Denis Leslie Pagan (born 24 September 1947) is a former

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coach and player in the

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. Pagan is a dual AFL premiership coach, and he also won the prestigious Victoria derby in 2020 as a trainer and owner of the horse “Johnny Get Angry.” This victory made him the first Australian sports figure to win an AFL premiership as a coach and train a group 1 horse race winner.

Playing career

North Melbourne

Pagan played 120 games for the

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between 1967 and 1974, kicking 5 goals, mainly due to his permanent spot as a hard-nosed defender in the

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. He represented Victoria in interstate matches in 1971. After the Grand Final loss to Richmond in 1974, Pagan was pushed out of North Melbourne by senior coach

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and Pagan's dwindling form and the club's reassessment of its squad in the aftermath of 1974 loss was the factor that caused Pagan's departure from North Melbourne Football Club.

South Melbourne

Pagan then moved to

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for two seasons from 1975 until 1976, playing 23 games and kicking 0 goals. However, these events did not deter Pagan from his dedication to the North Melbourne football club, despite Barassi's authoritative coaching style.

Port Melbourne Football Club (VFA)

In 1978, Pagan played for

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in the

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Coaching career

Early coaching career

Pagan's coaching career began when he took the role of captain-coach of the

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in the VFA second division in 1979. He piloted the team to the 1980 minor premiership and Grand Final, but the club lost the Grand Final against Brunswick. Pagan then returned to North Melbourne, and had great success as its Under-19s coach over the following decade. Pagan led the team to nine consecutive Under-19s Grand Finals from 1983 to 1991, resulting in five premierships: in 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1991. After the AFL's Under-19s competition was disbanded at the end of 1991, Pagan was signed by the

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, where he led its reserves team to the

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premiership in 1992.

North Melbourne Football Club

Pagan returned again to North Melbourne in the

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, and was appointed senior coach. He had an immediate impact at the Kangaroos, taking the side to the finals that year. Pagan led North Melbourne to a premiership in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

. Pagan also led North Melbourne to the

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but fell short and lost to

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. Pagan then led North Melbourne to another premiership in

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

and reached at least the preliminary final every year from 1994 to 2000. He was known for pioneering a successful tactic which was termed "Pagan's Paddock", based around his key forward

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. The coaching strategy involved moving all forwards out of the 50-metre arc and midfielders bombing the ball into empty space. The key forwards would run with the flight of the ball to take a mark or running goal. By the end of his term at North Melbourne, he had established an impeccable reputation as a senior AFL coach and the longest serving coach in the club's history. His worst season at

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was in the 2001 season, when the club missed the finals for the only time during his 10-year term at the club. Pagan quit as senior coach of

at the end of the 2002 season, despite the team finishing 7th, which was a better result than expected after

left the club at the beginning of the year after his much-publicised affair. Pagan then went to sign a lucrative deal with the

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. Pagan was then replaced by

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as senior coach of North Melbourne.

Carlton Football Club

At the end of 2002, Pagan was appointed senior coach of the

, replacing

Wayne Brittain Wayne Brittain (born 13 June 1958) is a former coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Career Playing career In his playing career, Brittain played for Zillmere Eagles in the Queensland State League. He ...

, after Brittain was sacked when Carlton under Brittain finished sixteenth (last-on the ladder position) for the

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in the 2002 season. Brittain had a year remaining on his contract, and was paid out by the club. Pagan's attempt to rebuild the side was not helped by the fact the club had been hit with salary cap breaches which prevented the club from rebuilding its playing list in the short term. As a result of these penalties, in Pagan's first season as Carlton Football Club senior coach in the 2003 season, Carlton under Pagan endured another unsuccessful season, finishing fifteenth (second-last) on the ladder with four wins and eighteen losses. Employing a recycled player policy in an attempt to rebuild the team for the 2004 season where Pagan led Carlton to eleventh on the ladder with ten wins and twelve losses, which was Carlton's highest placing under Pagan, and carried this into a pre-season premiership in the 2005 Wizard Cup. However, this proved to be a false dawn, when Carlton under Pagan ended up receiving two consecutive wooden spoons in the 2005 season with four wins, one draw and seventeen losses, and in the 2006 season with three wins, one draw and eighteen losses. There were talks that he may have been sacked at this point, in a club board meeting coup led by club president Graham Smorgon; however, it was decided to extend his contract until the end of the 2008 season. Carlton under Pagan did not improve much in the 2007 season, sitting at fourteenth on the ladder after Round 16, 2007 with four wins and twelve losses. Between Rounds 12 and 16, Carlton suffered five consecutive heavy defeats, the last of which was a 117-point defeat against the

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in Round 16, 2007. It proved to be the nail in the coffin for Pagan and his job, and Pagan was sacked as Carlton Football Club senior coach the following day on 23 July 2007. He was not bitter at the club's decision, and wanted to go on record that he would never have quit as the coach of the

. Pagan was replaced by assistant coach Brett Ratten as caretaker senior coach for the remainder of the 2007 season, who was eventually appointed full-time senior coach of Carlton. Pagan had a year to go on his contract which was paid out in full by the club. Years later in 2014, Pagan later stated in the

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newspaper that coaching Carlton was "a very difficult assignment", also taking into consideration the fact that the club had lost valuable draft picks in the wake of the salary cap breaches. In 2021, Pagan in a radio interview with SEN described his tenure as senior coach of Carlton as a “snake pit” because of "Divisions and disunity" at the club that he experienced. In 2022, Pagan further elaborated by stating "When I was at Carlton I don't think I've ever seen a bigger mess. It was like going to work every day and a little bloke hiding behind the door with a sledgehammer and whacking you around the chin. They didn't have a great list, they didn't have any money, the place was in turmoil, there was factions and splits everywhere. It was a great club and it just disintegrated. It was the biggest regret without any doubt whatsoever".

