Coaching Staff

Collingwood's coaching staff underwent a major revamp at the end of the 2011 season when club legend Nathan Buckley took the reins from Mick Malthouse after 13 years at the helm. In his first season in charge, Buckley was joined by Rodney Eade, Mitch Hahn, Ben Hart, Robert Harvey and Dale Tapping as the fresh faces on a 10-man coaching panel

After steering the Magpies to within 26 points of the Grand Final, the same men will man the phones in the coaches box and on the interchange bench at both AFL and VFL level in 2013.

There has been a handful of changes made to the club's VFL coaching set up ahead of the new season, headlined by the appointment of Dale Tapping as senior VFL coach. Tarkyn Lockyer, who coached the VFL team for the past two years, has become the Magpies' Midfield Development Coach (the role filled by Tapping in 2012).

Collingwood Coaching Structure
Senior Coach - Nathan Buckley
Football and Coaching Strategist - Rodney Eade
Backline Coach - Ben Hart
Midfield Coach - Robert Harvey
Forward Line Coach - Matthew Lappin
VFL Coach - Dale Tapping
Backline Development Coach - Mitch Hahn
Midfield Development Coach - Tarkyn Lockyer
Forward Line Development Coach - Anthony Rocca