	65.2%	6	18
2013	Geelong	25	19	6	76.0%	2	18
2014	Geelong	24	17	7	70.8%	3	18
Career totals		97	73	24	75.26%	3.25	17.75

* = Unfinished season

Honours and achievements

Season	Votes
Brownlow Medal votes
1994	1
1995	—
1996	—
1997	—
1998	1
1999	7
2000	—
2001	2
2002	3
2003	—
2004	—
2005	—
2006	—
2007	—
Total	14
Key:
Green / Bold = Won * = joint winner
Red / Italics = Ineligible

Playing Honours

Team

VFL/AFL Premiership (Brisbane Lions): 2001, 2002

Individual

Merrett-Murray Medal (Brisbane Lions): 1998
Brisbane Lions Vice-Captain: 1999-2004
Norwich Rising Star Award (later named the Ron Evans Medal): 1994
AFL Rising Star Nominee: 1994 (Round 7)
Brisbane Lions - Most Professional Player: 1999
Brisbane Lions Team of the Decade (2000-2010) - Half-Back Flank

Coaching Honours

Team

VFL/AFL Premiership (Geelong): 2011

Individual

Jock McHale Medal: 2011
All-Australian: 2011

Personal life

Chris Scott (left) being interviewed by former Geelong premiership captain Cameron Ling (right) during a match in 2014.

Scott's identical twin brother Brad Scott played alongside him at the Brisbane Lions and is now the coach of North Melbourne. He is three minutes older than Brad.

References

↑ "Horror night for Saints". Melbourne: The Age. 2005-03-25. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
↑ AAP; Harvey promises cruel summer; The Age; 2007-10-29; Retrieved on 2008-02-19
↑ Gullan, Scott (17 October 2010). "Chris Scott earns Cats gig". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
↑ Auciello, Michael (13 August 2014). "Chris Scott signs two-year contract with Geelong until the end of 2017". Geelong Advertiser (News Corp Australia). Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
↑ Chris Scott's player profile at AFL Tables
↑ Chris Scott's coaching profile at AFL Tables

External links

Chris Scott's statistics from AFL Tables

Geelong Football Club – current squad

1 Stanley
2 Smedts
3 Bartel
4 Mackie
5 Cockatoo
6 McCarthy
7 Taylor (vc)
8 Kolodjashnij
9 Smith
10 Menzel
11 Lang
12 Buzza
13 Lonergan
14 J. Selwood (c)
15 Hayball
16 S. Selwood
17 Cornell*
18 Cowan
19 Clark
20 Gardner
21 Murdoch
22 Duncan
23 Caddy
24 Bews
25 Henderson
26 Hawkins
27 Menegola
28 Gregson
29 Guthrie
30 Vardy
31 Cunico
32 Motlop
33 Horlin-Smith
34 Parsons*
35 Dangerfield
36 Ruggles*
37 Luxford
38 Read*
39 Kersten
40 Thurlow
42 Lucey*
43 Bates*
44 Enright
45 Delaney*
46 Blicavs

Coach: Scott

* denotes rookie listed players

Current AFL coaches

Brisbane Lions 2001 AFL premiers

Brisbane Lions 15.18 (108) defeated Essendon 12.10 (82), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2. Johnson 3. Voss (c) 4. McRae 5. B. Scott 6. Power 8. Notting 10. Ashcroft 11. Lynch 12. Akermanis 13. Pike 15. Michael 16. Brown 20. Black 22. C. Scott 23. Leppitsch 27. Keating 32. Hart 33. White 43. McDonald 44. Lappin

Coach: Matthews

Brisbane Lions 2002 AFL premiers

Brisbane Lions 10.15 (75) defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Headland 2. Johnson 3. Voss (c) 4. McRae 5. B. Scott 6. Power 8. Notting 10. Ashcroft 11. Lynch 12. Akermanis 13. Pike 15. Michael 16. Brown 20. Black 22. C. Scott 23. Leppitsch 27. Keating 32. Hart 33. White 34. Shattock 43. McDonald 44. Lappin

