AFL Coaches Association awards

The AFL Coaches Association awards are a group of awards which have been presented annually since 2003, mainly to players and coaches in the Australian Football League (AFL), voted for by all AFL coaches.

Awards

Champion Player of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. Each week, the senior coach of each AFL club gives five votes to the player they consider to be best on ground in the game their team plays in, four to the second-best, and so on to one for the fifth-best. The player with the most votes at the end of the year wins. The award has different rules to many "best and fairest" awards, as player suspensions are disregarded. Gary Ablett, Jr. has won the award three times, the most by any player.

Winners

Year	Player	Club
2003	Buckley, NathanNathan Buckley	Collingwood
2004	Tredrea, WarrenWarren Tredrea	Port Adelaide
2005	Hall, BarryBarry Hall	Sydney
2006	Goodwin, SimonSimon Goodwin	Adelaide
2006	Goodes, AdamAdam Goodes	Sydney
2007	Ablett, Jr., GaryGary Ablett, Jr.	Geelong
2008	Ablett, Jr., GaryGary Ablett, Jr.	Geelong
2009	Ablett, Jr., GaryGary Ablett, Jr.	Geelong
2010	Swan, DaneDane Swan	Collingwood
2011	Murphy, MarcMarc Murphy	Carlton
2012	Cotchin, TrentTrent Cotchin	Richmond
2013	Pendlebury, ScottScott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2014	Gray, RobbieRobbie Gray	Port Adelaide
2015	Hannebery, DanielDaniel Hannebery^[1]	Sydney
2016	Dangerfield, PatrickPatrick Dangerfield^[2]	Geelong

Gary Ayres Award

Awarded since 2016. Each week during the finals series, the senior coach of each competing AFL club gives five votes to the player they consider to be best on ground in the game their team plays in, four to the second-best, and so on to one for the fifth-best. The player with the most votes at the end of the finals series wins.

Winners

Year	Player	Club
2016	Kennedy, JoshJosh Kennedy^[3]	Sydney

Best Young Player of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. Unlike some other "best young player" awards, there is no age or game limit. Voted for by all AFL coaches.

Winners

Year	Player	Club
2003	Judd, ChrisChris Judd	West Coast
2004	Wells, DanielDaniel Wells	Kangaroos
2005	Cooney, AdamAdam Cooney	Western Bulldogs
2006	Griffen, RyanRyan Griffen	Western Bulldogs
2007	Pendlebury, ScottScott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2008	Selwood, JoelJoel Selwood	Geelong
2009	Rioli, CyrilCyril Rioli	Hawthorn
2010	Hill, StephenStephen Hill	Fremantle
2011	Fyfe, NathanNathan Fyfe	Fremantle
2012	Heppell, DysonDyson Heppell	Essendon
2013	Cameron, JeremyJeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney
2014	O'Meara, JaegerJaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast
2015	Bontempelli, MarcusMarcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs
2016	Heeney, IsaacIsaac Heeney	Sydney

Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. At the end of the season, all AFL coaches give three votes to the senior coach they adjudge to have performed the best over that season, two to the second-best, and one to the third-best. The coach with the most votes wins. Luke Beveridge, John Longmire, John Worsfold and Mark Thompson are the only coaches to have won the award more than once, with two each.

Winners

Year	Coach	Club
2003	Roos, PaulPaul Roos	Sydney
2004	Williams, MarkMark Williams	Port Adelaide
2005	Craig, NeilNeil Craig	Adelaide
2006	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	West Coast
2007	Thompson, MarkMark Thompson	Geelong
2008	Thompson, MarkMark Thompson	Geelong
2009	Lyon, RossRoss Lyon	St Kilda
2010	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Collingwood
2011	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	West Coast
2012	Longmire, JohnJohn Longmire	Sydney
2013	Hinkley, KenKen Hinkley	Port Adelaide
2014	Longmire, JohnJohn Longmire	Sydney
2015	Beveridge, LukeLuke Beveridge^[4]	Western Bulldogs
2016	Beveridge, LukeLuke Beveridge	Western Bulldogs

Assistant Coach of the Year Award

Awarded annually since 2003. At the end of the season, all AFL coaches and players rate their club's assistant coaches out of ten, with ten being the highest score. Assistant coaches' scores are then averaged, and the coach with the highest score wins.

Winners

Year	Coach	Club
2003	Craig, NeilNeil Craig	Adelaide
2004	Walsh, PhilPhil Walsh	Port Adelaide
2005	Wiley, RobertRobert Wiley	West Coast
2006	Longmire, JohnJohn Longmire	Sydney
2007	Micale, TonyTony Micale	West Coast
2008	Elshaug, TonyTony Elshaug	St Kilda
2009	Riley, MarkMark Riley	Carlton
2010	McCartney, BrendanBrendan McCartney^[5]	Geelong
2011	Crocker, DarrenDarren Crocker	North Melbourne
2012	Sumich, PeterPeter Sumich	Fremantle
2013	Harvey, RobertRobert Harvey	Collingwood
2014	Montgomery, BrettBrett Montgomery	Western Bulldogs
2015	Kingsley, AdamAdam Kingsley	St Kilda
2016	Dew, StuartStuart Dew	Sydney

Lifetime Achievement Award

Awarded annually since 2003. In recognition of "an individual who has made an outstanding contribution" to Australian rules football.

