The Footy Coach Podcast

Guy Morphett is the current assistant coach with the VFL Geelong Cats which he is done since 2020. Prior this he spent 6 years coaching local footy with Euroa, Yay and Leopold Football Clubs. He also played over 200 games of local footy for Euroa in the Goulburn Valley league.  During this episode we discuss what prepared him best to make the transition of coaching local footy to coaching in the V...

Jimmy House is an assistant coach with the Sandringham Football club in the VFL competition. He has previous coached at community level and throughout this chat we discuss his coaching journey and the key learning's along the way. Other discussion points are his key principals for better and more consistent football, common coaching mistakes, AFL coach he admires, myths and mistakes in training, f...

Find out the 4 basic steps to develop your teams culture! Building your teams culture is so crucial to the success of your team and club. Great culture promotes such things as excellence in performance, enjoyment and an inclusive environment for all to take part. Many of the great football clubs we admire at AFL level to community level have great culture and they work at it consistently! In this...

Michael Barlow played 141 games for the Fremantle Dockers and Gold Coast Football Clubs. Mick is now the head coach at the Werribee Football Club where he was drafted as a player back in 2010. In this episode we cover a whole range of topics from his playing days and how he approached entereing into the AFL. Key principals for better and more consistant performance, myths and mistakes in training,...

Richie Vandenberg played 145 games for the Hawthorn Fc and was captain between 2005-07. In this episode we cover a whole range of topics from advice he would give to a captain, what his junior coaches did well with him, Clarko and what makes him a great coach, myths and mistakes in training, a player who exceeded expectations and plenty more! Enjoy

Steve Symonds is the current AFLW coach for the Collingwood Fc. He has come from 15-20 years coaching at state level in south australia and local coaching prior to that. In this episode we discuss his journey and key learnings along the way. Training, coaching mistakes and the explosion of womens footy among many things. Enjoy!

Ted Richards is an All Australian defender and Premiership player with the mighty Sydney Swans. He played 261 games for Sydney and Essendon Football Clubs where his career in the AFL began. This episode, we discuss the contrast between when he was 20 and at Essendon struggling to keep his spot in the team to when he was 30 and achieved a premiership medallion. There is plenty of great insights int...

Matthew Allan played 161 games for the Carlton and Essendon Football clubs. He is a best and fairest winner, All Australian and one to the best ruckman in his era. During this episode we cover his footy days as a junior and what helped him progress through the ranks, how he prepared for games and the training he did. We discuss coaches he played under (Parkin and Sheedy to name a couple..) and his...

Rhett McLennan is the current Gippsland Power coach which features in the elite U18 state competition in Victoria. In this episode we discuss the building blocks for coaching talented juniors, key principals for better and more consistant performance, myths and mistakes in training, his favourite drills and plenty more!! Enjoy

Shane Woewodin won the brownlow medal in 2000. He played 200 games, 2 grand final appearances and has gone onto be an AFL assistant coach and senior coach in WAFL. In this episode we discuss midfield craft and what it takes to be a successful midfielder. What junior coaches did well with him growing up, key principals for better and more consistent, common coaching mistakes, myths and mistakes in...

Mathew Stokes is a 2 time premiership player with the mighty Geelong Cats in 2007 and 2011. He played 200 games and kicked over 200 goals. In this episode we discuss small forwards and how to execute that role well. A player he saw who exceeded expectations, myths and mistakes in training, Bomber Thompson and Chris Scott and what made them great coaches and plenty more! Enjoy

Paul Dimattina played 131 games for the mighty Western (Footscray) Bulldogs between 1995 and 2003. He has gone onto coaching local footy with Bentleigh Fc and a number of junior footy teams. This episode we cover a whole range of things including key principals of better and more consistent footy, coaching mistakes, a player he felt exceeded expectations (title of this episode gives a clue..), myt...

