Daniel Lowther (born 19 April 1977) is the coach of the

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

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team, and is a former

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er who played with

in the

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(AFL). Lowther was originally from

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, but drafted out of the

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. Geelong selected him with pick 61 in the 1995 National Draft.

Playing career

Lowther made his debut for Geelong in 1997, before making 30 of his 34 league appearances in 1998 and 1999.AFL Tables: Daniel Lowther
/ref> He was delisted by Geelong after not making a senior team appearance in the

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, but was redrafted again by Geelong with pick 71 in the 2000 AFL Draft, making his final appearance in 2001. Delisted again, Lowther joined West Adelaide in the

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in 2002, later returning to play local football in the Geelong region for

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and Portarlington.

Coaching career

Lowther joined

as an assistant coach to the VFL team (Geelong Reserves) in 2015, then in 2018 joined the AFL team as an analyst. In 2020 he joined the Geelong AFLW coaching team as an assistant coach, looking after the midfield. On 29 June 2021, Lowther was promoted to be the head coach of the

team, replacing

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* * 1977 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Geelong Football Club players Northern Knights players Diamond Creek Football Club players AFL Women's coaches Living people {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub