List of Fitzroy Football Club coaches

Members of Fitzroy's 1944 premiership side, with coach Fred Hughson at centre.

This is a list of people who coached the Fitzroy Football Club in a senior Australian Football League (AFL) game. Playing the sport of Australian rules football, the Fitzroy Football Club was formed in September 1883, and began playing in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) the following season. Originally based at the Brunswick Street Oval, the club won its first VFA premiership in 1895, but quit the league two years later to join the newly formed Victorian Football League (VFL). Fitzroy won consecutive VFL premierships between 1898 and 1899 and between 1904 and 1905. Prior to the 1911 season, there was no official position of coach. Rather, tactics and positioning were formulating by senior players, including club captains, and selectors. Former player Geoff Moriarty was appointed the club's inaugural coach in 1911, but was replaced by Percy Parratt in 1913, who acted as playing coach. Further premierships were won under Parratt in 1913 and George Holden in 1916, with Vic Belcher captain-coaching the club to the 1922 premiership. Up until the end of the Second World War, the position of coach was almost always filled by the current captain or an ex-Fitzroy player. Frank Maher, an ex-Essendon player, coached the club in 1932 and 1933, but was followed by several one-season coaches. Fitzroy were extremely unsuccessful at this point in time, and did not make the finals between 1924 and 1943, when captain Fred Hughson was appointed coach. The club's eighth and last VFL premiership came in 1944, under Hughson. A gradual movement towards non-playing coaches came after the Second World War. Bill Stephen, Fitzroy's longest-serving coach, coached the club on three separate occasions – from 1955 to 1957, 1965 to 1970, and 1979 to 1980 – for a total of 212 games. Fitzroy's last period of success came in the 1980s, with the club making the finals on five separate occasions between 1979 and 1986. The club merged with the Brisbane Bears to form the Brisbane Lions at the conclusion of the 1996 season, having gone through three coaches in its final two seasons, finishing last in each.

Coaches

#	Coach	Seasons	G	W	D	L	W%	FG	FW	FD	FL	FW%	GF	P	Ref
01 !1	Moriarty, GeoffGeoff Moriarty	1911–1912	36	20	0	16	55.56	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[1]
02 !2	Parratt, PercyPercy Parratt *	1913–1915	52	39	1	12	75.96	6	3	0	3	50.00	1	1	^[2]
03 !3	Holden, GeorgeGeorge Holden *	1916–1919	54	24	2	28	46.30	6	5	0	1	83.33	2	1	^[3]
04 !4	Melling, TedTed Melling †	1919	09 !9	04 !4	1	04 !4	50.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[4]
	Parratt, PercyPercy Parratt	1920–1921	32	20	2	10	65.63	1	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	^[2]
05 !5	Belcher, VicVic Belcher *	1922–1927	93	49	2	42	53.76	9	6	0	3	66.67	2	1	^[5]
06 !6	Lethbridge, ChrisChris Lethbridge	1925	17	12	0	05 !5	70.59	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[6]
07 !7	Rattray, GordonGordon Rattray	1928	18	7	0	11	38.89	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[7]
08 !8	Freake, JimmyJimmy Freake	1929	08 !8	01 !1	0	07 !7	12.50	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[8]
09 !9	Ringrose, DougDoug Ringrose †	1929	10	02 !2	0	08 !8	20.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[9]
10	Niven, ColinColin Niven	1930–1931	36	25	0	11	30.56	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[10]
11	Maher, FrankFrank Maher	1932–1933	36	14	1	21	40.28	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[10]
12	Cashman, JackJack Cashman	1934	02 !2	01 !1	0	01 !1	50.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[11]
13	Wigraft, LenLen Wigraft †	1934	16	06 !6	0	10	37.50	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[12]
14	Rowe, PercyPercy Rowe	1935	18	08 !8	1	09 !9	47.22	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[13]
15	Bunton, HaydnHaydn Bunton	1936	18	2	0	16	11.11	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[14]
	Rattray, GordonGordon Rattray	1937–1939	54	18	1	35	34.26	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[7]
16	Minogue, DanDan Minogue	1940–1942	51	25	0	26	49.02	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[15]
17	Hughson, FredFred Hughson *	1943–1947	96	60	2	34	63.54	6	4	0	2	66.67	1	1	^[16]
18	Hillard, NormNorm Hillard †	1945	01 !1	0	0	01 !1	0.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[17]
19	Cameron, CharlesCharles Cameron	1948	19	09 !9	0	10	47.37	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[18]
20	Smith, NormNorm Smith	1949–1951	55	30	2	23	56.36	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[19]
21	Ruthven, AllanAllan Ruthven	1952–1954	57	28	1	28	50.00	2	1	0	1	50.00	0	0	^[20]
22	Stephen, BillBill Stephen	1955-1957	99 !53	19	0	99 !34	35.85	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[21]
23	Curcio, FrankFrank Curcio †	1956	01 !1	0	0	01 !1	0.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[22]
24	Smith, LenLen Smith	1958–1962	92	50	2	40	55.43	3	0	0	3	0.00	0	0	^[23]
25	Edwards, ArthurArthur Edwards †	1961	01 !1	01 !1	0	0	99 !100.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[24]
26	Murray, KevinKevin Murray	1963–1964	34	0	0	34	0.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[25]
27	Clark, WallyWally Clark †	1963	01 !1	01 !1	0	0	99 !100.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[26]
28	Williams, TommyTommy Williams †	1964	01 !1	0	0	01 !1	0.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[27]
	Stephen, BillBill Stephen	1965-1970	99 !115	29	0	99 !86	25.22	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[21]
29	Slocum, RayRay Slocum †	1968	01 !1	0	0	01 !1	0.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[28]
30	Donaldson, GrahamGraham Donaldson	1971–1974	85	34	1	50	40.59	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[29]
31	Campbell, GrahamGraham Campbell †	1974	3	08 !0	0	3	00.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[30]
32	Rose, KevinKevin Rose	1975–1977	66	22	0	44	33.33	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[31]
	Campbell, GrahamGraham Campbell	1978	22	08 !8	0	14	36.36	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[30]
	Stephen, BillBill Stephen	1979-1980	99 !44	19	1	99 !24	44.32	2	1	0	1	50.00	0	0	^[21]
33	Walls, RobertRobert Walls	1981–1985	98 !115	60	1	54	52.61	5	1	0	4	20.00	0	0	^[32]
34	Parkin, DavidDavid Parkin	1986–1988	69	30	0	39	43.48	3	2	0	1	66.67	0	0	^[33]
35	Austin, RodRod Austin	1989–1990	44	19	0	25	43.18	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[34]
36	Shaw, RobertRobert Shaw	1991–1994	86	28	0	58	32.56	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[35]
37	Quinlan, BernieBernie Quinlan	1995	19	02 !2	0	17	10.53	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[36]
38	McConnell, AlanAlan McConnell †	1995	3	0	0	3	0.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[37]
39	Nunan, MichaelMichael Nunan	1996	14	01 !1	0	13	07.14 !7.14	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[38]
	McConnell, AlanAlan McConnell †	1996	8	0	0	8	0.00	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	-0.1 !—	0	0	^[37]

