Stuart Dew (born 18 August 1979) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). As a player he played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and

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in the Australian Football League. Dew was acknowledged as being a long penetrating left foot kick of the football.

Playing career

Port Adelaide (1997–2006)

Dew made his debut with the Port Adelaide in

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, their inaugural year in the AFL. But it was not until the

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season that he received regular selection. Dew became an important player for the Power as evidenced during the 2004 season when he kicked 31 goals and was a part of the club's premiership win. The 2005 season saw Dew play a running half-back role and played in all 24 games. On 6 November 2006, Dew announced his retirement from the AFL.Dew hangs up superboots
''The Adelaide Advertiser,'' 6 November 2006.

Hawthorn (2008–2009)

Despite not playing football at any level during 2007, Dew announced his intentions to come out of retirement to play a final year with Central Districts. However,

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, his former assistant coach at Port Adelaide and now head coach at Hawthorn encouraged him to nominate for the 2007 AFL National Draft, where he was selected by

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with its third round selection (No. 45 overall). He debuted for Hawthorn against Melbourne in round 1, 2008, and injured his hamstring in his second match against Fremantle. He missed some games later in the year by injuring his hamstring again but was fit and playing well by the time of the finals. Stuart repaid the faith shown in him with a brilliant burst in the Grand Final when the result was still in the balance in the third quarter, kicking two goals and setting up two others. A series of soft tissues injuries restricted Dew to 11 games in 2009 and he announced his retirement from AFL at the end of the 2009 season.

Coaching career

Sydney Swans assistant coach (2010–2017)

After retiring as a player, Dew, accepted a position with the Sydney Swans as an assistant coach in 2010. He remained with Sydney until 4 October 2017.

Gold Coast Suns senior coach (2017–present)

Dew was announced as the senior coach of Gold Coast Suns on 4 October 2017. Dew replaced Gold Coast Suns caretaker senior coach

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, who replaced

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during the 2017 season with three games left to go after Eade stepped down, when told he would not receive a contract renewal as senior coach. In Dew’s first season as senior coach In the 2018 season, the Suns did not see improved results with on-field performance with a 17th finish on the ladder with four wins and 18 losses. In the 2019 season, the club's ladder position further deteriorated to finish in last place for the

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with three wins and 19 losses. In the 2020 season, the Suns improved to finish in 14th place on the ladder with five wins, one draw and 11 losses. The 2021 season saw the Suns finish 16th on the ladder.

Statistics

Playing statistics

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, , , , 17 , 13 , , 20 , , 9 , , 123 , , 41 , , 164 , , 37 , , 12 , , 1.5 , , 0.7 , , 9.5 , , 3.2 , , 12.6 , , 2.8 , , 0.9 , , 3 , - style=background:#EAEAEA , 2001 , , , , 17 , 24 , , 44 , , 19 , , 231 , , 89 , , 320 , , 61 , , 24 , , 1.8 , , 0.8 , , 9.6 , , 3.7 , , 13.3 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , 8 , - , 2002 , , , , 17 , 23 , , 51 , , 24 , , 199 , , 75 , , 274 , , 49 , , 43 , , 2.2 , , 1.0 , , 8.7 , , 3.3 , , 11.9 , , 2.1 , , 1.9 , , 5 , - style=background:#EAEAEA , 2003 , , , , 17 , 15 , , 23 , , 17 , , 123 , , 32 , , 155 , , 33 , , 30 , , 1.5 , , 1.1 , , 8.2 , , 2.1 , , 10.3 , , 2.2 , , 2.0 , , 0 , - , bgcolor=F0E68C , 2004^# , , , , 17 , 22 , , 31 , , 21 , , 149 , , 79 , , 228 , , 49 , , 32 , , 1.4 , , 1.0 , , 6.8 , , 3.6 , , 10.4 , , 2.2 , , 1.5 , , 0 , - style=background:#EAEAEA , 2005 , , , , 17 , 24 , , 19 , , 14 , , 291 , , 138 , , 429 , , 91 , , 58 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , 12.1 , , 5.8 , , 17.9 , , 3.8 , , 2.4 , , 6 , - , 2006 , , , , 17 , 20 , , 18 , , 17 , , 192 , , 90 , , 282 , , 71 , , 46 , , 0.9 , , 0.9 , , 9.6 , , 4.5 , , 14.1 , , 3.6 , , 2.3 , , 1 , - style=background:#EAEAEA , bgcolor=F0E68C ,

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Coaching statistics

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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, , , 22 , , 10 , , 12 , , 0 , , 45.5% , , 12 , , 18 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2, Career totals ! 105 !! 29 !! 75 !! 1 !! 27.6% ! colspan=2,

Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player (): 2004 * AFL premiership player ():

* 3× Minor premiership (): 2002, 2003, 2004 * SANFL premiership player ():

Individual * Port Adelaide leading goalkicker: 2002 * AFL Rising Star nominee:

Personal life

Dew is married to former ''

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'' presenter

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and they have two children.Weather almost ruins weather presenter Sarah Cumming's wedding to Stuart Dew
''(The Daily Telegraph)'' 23 December 2013

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dew, Stuart Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club Premiership players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players 1979 births Living people Central District Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Adelaide Gold Coast Suns coaches Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players