AFL coaches Association awards - Wikipedia AFL coaches Association awards The AFL Coaches Association awards are a group of awards which have been presented annually since 2003, mainly to players and coaches in the Australian Football League ( AFL ), voted for by all AFL coaches. Contents 1 Awards 1.1 Champion Player of the Year Award 1.1. 1 Winners 1.2 Gary Ayres Award 1.2. 1 Winners 1.3 Best Young Player of the Year Award 1.3. 1 Winners 1.4 Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year Award 1.4. 1 Winners 1.5 Assistant Coach of the Year Award 1.5. 1 Winners 1.6 Development Coach of the Year award 1.6. 1 Winners 1.7 Lifetime Achievement Award 1.7. 1 Winners 1.8 Coaching Legend Award 1.8. 1 Winners 1.9 Media Award 1.9. 1 Winners 1.10 Career & Education Award 1.10. 1 Winners 1.11 Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship 1.11. 1 Winners 1.12 Support Staff Leadership Award 1.12. 1 Winners 1.13 All - Australian team 1.13. 1 2015 team 1.13. 2 2016 team 1.14 AFLW Champion Player of the Year Award 1.14. 1 Winners 2 External links 3 References Awards Champion player of the year award Awarded annually since 2003. Each week, the senior coach of each AFL club gives five votes to the player they consider to be best on ground in the game in which their team plays, four to the second - best, and so on to one for the fifth - best. The player with the most votes at the end of the year wins. The award has different rules to many `` best and fairest '' awards, as player suspensions are disregarded. Gary Ablett, Jr. has won the award three times, the most by any player. Winners Year Winner Club 2003 Nathan Buckley Collingwood Warren Tredrea Port Adelaide 2005 Barry Hall Sydney 2006 Simon Goodwin Adelaide Adam Goodes Sydney 2007 Gary Ablett, Jr. Geelong 2008 Gary Ablett, Jr. Geelong 2009 Gary Ablett, Jr. Geelong Dane Swan Collingwood 2011 Marc Murphy Carlton 2012 Trent Cotchin Richmond 2013 Scott Pendlebury Collingwood 2014 Robbie Gray Port Adelaide 2015 Dan Hannebery Sydney 2016 Patrick Dangerfield Geelong 2017 Dustin Martin Richmond 2018 Max Gawn Melbourne Gary Ayres award Awarded since 2016. Each week during the finals series, the senior coach of each competing AFL club gives five votes to the player they consider to be best on ground in the game their team plays in, four to the second - best, and so on to one for the fifth - best. The player with the most votes at the end of the finals series wins. Winners Year Winner Club 2016 Josh Kennedy Sydney 2017 Dustin Martin Richmond 2018 Steele Sidebottom Collingwood Best young player of the year award Awarded annually since 2003. Unlike some other `` best young player '' awards, there is no age or game limit. Voted for by all AFL coaches. Winners Year Winner Club 2003 Chris Judd West Coast Daniel Wells Kangaroos 2005 Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 2006 Ryan Griffen Western Bulldogs 2007 Scott Pendlebury Collingwood 2008 Joel Selwood Geelong 2009 Cyril Rioli Hawthorn Stephen Hill Fremantle 2011 Nathan Fyfe Fremantle 2012 Dyson Heppell Essendon 2013 Jeremy Cameron Greater Western Sydney 2014 Jaeger O'Meara Gold Coast 2015 Marcus Bontempelli Western Bulldogs 2016 Isaac Heeney Sydney 2017 Clayton Oliver Melbourne 2018 Tom Stewart Geelong Allan jeans senior coach of the year award Awarded annually since 2003. At the end of the season, all AFL coaches give three votes to the senior coach they adjudge to have performed the best over that season, two to the second - best, and one to the third - best. The coach with the most votes wins. Luke Beveridge, John Longmire, John Worsfold and Mark Thompson are the only coaches to have won the award more than once, with two each. Winners Year Winner Club 2003 Paul Roos Sydney Mark Williams Port Adelaide 2005 Neil Craig Adelaide 2006 John Worsfold West Coast 2007 Mark Thompson Geelong 2008 Mark Thompson Geelong 2009 Ross Lyon St Kilda Mick Malthouse Collingwood 2011 John Worsfold West Coast 2012 John Longmire Sydney 2013 Ken Hinkley Port Adelaide 2014 John Longmire Sydney 2015 Luke Beveridge Western Bulldogs 2016 Luke