Key

#	Number
G	Total games coached	FG	Finals games coached
W	Total wins	FW	Finals wins
L	Total losses	FL	Finals losses
D	Total draws	FD	Finals draws
W%	Overall winning percentage	FW%	Finals winning percentage
GF	Grand Final appearances
P	Premierships
†	Caretaker coach
*	Premiership coach

References

↑ Geoff Moriarty coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
1 2 Percy Parratt coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ George Holden coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Ted Melling coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Vic Belcher coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Chris Lethbridge coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
1 2 Gordon Rattray coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Jimmy Freake coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Doug Ringrose coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
1 2 Colin Niven coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Jack Cashman coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Len Wigraft coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Percy Rowe coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Haydn Bunton coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Dan Minogue coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Fred Hughson coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Norm Hilard coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Charles Cameron coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Norm Smith coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Alan Ruthven coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
1 2 3 Bill Stephen coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Frank Curcio coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Len Smith coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Arthur Edwards coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ Kevin Murray coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Wally Clark coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Tommy Williams coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Ray Slocum coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Graham Donaldson coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
1 2 Graham Campbell coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Kevin Rose coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Robert Walls coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ David Parkin coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Rod Austin coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Robert Shaw coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Bernie Quinlan coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
1 2 Alan McConnell coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ Michael Nunan coaching statistics – AFLTables. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

Fitzroy Football Club

History Records Players Captains Coaches Honour roll Team of the Century Leading Goalkickers

Home grounds	Brunswick Street Oval (1897–1966) Princes Park (1967–69; 1987–93) Junction Oval (1970–84) Victoria Park (1985–86) North Hobart Oval (1952; 1991–92) Western Oval (1994–96) Bruce Stadium (1995)

Premierships (8)	1898 1899 1904 1905 1913 1916 1922 1944

Seasons (100)	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

Related articles	Brisbane Lions Fitzroy Bulldogs

Fitzroy Football Club merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1996 to form the Brisbane Lions

Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club

1911–1912: Moriarty 1913–1915: Parratt 1916–1919: Holden 1919: Melling 1920–1921: Parratt 1922–1924: Belcher 1925: Lethbridge 1926–1927: Belcher 1928: Rattray 1929: Ringrose 1929: Freake 1930–1931: Niven 1932–1933: Maher 1934: Wigraft 1934: Cashman 1935: Rowe 1936: Bunton 1937–1939: Rattray 1940–1942: Minogue 1943–1947: Hughson 1945: Hillard 1948: Cameron 1949–1951: N. Smith 1952–1954: Ruthven 1955–1957: Stephen 1956: Curcio 1958–1962: L. Smith 1961: Edwards 1963–1964: Murray 1963: Clark 1964: Williams 1965–1970: Stephen 1968: Slocum 1971–1974: Donaldson 1974: Campbell 1975–1977: Rose 1978: Campbell 1979–1980: Stephen 1981–1985: Walls 1986–1988: Parkin 1989–1990: Austin 1991–1994: Shaw 1995: Quinlan 1995: McConnell 1996: Nunan 1996: McConnell

Italics denote caretaker coach

VFL/AFL club coaches

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