Paul Hood is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He was the inaugural senior coach of the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
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.jpg) Hood in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Original team(s) | Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2019–2021 | Geelong (W) | 22 (6–16–0) | |
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3 Coaching statistics correct as of the 2021 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Hood played for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup as a junior. He won the 1995 Morrish Medal as the best and fairest player in the competition, receiving 26 votes.[1] Hood went on to represent North Ballarat Football Club and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and St Joseph's Football Club in the Geelong Football League.[2]
He returned to the Falcons in 2010 as their coach and became Geelong's VFL coach for 2015.[3] In 2016, he became the club's player development manager[4] and visited Elcho Island to scout potential players.[5] Hood was named coach of Geelong's new VFL Women's side for 2017 and oversaw the team through their transfer to the AFLW competition in 2019.[3][6] In May 2021, after winning only one match in the 2021 AFL Women's season, Hood resigned from his position as head coach of Geelong.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Morrish Medal". taccup.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Cats unveil AFLW coach for 2019". AFL.com.au. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b Black, Sarah (8 January 2019). "For Cats, good things come to those who wait". womens.afl. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Wade, Nick (16 October 2016). "VFL Women's league: Paul Hood to coach Geelong's VFL women's side in 2017". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Daly, Nadia (24 August 2016). "Geelong Cats on the prowl in NT for next generation of AFL stars". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Cats name AFLW coach". The Women's Game. 23 February 2018.
- ^ Black, Sarah (10 May 2021). "Cats coach steps down in wake of one-win season". AFL Women's. Telstra.
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