Bill Monaghan (born 28 August 1968) is the current coach of the

East Fremantle Football Club The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval. East Fremantle are the ...

and a former player for the

Subiaco Lions The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions and known before 1973 as the ''Maroons'', is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WA ...

and

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. He previously coached West Perth from 2009 until 2018. He played 204 games for Subiaco and Peel, captained Peel, and represented

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at fullback. He coached the Lions reserves to premierships in 2003 and 2005, and was an assistant coach under

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during the Lions' 2004 and 2006 premierships. When German stepped down in 2006, both German and most senior players favoured Monaghan to take over as senior coach, but the club board instead chose

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. In 2007 and 2008, Monaghan joined the

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in a development role. He was appointed senior coach of West Perth for 2009, taking the team to the finals in his first year. Days after leading West Perth to the 2018 WAFL Grand Final, which they lost to Subiaco, Monaghan was sacked as West Perth's coach. He then took the vacant head coaching position at

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References

* Lewis, Ross (3 April 2009), "A bit of seasoning proved right recipe", ''

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