Rodney Eade (born 4 April 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Australian Football League. He is a former coach of the Sydney Swans, the

Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the ...

and the

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. He has, to date, coached 377 games of AFL football, placing him first on the all-time AFL/VFL list of most games coached without a premiership.

Playing career

Hawthorn

Recruited from Glenorchy, while still a schoolboy, young Rodney Eade made his VFL debut for the Hawthorn Football Club as an 18-year-old. Playing with a lot of dash and blistering speed, Eade capped off his debut season by playing in the 1976 premiership team. He went on to play in the Hawks‘ 1978, 1983, and 1986 premierships sides. In all, the winger played 229 games and kicked 46 goals for Hawthorn between 1976 and 1987.

Brisbane Bears

His time at the Hawks finished when he moved to the

Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL ...

in 1988. Suffering injuries later on as he got older, Eade managed to play 30 games and kicked three goals until his retirement in 1990.

Coaching career

Immediately following his retirement at the end of 1990, Eade took up coaching. In 1991 he was the reserves coach of the

and led the Bears to the reserves' premiership in that season. He later coached the

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reserves, and led it to the premiership in 1995. These successes at reserves level gave Eade a strong case for a senior coaching job in 1996.

Sydney Swans

Eade replaced

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when he became senior coach of the Sydney Swans in the 1996 season, taking them to the

1996 AFL Grand Final The 1996 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Sydney Swans, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1996. It was the 100th annual Grand Fi ...

in his first year, in which they lost to

by a margin of 43 points. In his second year, in the 1997 season, he took Sydney to sixth on the ladder but they were eliminated in the qualifying finals to the Western Bulldogs. In the 1998 season, he took Sydney to a better performance to third on the ladder where they defeated St Kilda in the qualifying finals before being beaten by Adelaide, the eventual premiers, in the semi finals. In the 1999 season, he took Sydney to eighth spot on the ladder where they were eliminated in the qualifying finals to Essendon by 69 points. In the 2000 season, he took Sydney to eleventh spot on the ladder, missing out in the finals. In the 2001 season, he took Sydney back into the finals finishing with seventh spot on the ladder before being beaten by Hawthorn in the elimination finals. In the 2002 season, with Sydney's record under Eade becoming worse week by week and being placed fourteenth on the ladder, Eade resigned following a narrow Round 12 loss to

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; he was replaced by assistant coach Paul Roos as caretaker senior coach for the rest of the 2002 season and Roos was eventually appointed full-time senior coach.

Western Bulldogs

Eade was appointed senior coach of the

for the 2005 season, when he replaced

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who was sacked at the end of the 2004 season. In his first season as Bulldogs senior coach, he took an under-achieving Bulldogs side within a goal of a finals series berth, after they had finished with less than five wins in the previous two years, but just missed out on the finals, finishing in ninth spot on the ladder. In the 2006 season, he took the Bulldogs to a finals series for the first time since

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in 2000, where they defeated Collingwood in the elimination finals but lost to eventual premiers West Coast in the semi finals. In the 2007 season, Eade took the Bulldogs to thirteenth on the ladder and, consequently, his job was in jeopardy due to the sudden downturn in the team's performance. But rather than firing him, the club limited his expansive duties. In the 2008 season, Eade coached the Bulldogs to third on the ladder and then to the club's first preliminary final since

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, but they were eliminated by Geelong who were the eventual runners-up. In the 2009 season and the 2010 season, Eade took the Bulldogs two more consecutive preliminary finals, falling to St Kilda on both occasions. The Western Bulldogs under Eade did not progress well in the 2011 season, being placed twelfth on the ladder. Following a big loss to Essendon by 49 points in Round 21, 2011, it was announced on 17 August 2011 that Eade's contract would not be renewed at the conclusion of the 2011 season. The following day, Eade stepped down as senior coach of the Bulldogs. He was replaced by assistant coach

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as caretaker senior coach for the remainder of the 2011 season.

Collingwood

On 3 October 2011, Eade was appointed by

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to the position of Football and Coaching Strategist, replacing outgoing coach

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, who had originally planned to step into that role after the 2011 season. In September 2013, Eade changed positions when he was appointed to the position of director of football at Collingwood Football Club.

Gold Coast Suns

On 30 October 2014, Eade was appointed the

Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since t ...

second senior coach, replacing

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. In the 2015 season, Eade guided the Gold Coast Suns to finish sixteenth on the ladder with four wins and seventeen losses. In the 2016 season, Eade guided the Gold Coast Suns to finish fifteenth on the ladder with six wins and sixteen losses. During the 2017 season, when the Gold Coast Suns under Eade were sitting at fifteenth on the ladder with six wins and thirteen losses after Round 20, 2017, on 8 August 2017, with three games left in the season, Eade was told his contract would not be renewed. Eade departed immediately and was replaced by assistant coach

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as caretaker senior coach for the rest of the 2017 season.

