Christopher Michael Scott (born 3 May 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) best known for being a dual premiership player with the

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in addition to a dual premiership coach at in 2011 and 2022. He attended St Kevin’s College,

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. He has been the coach of the Geelong Football Club from 2011.

Playing career

Brisbane Bears

Chris Scott was picked by the

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in the

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AFL Draft with the 12th draft pick and moved to

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while still studying at St Kevin's College. He studied at Brisbane Boys' College during his first years as an AFL player. Scott made his AFL debut in

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with the

, taking out the

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award. Scott became one of the AFL's toughest defensive players, using his strength to outmuscle opposing forwards. Along with his brother Brad, they were nicknamed the

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by some fans for their forceful and ruthless styles of play. Scott played a total of 55 games and kicked a total of 23 goals for

from 1994 until 1996.

Brisbane Lions

At the end of the 1996 season, following the merger of the Fitzroy Football Club and the

, Chris Scott joined the newly formed

. During Brisbane Lions's three-peat era, Scott was part of a powerful backline also containing Mal Michael, Chris Johnson and Justin Leppitsch. He was a member of the

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and 2002 premiership sides, but did not play in the

2003 AFL Grand Final The 2003 AFL Grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 2003. It was the 107th annual grand fina ...

after being named an emergency. He caused controversy in round 1 of 2005 when Scott, along with Mal Michael, crashed into St Kilda's

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after Riewoldt chose to stay on the ground with a broken collarbone. In the same game Scott also had several teeth knocked out after receiving a back-handed fist from opponent

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. Scott's later career was plagued with injuries. Brisbane's round 22, 2007 match against on 1 September 2007 became his last, after he announced his retirement from his playing career a few days earlier on 28 August 2007. Scott played a total of 160 games and kicked 56 goals for

from 1997 until 2007.

Coaching career

Fremantle Football Club assistant coach (2008–2010)

In 2008, Scott joined Fremantle Football Club as an assistant coach under senior coach Mark Harvey.

Geelong Football Club senior coach (2011–present)

In 2010, Scott was a frontrunner for the

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senior coaching position to replace the sacked Mark Williams but ultimately fell short and caretaker senior coach and former Port captain, Matthew Primus, was chosen by the selection committee to be the club's senior coach. The media speculated that Scott was considered the second best applicant by the selection committee. On 18 October 2010, it was officially announced by the Geelong Football Club that Scott would be their senior coach, following

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's resignation at the end of the 2010 season. Scott had a brilliant start to his AFL coaching career, with Geelong winning its first thirteen matches of the 2011 season. His thirteen wins in succession was the best start to a coaching career in almost 80 years. But this streak was broken in round 15, when the Cats went down to Essendon by four points. Scott coached Geelong to its third Grand Final in five years and became the first senior coach since Malcolm Blight in 1997 to win a premiership as a first-year club senior coach, when Geelong under Scott defeated in the 2011 AFL Grand Final by a margin of 38 points, where the final score was Geelong 18.11 (119) to Collingwood 12.9 (81). He is also the youngest premiership coach since Alex Jesaulenko in 1979 to win a Grand Final. In August 2014, Scott signed a two-year contract extension extending his tenure as senior coach of Geelong until the end of 2017. In August 2018, Scott signed a four-year contract extension extending his tenure as senior coach of Geelong until the end of 2022. In the 2020 season, which was significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia, Scott coached Geelong to the

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, but fell short and lost to Richmond by a margin of 31 points, where the final score was Richmond 12.9.(81) to Geelong 7.8.(50). In the 2022 season, Scott coached Geelong to a premiership win in the

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, where Geelong under Scott defeated Sydney Swans by a margin of 81 points, where the final score was Geelong 20.13 (133) to Sydney Swans 8.4 (52), This made Scott a two-time premiership coach.

Statistics

Playing statistics

: , - ,

, , , , 22 , 19 , , 9 , , 6 , , 193 , , 88 , , 281 , , 66 , , 27 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 10.2 , , 4.6 , , 14.8 , , 3.5 , , 1.4 , , 1 , - , 1995 , , , , 22 , 14 , , 8 , , 12 , , 118 , , 65 , , 183 , , 57 , , 10 , , 0.6 , , 0.9 , , 8.4 , , 4.6 , , 13.1 , , 4.1 , , 0.7 , , 0 , - , 1996 , , , , 22 , 22 , , 6 , , 8 , , 199 , , 110 , , 309 , , 62 , , 33 , , 0.3 , , 0.4 , , 9.0 , , 5.0 , , 14.0 , , 2.8 , , 1.5 , , 0 , - , 1997 , , , , 22 , 5 , , 3 , , 1 , , 26 , , 19 , , 45 , , 15 , , 2 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 5.2 , , 3.8 , , 9.0 , , 3.0 , , 0.4 , , 0 , - , 1998 , , , , 22 , 21 , , 14 , , 8 , , 296 , , 156 , , 452 , , 100 , , 45 , , 0.7 , , 0.4 , , 14.1 , , 7.4 , , 21.5 , , 4.8 , , 2.1 , , 1 , - ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