Beveridge Western Bulldogs 2017 Damien Hardwick Richmond 2018 Nathan Buckley Collingwood Assistant coach of the year award Awarded annually since 2003. At the end of the season, all AFL coaches and players rate their club 's assistant coaches out of ten, with ten being the highest score. Assistant coaches ' scores are then averaged, and the coach with the highest score wins. Winners Year Winner Club 2003 Neil Craig Adelaide Phil Walsh Port Adelaide 2005 Robert Wiley West Coast 2006 John Longmire Sydney 2007 Tony Micale West Coast 2008 Tony Elshaug St Kilda 2009 Mark Riley Carlton Brendan McCartney Geelong 2011 Darren Crocker North Melbourne 2012 Peter Sumich Fremantle 2013 Robert Harvey Collingwood 2014 Brett Montgomery Western Bulldogs 2015 Adam Kingsley St Kilda 2016 Stuart Dew Sydney 2017 Rhyce Shaw Sydney 2018 Rhyce Shaw Sydney Development coach of the year award Awarded annually from 2012 to 2013. Awarded at the end of the year to the AFL development coach adjudged to have been the best that season. Winners Year Winner Club 2012 Craig McRae Collingwood 2013 Chris Maple Western Bulldogs Lifetime achievement award Awarded annually since 2003. In recognition of `` an individual who has made an outstanding contribution '' to Australian rules football. Winners Year Winner 2003 Haydn Bunton, Jr. Neil Kerley 2005 John Todd 2006 John Grant 2007 Wally Miller 2008 Ian Ridley 2009 Bruce Reid Ian Reynolds Barrie Downs 2011 Russell Ebert Geoff Walsh 2012 John Beveridge 2013 George Stone 2014 Neale Daniher 2015 David Wheadon 2016 Mark Williams 2017 John Dimmer Coaching legend award Awarded annually since 2009. Awarded to a former VFL / AFL coach who has achieved `` significant achievement and success ''. Winners Year Winner VFL / AFL club / s 2009 John Kennedy, Sr. Hawthorn / North Melbourne Ron Barrassi Carlton / North Melbourne / Melbourne / Sydney 2011 Tom Hafey Richmond / Collingwood / Geelong / Sydney 2012 David Parkin Hawthorn / Carlton / Fitzroy 2013 Jock McHale Collingwood Leigh Matthews Collingwood / Brisbane Lions 2014 Kevin Sheedy Essendon / Greater Western Sydney 2015 Allan Jeans St Kilda / Hawthorn / Richmond 2016 Mick Malthouse Footscray / West Coast / Collingwood / Carlton 2017 Malcolm Blight North Melbourne / Geelong / Adelaide / St Kilda Media award Awarded annually since 2009. Awarded to an individual who displays `` respected and insightful coverage of AFL football at the professional level ''. All AFL coaches can nominate an individual. Winners Year Winner 2009 Greg Baum Daniel Harford 2011 Samantha Lane 2012 Jake Niall 2013 Daryl Timms 2014 Gerard Whateley 2015 Gerard Whateley 2016 Gerard Whateley 2017 Gerard Whateley Career & education award Awarded annually since 2014. Awarded to an AFL coach who has `` shown exceptional commitment to their professional development ''. Winners Year Winner Club 2014 Steven King Western Bulldogs 2015 Paul Hudson St Kilda 2016 Andrew McQualter Richmond Danny Sexton St Kilda 2017 Mitch Hahn Brisbane Lions Phil walsh memorial scholarship Awarded annually since 2016. Awarded to an AFL coach who is `` committed to developing themselves via study and travel ''. Winners Year Winner Club 2016 Ben Rutten Richmond 2017 Adrian Hickmott West Coast 2018 Aaron Greaves Port Adelaide Support staff leadership award Awarded annually from 2003 to 2014. Awarded to an Australian rules support staff member who shows `` outstanding contribution, innovation, ( or ) initiative in carrying out ( their ) duties ''. Winners Year Winner VFL / AFL club / s 2003 Barry Gavin Hawthorn Bill Sutherland West Coast 2005 Eddie Walsh Western Bulldogs 2006 Ted Soderblom Richmond 2007 Noel Judkins Richmond / Essendon / Collingwood 2008 Shane O'Sullivan Carlton / Footscray / Brisbane Bears / North Melbourne 2009 Ken Whiffen St Kilda Ilmar Tiltins Richmond 2011 Arthur Wilkinson Melbourne 2012 John Kilpatrick Hawthorn 2013 Stephen Wells Geelong 2014 John Kilby Essendon All - Australian team Awarded annually since 2015. In 2015, in what was described as `` ditching traditional positions in favour of modern tactics, '' in each position on the field ( decided by analysts ), the highest - scoring player from the Champion Player of the Year Award voting is chosen. In 2016, a more traditional team was apparently chosen. 