| Don Pyke | |||
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 Pyke in April 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Donald Lachlan Pyke | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. | ||
| Original team(s) | Belconnen | ||
| Draft | No. 2, 1988 pre-draft selection | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1987–1996 | ‹See Tfd›Claremont | 63 (90) | |
| 1989–1996 | West Coast | 132 (70) | |
| Total | 195 (160) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1999–2000 | ‹See Tfd›Claremont (WAFL) | 39 (23–16–0) | |
| 2016–2019 | Adelaide (AFL) | 93 (56–36–1) | |
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3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 23, 2019. | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Donald Lachlan Pyke (born 5 December 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who is the CEO of the West Coast Eagles having previously been an assistant coach at the Sydney Swans.[1] He was formerly the senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).[2] He played for the West Coast Eagles from 1989 to 1996.
Pyke was the first United States born (but not US Citizen) player in the Australian Football League and has played the most games of an American born player in the history of the league with 132 games and is 2nd on Goals with 97 goals to Mason Cox (120 Goals and Counting). Pyke was recruited by the Claremont Football Club for the 1987 WAFL season, playing in a premiership in his first season and winning the club's best and fairest award in his second season. This led to his recruitment by West Coast, who selected him prior to the 1988 National Draft. Pyke spent eight seasons at the club, playing in premiership sides in both 1992 and 1994, and sharing the Club Champion Award with Glen Jakovich in 1993.
After retiring from playing, Pyke was the senior coach of Claremont from 1999 to 2000. He became served as an assistant coach at Adelaide in 2005 and 2006, and later rejoined West Coast as a strategy coach at the end of the 2013 AFL season, under Adam Simpson. He was appointed senior coach of Adelaide in October 2015, replacing Phil Walsh. He coached the team to the 2017 AFL Grand Final, in which they were defeated by Richmond.
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