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Senior Coach: Mark Thompson

Playing Career
Essendon: 202 games, 50 gls

Coaching Career
Geelong: Senior Coach 2000-09
Nth Melb: Asst Coach 1999
Essendon: Asst Coach 1996-98

Mark Thompson will forever be known as the coach that ended the Cats 44 year premiership drought. In leading Geelong to the 2007 premiership, Thompson entered the record books as just the seventh man to both captain and coach premiership teams.

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Assistant Coaches

Ken Hinkley

Playing Career
Fitzroy: 11 games, 21 goals
Geelong: 121 games, 58 goals

Coaching Career
Geelong: Asst Coach 2004-09
Bell Park: Coach 2002-03
St Kilda: Asst Coach 2001
Camperdown: Coach 1999-2000
Mortlake: Coach 1996-98

The 2008 season marked Ken’s fifth as an assistant coach with the Cats and saw him help the club to a fifth grand final as player or coach. The season marked Ken’s 12th overall at Skilled Stadium, having played 121 games in seven years with the club. He was a key member of the drought breaking coaching staff that landed the 2007 flag.

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Nigel Lappin

Playing Career
Brisbane: 279 games, 174 goals

Coaching Career
Geelong: Asst Coach 2009

Nigel steps straight from the field to the coaching box as he enters his first foray into coaching.

Lappin was named as an assistant coach with the Cats in October 2008 just weeks after the Brisbane Lions paid tribute to an outstanding playing career.

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Brendan McCartney

Playing Career
Newtown: 87 games

Coaching Career
Geelong: Asst Coach 2000-09
Richmond: Asst Coach 1998-99
Ocean Grove: Snr Coach 1993-97
Newtown: Reserves Coach 1990

The 2008 season marked Brendan’s ninth as an assistant coach with the Cats and saw him reach the grand final for the second straight year. He is the longest tenured assistant coach on the Cats match committee and was key member of the 2007 premiership success.

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Brenton Sanderson

Playing Career
Adelaide: 6 games, 4 goals
Collingwood: 4 games, 1 goal
Geelong: 199 games, 29 goals

Coaching Career
Geelong: Asst Coach 2007-09
Port Adel: Asst Coach 2006

The 2008 season marked Brenton’s second as an assistant coach with the Cats as Geelong returned to the grand final. The season also marked his 13th campaign at Skilled Stadium, where he spent 11 years and 199 games as a player.

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VFL Coach: Dale Amos

Playing career
St Arnaud: 36 games
South Barwon: 216 games
St Kilda VFL: 12 games

Coaching career
Geelong: VFL coach 2009
South Barwon: coach 2004-08

Dale Amos will guide Geelong’s VFL unit for the first time in 2009. He comes with an impressive coaching background and will be well suited to working with the Cats up and coming players.

Amos led South Barwon to a hat-trick of GFL premierships (2005-2007) and saw his team win 77% of their matches in his five years at the helm (2004-2008). He was named GFL coach of the year in 2006.

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