Coach of the Year Winners

Senior Men’s

The VAFA Senior Coach of the Year has been awarded since 1992 to the coach adjudged the competition’s best throughout any of the seven senior sections. In 2016, the VAFA broke up the sections and awarded both a Premier and Divisions Coach of the Year.

Year	Name	Club	Section
2023
2022	Anthony Lynch	St Kevin’s OB	Premier
2021	No awards due to COVID-19
2020	No awards due to COVID-19
2019	Mat Montebello (Premier)	Williamstown CYMS	Premier C
2019	Ash Naulty (Divisions)	Aquinas OCFC	Division 3
2018	Nick Bourke (Premier)*	Old Geelong	Premier C
2018	Brendan Payne (Divisions)	UHS-VU	Division 2
2017	Greg Hutchison (Premier)	Old Brighton	Premier B
2017	Dane Pound (Divisions)	PEGS	Division 1
2016	Nathan Brown (Premier)*	Old Melburnians	William Buck Premier
2016	George Wakim (Divisions)	Preston Bullants	Division 2
2015	Angus Hamilton	West Brunswick	Division 3
2014	George Wakim	Northern Blues	Division 3
2013	Ian Aitken	Kew	Division 3
2012	Mark Hibbins & Simon Arnott	Collegians	Premier
2011
2010	Trevor Rowe	Old Carey	Premier B
2009	David Gately	Oakleigh*	Premier C
2008	Luke Beveridge	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers	A
2007	Luke Beveridge	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers	B
2006
2005
2004	John Kanis	University Blues	A
2003	Graham Burgen	Fitzroy Reds*	Division 2
2002	Tim Kilworth	Yarra Valley OB	Division 2
2001	Garry Foulds	St Bernard’s	A
2000	Tim O’Shaughnessy	Old Xaverians	A
1999	Tim O’Shaughnessy	Old Xaverians	A
1998	Tony Paatsch	Marcellin	B
1997	Nick Bourke	Old Xaverians	A
1996	Mark Flack	St Leos Emmaus Wattle Park*	D
1995	Kevin McLean	Old Ivanhoe	C
1994	Leigh Carlson	Collegians	A
1993	Bernie Dunn	De La Salle	A

Senior Women’s

The VAFA Women’s Coach of the Year was first awarded in 2017 with Marcellin’s Tom Stafford taking inaugural honours.

Year	Name	Club	Section
2022	Jess Burger	Kew	Premier
2021	No awards due to COVID-19
2020	No awards due to COVID-19
2019	Michael Wines (Premier)	Yarra Old Grammarians	Premier C
2019	Gareth Henderson (Divisions)	Therry Penola	Division 2
2018	Damian Sutherland	St Mary’s Salesian	Premier B Blue
2017	Tom Stafford	Marcellin	William Buck Premier

Under 19’s

Year	Name	Club	Section
2020	No awards due to COVID-19
2019	Mark Gnatt	Old Scotch	U19 Premier
2018	Craig Glennie	Aquinas	U19 Section 5
2017	Paul Deegan	Mazenod	U19 Section 4
2016	Tom Purcell & James Kennedy	St Kevin’s	U19 Premier
2015	Marcus Butera	UHS-VU	U18/Colts
2014	Rocky Iannello	St Bernards	U19 Premier
2013	Steve D’Andrea	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers	U19 Premier
2012	Michael Brown	De La Salle	U19 Premier
2011	Tom Maule	Old Xaverians	U19 Premier
2010	Jon Edgar	De La Salle	U19 Premier
2009	Anthony Quon	Hampton Rovers	U19
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004	Tom Bell	Fitzroy Reds
2003	David Law	St Bernards
2002	Michael Sigalas	Old Camberwell
2001	Shane O’Connor	Mentone AFC
2000	Paul O’Shannessy	St Kevins OB
1999	Pat Hawkins	Old Xaverians
1998	Pat Hawkins	Old Xaverians
1997	Brian Bourke	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers
1996	Owen Hourigan	St Kevins OB
1995	Steven Carroll	University Blues
1994	Neville James	Collegians
1993	Steven Carroll	University Blues
1992	John Simpson	Banyule	U19s