, , , , 22 , 24 , , 4 , , 4 , , 363 , , 150 , , 513 , , 150 , , 34 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 15.1 , , 6.3 , , 21.4 , , 6.3 , , 1.4 , , 7 , - ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, , , , 22 , 21 , , 7 , , 5 , , 274 , , 135 , , 409 , , 137 , , 48 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 13.0 , , 6.4 , , 19.5 , , 6.5 , , 2.3 , , 0 , - , scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C ,

^# , , , , 22 , 20 , , 8 , , 7 , , 275 , , 121 , , 396 , , 142 , , 31 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 13.8 , , 6.1 , , 19.8 , , 7.1 , , 1.6 , , 2 , - , scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C , 2002^# , , , , 22 , 22 , , 5 , , 3 , , 260 , , 130 , , 390 , , 134 , , 30 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 11.8 , , 5.9 , , 17.7 , , 6.1 , , 1.4 , , 3 , - ,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

, , , , 22 , 19 , , 2 , , 2 , , 179 , , 88 , , 267 , , 108 , , 38 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 9.4 , , 4.6 , , 14.1 , , 5.7 , , 2.0 , , 0 , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, , , , 22 , 13 , , 3 , , 1 , , 106 , , 52 , , 158 , , 49 , , 25 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 8.2 , , 4.0 , , 12.2 , , 3.8 , , 1.9 , , 0 , - , 2005 , , , , 22 , 13 , , 10 , , 8 , , 110 , , 34 , , 144 , , 68 , , 23 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , 8.5 , , 2.6 , , 11.1 , , 5.2 , , 1.8 , , 0 , - , 2006 , , , , 22 , 0 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , – , - ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

, , , , 22 , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 8 , , 8 , , 16 , , 6 , , 5 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 4.0 , , 4.0 , , 8.0 , , 3.0 , , 2.5 , , 0 , - class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 , Career ! 215 !! 79 !! 65 !! 2407 !! 1156 !! 3563 !! 1094 !! 351 !! 0.4 !! 0.3 !! 11.2 !! 5.4 !! 16.6 !! 5.1 !! 1.6 !! 14

Coaching statistics

''Updated to the end of the 2022 season''. , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" , scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C , 2011^# , , 25 , , 22 , , 3 , , 0 , , 88.0% , , 2 (1) , , 17 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

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, , 23 , , 15 , , 8 , , 0 , , 65.2% , , 6 (7) , , 18 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

, , 25 , , 19 , , 6 , , 0 , , 76.0% , , 2 (3) , , 18 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 24 , , 17 , , 7 , , 0 , , 70.8% , , 3 (5) , , 18 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2015 , , 21 , , 11 , , 9 , , 1 , , 52.4% , , 10 , , 18 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2016 , , 24 , , 18 , , 6 , , 0 , , 75.0% , , 2 (3) , , 18 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, , 25 , , 16 , , 8 , , 1 , , 64.0% , , 2 (3) , , 18 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2018 , , 23, , 13 , , 10 , , 0 , , 56.5% , , 8 (8) , , 18 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, , 25 , , 17 , , 8 , , 0 , , 68.0% , , 1 (3) , , 18 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2020 , , 21 , , 14 , , 7 , , 0 , , 66.7% , , 4 (2) , , 18 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2021 , , 25 , , 17 , , 8 , , 0 , , 68.0% , , 3 (4) , , 18 , - , scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C , 2022^# , , 25 , , 21 , , 4 , , 0 , , 84.0% , , 1 (1) , , 18 , - , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2, Career totals ! 286 ! 200 ! 84 ! 2 ! 70.3% ! colspan=2,

Honours and achievements

Playing honours

Team * AFL premiership (

, 2002 Individual * Merrett-Murray Medal (

): 1998 *

vice-captain: 1999–2004 *Norwich Rising Star award (later named the

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Medal):

*AFL Rising Star Nominee: 1994 (round 7) * Brisbane Lions - Most professional player: 1999 * Brisbane Lions Team of the Decade: 2000–2010 (

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)

Coaching honours

Team * AFL premiership (): 2011, 2022 Individual *

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: 2011, 2022 * All-Australian: 2011, 2022 *Coach of the Australian international rules football team for the

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Personal life

Scott's

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brother Brad Scott played alongside him at the

and is the senior coach of Essendon. Chris is the older twin by a few minutes.

References

External links

* Geelong Football Club Premiership coaches {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Chris Brisbane Lions players Brisbane Lions Premiership players Brisbane Bears players 1976 births Living people Identical twins AFL Rising Star winners Merrett–Murray Medal winners People educated at Brisbane Boys' College Geelong Football Club coaches People educated at St Kevin's College, Melbourne Eastern Ranges players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian twins Twin sportspeople All-Australian coaches Australia international rules football team coaches Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership coaches