| Personal information | |
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| Birth | 17 August 1953 |
| Recruited from | North Ballarat |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | 1972, St Kilda vs. , at |
| Team(s) | St Kilda (1972 - 1976)
53 games, 5 goals Richmond (1976 - 1983) 121 games, 10 goals |
| Coaching career¹ | |
| Team(s) | Footscray (1984 - 1989)
135 games - West Coast (1990 - 1999) 243 games - Collingwood (2000 - ) 210 games - |
| ¹ Statistics to end of First semi-final, 2008 season | |
| Career highlights | |
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Michael "Mick" Malthouse (born 17 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer and current coach of Collingwood Football Club.
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Recruited from North Ballarat,[1] Malthouse started his football career with St Kilda in 1972, playing 53 senior games including three finals. After being told by then-coach Allan Jeans that he would struggle to get a game in the senior side due to a surfeit of similar-skilled players, he departed for Richmond midway through the 1976 season.
At Richmond Malthouse played 121 senior games, including six finals and the runaway premiership triumph over Collingwood in 1980. Malthouse was noted for being a tough, solid defender. Malthouse retired in 1983.
Malthouse has a still-active 24-year uninterrupted career as a senior football coach. He is known for the angry way he deals with the sports media, particularly for his short patience for questions which he deems to be either rhetorical, or an attempt to force him to say something controverisal.
Malthouse was Footscray's senior coach from 1984 to 1989.[2] During his time at the Bulldogs he was known for his tough stance on many players, including Doug Hawkins. The teams final standings in his years in charge were 7th (1984), 2nd (1985), 8th (1986), 7th (1987), 8th (1988) and 13th (1989).[3]. Malthouse impressed with his dedication and professionalism.
For ten years from 1990 Malthouse was senior coach for the West Coast Eagles. Under Malthouse the Eagles made the finals every year, including 1992 & 1994 Premierships and 1991 Runners-Up.[4]. Final minor premiership ladder positions were 3rd, 1st, 2nd, 6th, 1st, 5th, 4th, 5th, 7th and 5th (1990-99).
Appointed at the start of the 2000 season to the Collingwood Football Club, Malthouse took charge of a team that had not been in finals contention for five years, and had finished with the wooden spoon in 1999. Collingwood were runners-up in the Grand Final for two consecutive years (2002-2003) with bitter defeats to power-house side the Brisbane Lions. Final minor premiership ladder positions to date for Collingwood have been 15th, 9th, 4th, 2nd, 13th, 15th, 5th, 6th and 8th (2000-2008).
Malthouse has a daughter, Christi, who is a sports reporter and AFL boundary rider for Network Ten. Christi's child when born in December will be Mick's first grandchild. He also has another daughter Danielle, As well as two sons, Cain and Troy.
| Preceded by John Todd |
West Coast Eagles coach 1990 – 1999 |
Succeeded by Ken Judge |
| Preceded by Tony Shaw |
Collingwood Football Club coach 2000 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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