The following is a list of coaches who have been the official coach of the Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the Victorian Football League (VFL).
VFL/AFL No. Coach C W L D W% Years 1 Alex Hall 89 37 51 1 41.57 1907–09, 1912–13 2 Eddie Drohan 18 4 14 0 22.22 1910 3 Len Incigneri 18 2 16 0 11.11 1914 4 Jack McKenzie 17 9 8 0 52.94 1915 5 George Heinz 16 0 16 0 0.00 1919 6 Gerald Brosnan 16 5 11 0 31.25 1920 7 Percy Wilson 48 16 30 2 35.42 1921–23 8 Gordon Rattray 16 4 12 0 25.00 1924 9 Albert Chadwick 58 42 15 1 73.28 1925–27 10 Ivor Warne-Smith 92 48 42 2 53.26 1928–32 11 Frank 'Checker' Hughes 258 157 99 2 61.24 1933–41, 1945–48 12 Percy Beames 48 19 29 0 39.58 1942–44 13 Allan La Fontaine 56 25 31 0 44.64 1949–51 14 Norm Smith 310 197 108 5 64.35 1952–67 15 John Beckwith 62 17 45 0 27.42 1968–70 16 Ian Ridley 66 28 37 1 43.18 1971–73 17 Bob Skilton 88 28 60 0 31.82 1974–77 18 Dennis Jones 22 5 17 0 22.73 1978 19 Carl Ditterich 44 11 33 0 25.00 1979–80 20 Ron Barassi 111 34 77 0 30.63 1981–85 21 John Northey 167 90 76 1 54.19 1986–92 22 Neil Balme 98 41 57 0 41.84 1993–97 23 Greg Hutchison 13 3 10 0 23.08 1997 24 Neale Daniher 223 108 114 1 48.65 1998–2007 25 Mark Riley 9 3 6 0 33.33 2007 26 Dean Bailey 83 22 59 2 26.51 2008–2011 27 Todd Viney 5 1 4 0 20.00 2011 28 Mark Neeld 33 5 28 0 15.15 2012–2013 29 Neil Craig 11 1 10 0 9.09 201330Paul Roos662145031.182014–201631Simon Goodwin20211190155.202017–202532Troy Chaplin303000.0202533Steven King1174063.642026– Key: C = coached, W = won, L = lost, D = drew, W% = win percentage
Statistics are correct as at the end of round 11 of the 2026 AFL home and away season.
AFL Women's Season(s) Coach Notes 2017–2025 Mick Stinear 2022 (S7) premiership coach
References Melbourne coaches at AFL Tables