Nick Rutley is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
coach who currently serves as the lead assistant coach of the
Carlton Football Club in the
AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Coaching career
Rutley's coaching career began in earnest in 2014 with a development coaching role at the
Casey Scorpions. He later moved on to the same role at the
Box Hill Hawks
Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club, which plays in the Australian Football League.
Early Australian rules football in B ...
in 2015. In 2016 Rutley served as the midfield assistant at the
Calder Cannons in the
TAC Cup.
In October 2016 Rutley was appointed as the head coach of the
Wandin Football Coach in the
Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League
The AFL Yarra Ranges was an Australian rules football and netball organisation based in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges within Victoria. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra Ranges Junior Footbal ...
.
He also holds a level two AFL coaching accreditation.
AFL Women's
Rutley was appointed to the assistant coaching panel of 's AFL Women's side in October 2017.
He served in the role in round 1 of the 2018 season before illness forced head coach
Damien Keeping to temporarily stand aside and Rutley to be appointed caretaker for the club's round 2 match against . He coached to the team to a 21-point win in that match at
Drummoyne Oval in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
. Rutley coached the team in round 3 as well before Keeping returned in round 4. Rutley recorded one win and one loss during his time as interim coach.
Coaching statistics
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^''Rutley was Carlton's caretaker coach for two weeks during 2018.''
References
External links
Nick Rutley's profilefrom AustralianFootball.com
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Living people
AFL Women's coaches
1984 births