Dennis Armfield played 145 games for the Carlton Football Club and kicked 75 goals. He was drafted as a mature age player at nearly 21 years old having played rugby union until he was 17. In this episode Dennis shares how he transitioned football codes and made it to the elite AFL level. We discuss the coaches he played under including Brett Ratten, Mick Malthouse and what made them a great coach....

Travis Agg is the coaching director at the South Barwon Football Club. In this local legend series episode we discuss the the ins and out of coaching local footy, how some of the best local coaches he has worked with went about it (Dale Amos to name one), myths and mistakes in training, common coaching mistakes and couple insights on Tom Stewart and his journey from playing for South Barwon to bee...

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Josh Fraser was the number 1 draft pick in the 1999 draft where we played over 200 games for the Collingwood Football Club and the Gold Coast Suns. Since 2014 he has been a coach in the AFL with the Gold Coast Suns and moved to the Carlton Football Club in 2016 to be a development coach and is the current coach of the Northern Bullants Fc. This episode we cover a lot of ground including his junior...

John Buchanan was the head coach of the Australian Cricket team during its most dominant era which included world record 16 test wins in a row, 21 ODI wins in a row, 2 world cup victories and a 70% winning percentage across all forms of cricket. In this episode we dive into his key principals for better and more consistant performance, what made Steve Waugh and Ricky Pointing great leaders and pla...

Another installment of our local legend series brings us Rob Popplestone. ‘Poppy’ played the majority of his local footy with the Traralgon Football Club in Gippsland followed by a stint in the SANFL. We discuss what it was like in the 80’s playing lcoal footy, the atmosphere, bringing the towns together for game day and how he went about it. There is a strong link to SA footy and his experience t...

John Quinn was Essendon Fc high performance manager between 1998-2008 (which included the 2000 premiership). He has since been the Sports and Science Manager at GWS, the director of GWS academy, he is a clinical exercise physiologist and a current track and field coach with olympic athletes. He was also an olympic track and field coach at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In this episode we discuss: - pre...

This weeks guest is not the usual footy guest we get on here, but he has had a huge impact on footy. He has hosted a number of high profile shows including Footy Classified and The Footy Show, owner of SEN radio, CEO of croc media and more! We recorded this episode a while back as part of my Leadership and High Performing Teams business podcast. I chat with him about how he goes about it, how he m...

Brendon Lade is a Premiership player, 2x All Australian and best and fairest winner at the Port Adelaide Football Club. He has been an AFL assistant coach at Richmond Fc, Port Adelaide Fc and St Kilda Fc where he currently is the forward line and team offence coach. Throughout this episode we dive into his coaching principals, insights into training, how his team brought down the mighty lions in 2...

Paul Barnard was a part of the 2000 bomber team that is regarded by many as having the greatest single season of any AFL team. A season average winning margin of 51 points, 24 wins, only 1 loss and a ten goal winning grand final margin saw this team reached heights not seen before or since. Paul Barnard kicked 4 goals for the bombers in the grand final. This episode we dive deep into that great te...

Jared Rivers played 194 games of AFL football for both Melbourne (03-12) and Geelong Fc (13-15). In 2004, he was the AFL rising star winner. Post football he was an assistant coach at Collingwood Fc and coached their VFL side between 2017-2019. In 2020, he was an assistant coach at North Melbourne before moving on to be the Head Coach at Collegians Fc in the VAFA. In this episode, we get great ins...

Craig McRae played during the Brisbane Lions 3-peat and was an assistant coach during the recent Richmond Tigers dynasty of 3 premierships in 4 years. During this chat, we dissect the similarities between both teams, what made them great and who he thinks was the better team! With 195 games and 232 goals as a player and 14 years coaching in the AFL system, there is a huge amount of takeaways, insi...

Paul Roos in an AFL legend, with a playing and coaching career not matched by many. His playing accolades include 7x All Australians, 5x Best and Fairest for Fitzroy, Fitzroy Team of the Century and the Leigh Mathews MVP award in 1986. As a Coach, he broke a 72 year flag drought by coaching the Swans to the Premiership in 2005, which he then followed up with a Grand Final appearance in 2006. He al...