Stephen Symonds
| Stephen Symonds | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2016–2019 | Norwood | ||
| 2020– | Collingwood | 7 (4–3–0) | |
|
3 Coaching statistics correct as of the 2020 season. | |||
Stephen Symonds is an Australian rules football coach who is the current head coach of the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Coaching career
Norwood
Symonds was recruited by Norwood in 2016 to establish its inaugural women’s program. He oversaw one of the leading female football programs in South Australia, leading the team to two grand finals and a premiership in 2017.[1] He received South Australia’s Team Coach of the Year award in 2017.
AFL Women's
Symonds was appointed coach by Collingwood in the AFLW in June 2019. Symonds was chosen from a strong field of candidates that was believed to include former Adelaide AFLW coach Bec Goddard and Richmond AFL coach Danny Frawley.[2]
Coaching statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Wins | L | Losses | D | Draws | W% | Winning percentage | LP | Ladder position | LT | League teams | ||
| Season | Team | Games | W | L | D | W % | LP | LT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Template:AFLW Col | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | 4th (conf. B) |
14 (7 per conf.) |
| Career totals | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | |||
References
- ^ "AFLW: Symonds to coach Pies". Collingwood FC. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Interstate raid lands new Pies AFLW coach". SBS News. 5 June 2019.