Damien Keeping (born 25 May 1972) is an

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coach who served as the head coach of the

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in its first two seasons in the

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competition (AFLW), from 2017 to 2018.

Coaching career

Beginnings

After coaching junior boys football at Gisborne Rookies at local level Keeping took up a role as assistant coach with the

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in the

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. From there he made his first foray into women's football, moving on to coach the Victorian Metro Youth Girls side as an assistant coach. He later also served at the VWFL Women's Academy. In 2016 Keeping worked as the head coach of the representative side in that year's women's exhibition series.

AFL Women's

Keeping was appointed as the inaugural head coach of 's AFL Women's side in June 2016. He coached the side to three wins and a draw from seven matches in the league's inaugural season in 2017. After coaching the club to victory in its first match of the 2018 season, it was announced that Keeping had been admitted to hospital with an undisclosed illness. He was replaced in rounds 2 and 3 by assistant coach Nick Rutley, before Keeping returned to coaching in round 4. He failed to secure a win in the club's final four matches of the season, instead coaching Carlton to a

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finish with two wins. Keeping and the club parted ways by mutual agreement on 20 March, just two days after the home and away season's end. He had coached the club to 12 matches across his two seasons.

Coaching statistics

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References

External links

Damien Keeping's profile
from AustralianFootball.com
Damien Keeping's profile
at Blueseum.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Keeping, Damien Living people AFL Women's coaches 1982 births