Mathew Buck is an

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coach who is currently the head coach of in the

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competition (AFLW).

Coaching career

Buck began his coaching career in the

Hampden Football Netball League The Hampden Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league based in South-Western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with clubs located in towns along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown, Victoria, Camperdown t ...

as an assistant coach with

Koroit Koroit is a small rural town in western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia a few kilometres north of the Princes Highway, north-west of Warrnambool, Victoria, Warrnambool and west of Melbourne. It is in the Shire of Moyne local govern ...

from 2014 to 2015. He then moved to fellow Hampden league club South Warrnambool to take the head coach role from 2016 to 2018, before returning to assist at Koroit in 2019. Meanwhile, Buck plied his trade as a development coach with the

Greater Western Victoria Rebels The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Talent League, the statewide under-18s competition in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. They recruit players from the Ballarat, Wimmera and Sou ...

in the

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from 2018 to 2019 before spending two seasons with

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in the

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(VFL) in a similar role. Buck first joined Carlton in 2021 as assistant coach of the team's reserves in the VFL alongside head of development

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. Buck also worked in development at the

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during this time. Buck was officially appointed to the role of senior Carlton women's coach on 4 April 2023, replacing the outgoing

Daniel Harford Daniel Harford (born 19 March 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Harford played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and was senior coach of Carlton in the AFL Wom ...

Personal life

Buck has a professional background in education.

References

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