Winners

Year	Winner
2003	Bunton, Jr., HaydnHaydn Bunton, Jr.
2004	Kerley, NeilNeil Kerley
2005	Todd, JohnJohn Todd
2006	Grant, JohnJohn Grant
2007	Miller, WallyWally Miller
2008	Ridley, IanIan Ridley
2009	Reid, BruceBruce Reid
2009	Reynolds, IanIan Reynolds
2010	Downs, BarrieBarrie Downs
2011	Ebert, RussellRussell Ebert
2011	Walsh, GeoffGeoff Walsh
2012	Beveridge, JohnJohn Beveridge
2013	Stone, GeorgeGeorge Stone
2014	Daniher, NealeNeale Daniher
2015	Wheadon, DavidDavid Wheadon
2016	Williams, MarkMark Williams

Coaching Legend Award

Awarded annually since 2009. Awarded to a former VFL/AFL coach who has achieved "significant achievement and success".

Winners

Year	Coach	Club/s
2009	Kennedy, Sr., JohnJohn Kennedy, Sr.	Hawthorn/North Melbourne
2010	Barrassi, RonRon Barrassi	Carlton/North Melbourne/Melbourne/Sydney
2011	Hafey, TomTom Hafey	Richmond/Collingwood/Geelong/Sydney
2012	Parkin, DavidDavid Parkin	Hawthorn/Carlton/Fitzroy
2013	McHale, JockJock McHale	Collingwood
2013	Matthews, LeighLeigh Matthews	Collingwood/Brisbane Lions
2014	Sheedy, KevinKevin Sheedy	Essendon/Greater Western Sydney
2015	Jeans, AllanAllan Jeans	St Kilda/Hawthorn/Richmond
2016	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Footscray/West Coast/Collingwood/Carlton

Media Award

Awarded annually since 2009. Awarded to an individual who displays "respected and insightful coverage of AFL football at the professional level". All AFL coaches can nominate an individual.

Winners

Year	Winner
2009	Baum, GregGreg Baum
2010	Harford, DanielDaniel Harford
2011	Lane, SamanthaSamantha Lane
2012	Niall, JakeJake Niall
2013	Timms, DarylDaryl Timms
2014	Whateley, GerardGerard Whateley
2015	Whateley, GerardGerard Whateley

Career & Education Award

Awarded annually since 2014. Awarded to an AFL coach who has "shown exceptional commitment to their professional development".

Winners

Year	Coach	Club
2014	King, StevenSteven King	Western Bulldogs
2015	Hudson, PaulPaul Hudson	St Kilda
2016	McQualter, AndrewAndrew McQualter	Richmond
2016	Sexton, DannyDanny Sexton	St Kilda

All-Australian team

Awarded annually since 2015. In each position on the field (decided by analysts), the highest-scoring player from the Champion Player of the Year Award voting is chosen.

2015 team

2015 AFL Coaches Association All-Australian team^[6]
Name	Position	Club
Easton Wood	Tall/medium defender	Western Bulldogs
Alex Rance	Tall defender	Richmond
Zach Tuohy	Small defender	Carlton
Robert Murphy	Medium defender	Western Bulldogs
Cale Hooker	Tall defender	Essendon
Jarrad McVeigh	Medium defender	Sydney
Todd Goldstein	Ruckman	North Melbourne
Daniel Hannebery	Inside/outside midfielder	Sydney
Nathan Fyfe	Inside midfielder	Fremantle
Josh P. Kennedy	Inside midfielder	Sydney
Matt Priddis	Inside midfielder	West Coast
Andrew Gaff	Inside/outside midfielder	West Coast
Patrick Dangerfield	Inside/outside midfielder	Adelaide
Jake Stringer	Key forward	Western Bulldogs
Brett Deledio	High half-forward	Richmond
Chad Wingard	Small forward	Port Adelaide
Josh J. Kennedy	Key forward	West Coast
Jack Gunston	Tall/medium forward	Hawthorn
David Mundy	Interchange inside midfielder	Fremantle
Scott Pendlebury (captain)	Interchange inside/outside midfielder	Collingwood
Bernie Vince	Interchange inside/outside midfielder	Melbourne
Nic Naitanui	Interchange ruckman	West Coast

External links

AFL Coaches Association awards homepage

References

↑ Laughton, Max (8 September 2015). "Sydney's Dan Hannebery wins AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year Award over Nat Fyfe". Fox Footy. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
↑ Schmook, Nathan (29 August 2016). "Superstar Cat wins AFLCA award with record haul". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
↑ Laughton, Max (3 October 2016). "Swan Josh Kennedy inaugural winner of Gary Ayres Award for best finals player, Grand Final coaches votes". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Beveridge wins AFL coaches award". SBS. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
↑ Edmund, Sam (13 October 2010). "Cats assistant coach Brendan McCartney moves to Essendon". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
↑ "Coaches shock with revolutionary AA team". AFL. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016.

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