David Lake (born 18 May 1964) is an Australian rules football coach who is a former coach of the Gold Coast Suns women's team in the

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(AFLW).

Early life and playing career

Lake was born in

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and grew up in Camperdown. When Camperdown won the 1968 Hampden league premiership David was one of the teams mascots and was pictured sitting in the front row. David would play his junior football in town and then when he was 16 made his senior debut for Camperdown Magpies in 1981. He was talented enough to be recruited to

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's under 19 and Reserves team in 1982. After leaving Fitzroy, Lake became a football nomad, playing for East Ringwood (1984/85/90), St Mary's in the Northern Territory and later playing at Morningside QAFL (1987-89), North Ringwood 1991, Perth and Western Suburbs SFL. His career in sales encouraged him to move around. Finally settling in

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with wife Natalie and his 5 children Rory, Josh, Sam, Jack & Eliza.

Coaching career

Lake coached local Queensland State League teams Mount Gravatt 2006-2011 (Premiers 2007) and Morningside 2014-2015 (Premiers 2014). In 2015 Lake coached the Queensland State Representative team against a Victorian Metropolitan team He successfully coached

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in the

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to win the championship. David was again in charge of PNG for the

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. The team won the title again.

AFLW

He was then appointed as an assistant coach of the newly established

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women's team in 2016 . Lake was appointed the head coach of the Gold Coast Suns women's team on 5 March 2019. The club had moderate success in the 2020 seasons, winning two matches, drawing one game and losing in an elimination final. Following a winless (0-9) season in 2021, Lake resigned as the senior coach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lake, David 1964 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)