Statistics

Playing statistics

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 14 , , 5 , , 4 , , 170 , , 61 , , 231 , , 45 , , , , 0.4 , , 0.3 , , 12.1 , , 4.4 , , 16.5 , , 3.2 , , , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

† , style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 22 , , 1 , , 3 , , 297 , , 132 , , 429 , , 72 , , , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 13.5 , , 6.0 , , 19.5 , , 3.3 , , , , 3 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

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1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

† , style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 14 , , 1 , , 2 , , 171 , , 64 , , 235 , , 46 , , , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 12.2 , , 4.6 , , 16.8 , , 3.3 , , , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airpor ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 16 , , 1 , , 0 , , 188 , , 74 , , 262 , , 39 , , 24 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 11.8 , , 4.6 , , 16.4 , , 2.4 , , 1.5 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 1988 , style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 13 , , 1 , , 4 , , 178 , , 53 , , 231 , , 62 , , 13 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 13.7 , , 4.1 , , 17.8 , , 4.8 , , 1.0 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ru ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 12 , , 1 , , 3 , , 129 , , 37 , , 166 , , 39 , , 21 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 10.8 , , 3.1 , , 13.8 , , 3.3 , , 1.8 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 5 , , 1 , , 0 , , 68 , , 22 , , 90 , , 19 , , 5 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 13.6 , , 4.4 , , 18.0 , , 3.8 , , 1.0 , , 0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 259 ! 49 ! 55 ! 3367 ! 1124 ! 4491 ! 844 ! 63 ! 0.2 ! 0.2 ! 13.0 ! 4.3 ! 17.3 ! 3.3 ! 1.4 ! 23

Coaching statistics

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1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

, , 25 , , 18 , , 6 , , 1 , , 74.0% , , 1 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, , 23 , , 12 , , 11 , , 0 , , 52.2% , , 6 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

, , 24 , , 15 , , 9 , , 0 , , 62.5% , , 3 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

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 ...

, , 23 , , 11 , , 12 , , 0 , , 47.7% , , 8 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

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 , , 10 , , 12 , , 0 , , 45.5% , , 10 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

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

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

, , 12 , , 3 , , 8 , , 1 , , 29.2% , , 14^ , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

, , 22 , , 11 , , 11 , , 0 , , 50.0% , , 9 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2006 , , 24 , , 14 , , 10 , , 0 , , 58.3% , , 8 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

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 , , 9 , , 12 , , 1 , , 43.2% , , 13 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

, , 25 , , 16 , , 8 , , 1 , , 66.0% , , 3 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, , 25 , , 16 , , 9 , , 0 , , 64.0% , , 3 , , 16 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , 25 , , 15 , , 10 , , 0 , , 60.0% , , 4 , , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2011 , , 19 , , 7 , , 12 , , 0 , , 36.8% , , 12^ , , 17 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal",

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

, , 22 , , 4 , , 17 , , 1 , , 20.5% , , 16 , , 18 , - ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal", 2016 , , 22 , , 6 , , 16 , , 0 , , 27.3% , , 15 , , 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 ...

, , 19 , , 6 , , 13 , , 0 , , 31.5% , , 15 , , 18 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2, Career totals ! 377 ! 185 ! 187 ! 5 ! 49.07% ! colspan=2, ^''Eade resigned twice mid-season; in 2002, Sydney were fourteenth when he resigned and in 2011, the Western Bulldogs were twelfth when he resigned.''

Media career

Eade spent 2003 and 2004 as a media writer and commentator.

Cricketing career

Eade was a talented junior

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

er, making his senior cricketing debut for Glenorchy Cricket Club aged 14. On his debut Eade scored 31 *, sharing a match saving partnership with future Australian

Test cricket Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last f ...

Roger Woolley Roger Douglas Woolley (born 16 September 1954) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1983 and 1984. He was a middle-order batsman, and later a wicket-keeper. He was a membe ...

.Gandy, M., "Tasmania", ''Australian Cricket'', February 1973, Modern Magazines: Sydney, p. 65.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eade, Rodney All-Australian coaches 1958 births Living people Sydney Swans coaches Western Bulldogs coaches Gold Coast Suns coaches Brisbane Bears players Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Glenorchy Football Club players Tasmanian State of Origin players Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Australia international rules football team coaches Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees Four-time VFL/AFL Premiership players