Post coaching-career

In 2008, Pagan became a board member at

. However, after the 2008 season he left the position to coach the Northern Knights in the TAC under 18s competition for one season only, and he has since had no involvement in football. Since 2009, he runs Pagan real estate alongside his son Ryan. Since 2020, he has been a

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, going on to win the

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with his horse Johnny Get Angry. Pagan also works as a sales consultant at a real estate firm owned by his son Ryan Pagan.

Legacy and reception

Pagan has been described as a "meticulous planner, an inspirational leader of men and for the relentless pursuit of excellence". Beyond dispute is the indelible mark Pagan has left on the game of Australian football". He ranks 16th on the list of most senior VFL/AFL games coached and a two-time premiership coach. Pagan's coaching philosophies have also been described as being based upon "communication, teaching, people management and leadership". In 2018, Pagan was inducted as coaching legend in the AFL Coaches Association awards in recognition of the significant achievement and excellence over his time of a former AFL coach. Former

captain

who played under Pagan in Pagan's tenure as senior coach of North Melbourne described Pagan as the man to "turn the place around" where "He'd clean the place out," and under Pagan players would have a go, if they didn't have a go, they wouldn't be in the side. "He'd tell you how it is, he'd tell everyone within the club where they're at. "It's hard-nosed basic training." Former

and Carlton player

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who played under Pagan in both Pagan's tenures as senior coach of North Melbourne and Carlton both praised and was critical of Pagan, where Pagan was famously tough on his players and it wore McKernan down over the years stating "he and Pagan had a deep respect, but by the end it was a non-working relationship" furthermore "there was an enormous amount of respect for Pagan, but at the end of the day it wasn’t getting the best out of one another,” and "I wasn't enjoying my football and wasn't enjoying the environment that we were playing in" and “Our relationship didn’t work in the end but trust me, for the stuff we did together I am incredibly grateful and I think of the habits Denis has taught me". Former

Captain

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who played under Pagan in Pagan's tenure as senior coach of Carlton was critical of Pagan by stating "he was unfair on players and had an outdated game plan, which the players did not believe in". Former

player

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who played under Pagan in Pagan's tenure as senior coach of North Melbourne praised Pagan by stating “What I wanted to do was just prove myself to Denis, that I was a good player, that I could handle whatever he put in front of me ... it didn't take a lot to get the best out of me, because I just wanted to please him”. Former

player

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who played under Pagan in Pagan's tenure as senior coach of North Melbourne praised Pagan by stating “He got the best out of his players because he knew which players to push, and push in some instances really hard. But also which players to put an arm around and when”. Legendary AFL coach

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has also praised Pagan by stating “I had a great respect for Denis’ capabilities as a coach. From a distance, probably his greatest strength was that he had no fear”.

Statistics

Playing statistics

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

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1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 16 , , 3 , , 4 , , 243 , , 8 , , 251 , , 53 , , , , 0.2 , , 0.3 , , 15.2 , , 0.5 , , 15.7 , , 3.3 , , , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 17 , , 16 , , 0 , , 0 , , 278 , , 20 , , 298 , , 65 , , , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 17.4 , , 1.3 , , 18.6 , , 4.1 , , , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

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1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 17 , , 12 , , 0 , , 0 , , 146 , , 13 , , 159 , , 22 , , , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 12.2 , , 1.1 , , 13.3 , , 1.8 , , , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 6 , , 7 , , 0 , , 0 , , 77 , , 7 , , 84 , , 10 , , , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 12.8 , , 1.2 , , 14.0 , , 1.7 , , , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 6 , , 16 , , 0 , , 0 , , 165 , , 24 , , 189 , , 27 , , , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 10.3 , , 1.5 , , 11.8 , , 1.7 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 143 ! 5 ! 9 ! 1984 ! 135 ! 2119 ! 403 ! ! 0.0 ! 0.1 ! 14.0 ! 1.0 ! 14.9 ! 2.8 !

Coaching statistics

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1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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, style="text-align:center;", , 25 , , 19 , , 6 , , 0 , , 76.0% , , 2 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" ,

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 25 , , 18 , , 7 , , 0 , , 72.0% , , 1 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" ,

, style="text-align:center;", , 25 , , 20 , , 5 , , 0 , , 80.0% , , 2 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" ,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 25 , , 15 , , 10 , , 0 , , 60.0% , , 4 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" ,

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 22 , , 9 , , 13 , , 0 , , 40.9% , , 13 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 23 , , 12 , , 11 , , 0 , , 52.2% , , 7 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" ,

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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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 ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 22 , , 10 , , 12 , , 0 , , 45.5% , , 11 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" ,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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References

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