Wayne Siekman is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

coach who was the head coach of the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ...

competition (AFLW) between 2017 and 2019.

Coaching career

Beginnings

Siekman's coaching career began in earnest with two years as the Chelsea Football Club's Under 18 coach. His first major coaching appointment came when he joined the

Dandenong Stingrays The Dandenong Southern Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regional Ma ...

as a development coach in 2006. He served at the

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side in multiple roles over the next decade including later as a senior assistant coach. In addition to his role at the Stingrays, Siekman served as head coach of the Victorian Metro side at Youth Girls Championships between 2014 and 2016. He coached the side to national titles in both 2015 and 2016. He also briefly worked as an assistant development coach for Collingwood's VFL team in 2008.

AFL Women's

Siekman was appointed as the inaugural head coach of 's AFL Women's side in July 2016. He coached the side to three wins from seven matches in the league's inaugural season in 2017, followed by three wins in 2018, and only one win in 2019. Siekman was sacked by Collingwood after coaching the side to a wooden spoon and just one win in the 2019 season.

Coaching statistics

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References

External links

Wayne Siekman's profile
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