Coach: Matthews

Geelong Football Club 2011 AFL premiers

Geelong 18.11 (119) defeated Collingwood 12.9 (81), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

3. Bartel 4. Mackie 5. Varcoe 6. Ottens 7. Taylor 8. Hunt 9. Kelly 11. Corey 12. West 13. Lonergan 14. Selwood 20. Johnson 22. Duncan 26. Hawkins 27. Stokes 28. Christensen 30. Scarlett 31. Podsiadly 35. Chapman 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling (c)

Coach: Scott

Coaches of the Geelong Football Club

1910–1911: Hickinbotham 1912–1913: Eason 1914: Orchard 1923: Taylor 1924: Hagger 1925–1927: Rankin 1928: Fitzmaurice 1929–1930: Coghlan 1931: Clymo 1932: Hickey 1933–1934: Coghlan 1935: Parratt 1936: Dibbs 1936–1940: Hickey 1940: Everett 1940: Laver 1941: Metherell 1944: Arklay 1945–1959: Hickey 1956; 1960–1965: Davis 1963: Trezise 1966–1970: Pianto 1971–1972: McMaster 1973–1975: Farmer 1976–1979: Olsson 1980–1982: Goggin 1983–1985: Hafey 1986–1988: Devine 1989–1994: Blight 1995–1999: Ayres 2000–2010: Thompson 2011–: Scott

Italics denote caretaker coach

Merrett–Murray Medal · Brisbane Lions Best and Fairest winners

1997: Clarke 1998: Scott 1999: Akermanis/Leppitsch 2000: Voss 2001: Black/Voss 2002: Black 2003: Voss 2004: Lappin 2005: Akermanis 2006: Black 2007: Brown 2008: Brown 2009: Brown 2010: Rischitelli 2011: Rockliff 2012: Patfull 2013: Patfull 2014: Rockliff 2015: Beams/Martin/Robinson/Zorko

Brisbane Lions · Team of the Decade 1997–2006

Full-back	Chris Johnson Mal Michael Darryl White

Half-back	Marcus Ashcroft Justin Leppitsch Chris Scott

Centre	Nigel Lappin Michael Voss (c) Brad Scott

Half-forward	Jason Akermanis Jonathan Brown Craig McRae

Full-forward	Luke Power Alastair Lynch Daniel Bradshaw

Ruck	Clark Keating Simon Black Shaun Hart

Interchange	Martin Pike Tim Notting Jamie Charman Richard Champion

Coach	Leigh Matthews

Ron Evans Medal • AFL Rising Star winners

1993: Buckley 1994: Scott 1995: Holland 1996: Cousins 1997: Wilson 1998: Pickett 1999: Goodes 2000: Hasleby 2001: Koschitzke 2002: Riewoldt 2003: Mitchell 2004: Rivers 2005: Deledio 2006: Pearce 2007: Selwood 2008: Palmer 2009: Rich 2010: Hannebery 2011: Heppell 2012: Talia 2013: O'Meara 2014: Taylor 2015: Hogan

