Nick Rutley is an
Australian rules football coach who currently serves as the lead assistant coach of the
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...
in the
AFL Women's
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the league ...
competition (AFLW).
Coaching career
Rutley's coaching career began in earnest in 2014 with a development coaching role at the
Casey Scorpions
The Casey Football Club, nicknamed the "Demons" and formerly the "Scorpions", is an Australian rules football club based in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club, which was known until 2005 as the Springvale Football Club and the Casey Scorpions ...
. He later moved on to the same role at the
Box Hill Hawks in 2015. In 2016 Rutley served as the midfield assistant at the
Calder Cannons
The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the NAB League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was forme ...
in the
TAC Cup
The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vict ...
.
In October 2016 Rutley was appointed as the head coach of the
Wandin Football Coach in the
Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League.
He also holds a level two AFL coaching accreditation.
AFL Women's
Rutley was appointed to the assistant coaching panel of 's AFL Women's side in October 2017.
He served in the role in round 1 of the 2018 season before illness forced head coach
Damien Keeping
Damien Keeping is an Australian rules football coach who served as the head coach of the Carlton Football Club in its first two seasons in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW), from 2017 to 2018.
Coaching career Beginnings
After coaching junior ...
to temporarily stand aside and Rutley to be appointed caretaker for the club's round 2 match against . He coached to the team to a 21-point win in that match at
Drummoyne Oval
Drummoyne Oval is a multi-use sports ground in the Sydney inner-west suburb of Drummoyne, New South Wales. The ground has been used for international women's cricket matches, domestic men's cricket matches and first grade rugby league as well as ...
in
Sydney. Rutley coached the team in round 3 as well before Keeping returned in round 4. Rutley recorded one win and one loss during his time as interim coach.
Coaching statistics
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^''Rutley was Carlton's caretaker coach for two weeks during 2018.''
References
External links
Nick Rutley's profilefrom AustralianFootball.com
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Living people
AFL Women's coaches
1984 births