The

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football ...

are an Australian rules football team from

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. It was founded in 1986, and had its first season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following year. The VFL was renamed the

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(AFL) in 1990 due to it being a national competition. Since entering the AFL, the West Coast Eagles have had six senior coaches, as well as

Jaymie Graham Jaymie Wayne Graham (born 6 February 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Kalgoorlie, where he played for the Mines Rovers Football Club, Gr ...

, who filled in for

Adam Simpson Adam Simpson (born 16 February 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who is the current premiership coach of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). A left-footed midfielder, his playing career for spanned from ...

for one game. In 2019, the West Coast Eagles joined the

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(WAFL) for the first time. They were forced to withdraw from that league in 2020 due to the AFL creating a rule that AFL-listed players cannot play in any state-based leagues, in response to the

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. West Coast have since rejoined the WAFL in 2021. West Coast's WAFL team has had two senior coaches. In 2020, the West Coast Eagles joined 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 ...

. West Coast's AFLW team has had three senior coaches. To qualify for this list, a coach must have coached the club in any regular season match or finals match. Pre-season matches, exhibition matches and other types of matches are not included.

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VFL/AFL

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WAFL

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AFL Women's

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2021 AFL Women's season The 2021 AFL Women's season was the fifth season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 28 January until 17 April, and comprised ...

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West Coast Eagles coaches The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team from Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1986, and had its first season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following year. The VFL was renamed the Australian Football ...