Jock McHale Medal · AFL premiership coach

1950: Reynolds* 1951: Hickey* 1952: Hickey* 1953: Kyne* 1954: Sutton* 1955: Smith* 1956: Smith* 1957: Smith* 1958: Kyne* 1959: Smith* 1960: Smith* 1961: Kennedy* 1962: Coleman* 1963: Davis* 1964: Smith* 1965: Coleman* 1966: Jeans* 1967: Hafey* 1968: Barassi* 1969: Hafey* 1970: Barassi* 1971: Kennedy* 1972: Nicholls* 1973: Hafey* 1974: Hafey* 1975: Barassi* 1976: Kennedy* 1977: Barassi* 1978: Parkin* 1979: Jesaulenko* 1980: Jewell* 1981: Parkin* 1982: Parkin* 1983: Jeans* 1984: Sheedy* 1985: Sheedy* 1986: Jeans* 1987: Walls* 1988: Joyce* 1989: Jeans* 1990: Matthews* 1991: Joyce* 1992: Malthouse* 1993: Sheedy* 1994: Malthouse* 1995: Parkin* 1996: Pagan* 1997: Blight* 1998: Blight* 1999: Pagan* 2000: Sheedy* 2001: Matthews 2002: Matthews 2003: Matthews 2004: Williams 2005: Roos 2006: Worsfold 2007: Thompson 2008: Clarkson 2009: Thompson 2010: Malthouse 2011: Scott 2012: Longmire 2013: Clarkson 2014: Clarkson 2015: Clarkson

* awarded retroactively

1994 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Cockatoo-Collins Rd 2: McKernan Rd 3: Barker Rd 4: Spinks Rd 5: Molloy Rd 6: Cook Rd 7: Scott Rd 8: Butcher Rd 9: Banfield Rd 10: Graham Rd 11: Rogers Rd 12: Wakelin Rd 13: Hawking Rd 14: Clarke Rd 15: Tape Rd 16: Southern Rd 17: Kluzek Rd 18: Bond Rd 19: Cummings Rd 20: Tallis Rd 21: Johnson Rd 22: Hassall Rd 23: Wellman Rd 24: Kellaway

Italics denote winner

2011 All-Australian team

Defenders Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) Darren Glass (West Coast) Corey Enright (Geelong) Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs) Ben Reid (Collingwood) Leon Davis (Collingwood)

Midfielders Dale Thomas (Collingwood) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)

Forwards Marc Murphy (Carlton) Travis Cloke (Collingwood) Dane Swan (Collingwood) Stephen Milne (St Kilda) Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) Adam Goodes (Sydney)

Followers Dean Cox (West Coast) Chris Judd (Carlton – vice-captain) Gary Ablett (Gold Coast – captain)

Interchange Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs) Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) James Kelly (Geelong) Drew Petrie (North Melbourne)

Coach Chris Scott (Geelong)

1993 AFL national draft

1. Darren Gaspar
2. Nigel Lappin
3. Justin Murphy
4. Glenn Gorman
5. Adam Heuskes
6. Trent Cummings
7. Chris Johnson
8. Michael Frost
9. Rowan Warfe
10. Trent Ormond-Allen
11. Brad Johnson
12. Chris Scott
13. David Ugrinic
14. Adam Simpson
15. Luke McCabe
16. Fraser Gehrig
17. Angelo Lekkas
18. Simon Beaumont
19. Robert Stevenson
20. Wade Chapman
21. Shane Hodges
22. Dion Myles
23. Shannon Gibson
24. Cameron Bennett
25. Clinton Shaw
26. Stephen Jurica
27. Brad Hall
28. Daryl Griffin
29. Scott Mollard
30. Paul Lewis
31. Mark Stevens
32. Paul Barnard
33. Ben Robbins
34. Stephen Patterson
35. Aaron James
36. Julian Kirzner
37. Ash Thompson
38. David Innella
39. Jason Wild
40. Matthew Lappin
41. Kieran Sporn
42. Michael Prentice
43. Jason Heatley
44. Eugene Warrior
45. Trent Bartlett
46. David King
47. Chris Palmer
48. Matt Hopkins
49. Simon Garlick
50. Mark Merenda
51. Kristian Pascoe
52. Matthew Dent
53. Justin Mallon
54. Sedat Sir
55. Grant Tanner
56. Rayden Tallis
57. Mark Hepburn
58. Jeff Bruce
59. Craig Biddiscombe
60. Troy Polak
61. Shayne Smith
62. Graeme Wood
63. Gareth John
64. Shane Hamilton
65. Paul Mullarvey
66. Andrew Schauble

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