List of West Coast Eagles coaches

Male football coach walking
Male football coach walking
Adam Simpson (former AFL coach) and Daniel Pratt (former WAFL coach)

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team from Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1986, and had its first season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following year. The VFL was renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990 due to it being a national competition.[1][2] Since entering the AFL, the West Coast Eagles have had seven senior coaches, as well as Jaymie Graham, who filled in for Adam Simpson for one game, and Jarrad Schofield, who was caretaker coach for the rest of the season (7 rounds) after Adam Simpson was sacked during the 2024 AFL season. As of the 30th of September 2025, Andrew McQualter is the new coach, making him the 7th official coach in the Club's history.[3][4]

In 2019, the West Coast Eagles joined the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) for the first time. They were forced to withdraw from that league in 2020 due to the AFL creating a rule that AFL-listed players cannot play in any state-based leagues, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] West Coast have since rejoined the WAFL in 2021.[6] West Coast's WAFL team has had two senior coaches.

In 2020, the West Coast Eagles joined the AFL Women's.[7] West Coast's AFLW team has had three senior coaches.

To qualify for this list, a coach must have coached the club in any regular season match or finals match. Pre-season matches, exhibition matches and other types of matches are not included.

  1. ^ "Brief history of the West Coast Eagles Football Club". AFL.com.au. 4 April 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ Thomas, Clint (14 March 2019). "How the West Coast Eagles went from the brink of collapse to financial powerhouse". ABC News. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ "West Coast Coaches Win–loss records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ Black, Sarah (April 2018). "Coach out of Dogs clash after daughter's illness". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Club statement: WAFL team update". West Coast Eagles. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ Townsend, John (17 December 2020). "WAFL fixtures: Easter start for 2021 season Eagles are back but licence fee still undecided". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. ^ Sakkal, Paul (20 December 2018). "Tigers, Saints, Suns and Eagles confirmed for AFLW in 2020". The Age. Retrieved 1 July 2021.