2015 team 2015 AFL Coaches Association All - Australian team Name Position Club Easton Wood Tall / medium defender Western Bulldogs Alex Rance Tall defender Richmond Zach Tuohy Small defender Carlton Robert Murphy Medium defender Western Bulldogs Cale Hooker Tall defender Essendon Jarrad McVeigh Medium defender Sydney Todd Goldstein Ruckman North Melbourne Dan Hannebery Inside / outside midfielder Sydney Nathan Fyfe Inside midfielder Fremantle Josh P. Kennedy Inside midfielder Sydney Matt Priddis Inside midfielder West Coast Andrew Gaff Inside / outside midfielder West Coast Patrick Dangerfield Inside / outside midfielder Adelaide Jake Stringer Key forward Western Bulldogs Brett Deledio High half - forward Richmond Chad Wingard Small forward Port Adelaide Josh J. Kennedy Key forward West Coast Jack Gunston Tall / medium forward Hawthorn David Mundy Interchange inside midfielder Fremantle Scott Pendlebury ( captain ) Interchange inside / outside midfielder Collingwood Bernie Vince Interchange inside / outside midfielder Melbourne Nic Naitanui Interchange ruckman West Coast 2016 team 2016 AFL Coaches Association All - Australian team B : Josh Gibson ( Hawthorn ) Alex Rance ( Richmond ) Rory Laird ( Adelaide ) HB : Callan Ward ( Greater Western Sydney ) Robbie Tarrant ( North Melbourne ) Corey Enright ( Geelong ) C : Marcus Bontempelli ( Western Bulldogs ) Joel Selwood ( Geelong, captain ) Patrick Dangerfield ( Geelong ) HF : Dan Hannebery ( Sydney ) Tom Lynch ( Gold Coast ) Robbie Gray ( Port Adelaide ) F : Eddie Betts ( Adelaide ) Josh Kennedy ( West Coast ) Nick Riewoldt ( St Kilda ) Foll : Max Gawn ( Melbourne ) Rory Sloane ( Adelaide ) Dustin Martin ( Richmond ) Int : Luke Parker ( Sydney ) Scott Pendlebury ( Collingwood ) Luke Shuey ( West Coast ) Todd Goldstein ( North Melbourne ) Aflw Champion player of the year award Awarded annually since 2018. Each week, the senior coach of each AFL Women 's club gives five votes to the player they consider to be best on ground in the game in which their team plays, four to the second - best, and so on to one for the fifth - best. The player with the most votes at the end of the year wins. The award has different rules to many `` best and fairest '' awards, as player suspensions are disregarded. Winners Year Winner Club 2018 Emma Kearney Western Bulldogs Chelsea Randall Adelaide External links AFL Coaches Association awards homepage References Jump up ^ Laughton, Max ( 8 September 2015 ). `` Sydney 's Dan Hannebery wins AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year Award over Nat Fyfe ''. Fox Footy. Retrieved 7 November 2015. Jump up ^ Schmook, Nathan ( 29 August 2016 ). `` Superstar Cat wins AFLCA award with record haul ''. AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 29 August 2016. Jump up ^ Schmook, Nathan ( 4 September 2017 ). `` Votes record decides AFLCA player of the year ''. AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 4 September 2017. Jump up ^ Laughton, Max ( 3 October 2016 ). `` Swan Josh Kennedy inaugural winner of Gary Ayres Award for best finals player, Grand Final coaches votes ''. Fox Sports ( Australia ). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2016. Jump up ^ Laughton, Max ( 2 October 2017 ). `` Dustin Martin earns AFLCA Gary Ayres Award for best finals player but Bachar Houli voted best in Grand Final ''. Fox Sports. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Beveridge wins AFL coaches award ''. SBS. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015. Jump up ^ McFarlane, Glenn ( 26 September 2017 ). `` Damien Hardwick caps amazing Tiger turnaround by being named AFL Coach of the Year ''. Herald Sun. Jump up ^ Edmund, Sam ( 13 October 2010 ). `` Cats assistant coach Brendan McCartney moves to Essendon ''. Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 November 2015. Jump up ^ `` All the winners from AFLCA Awards Night ''. AFL Coaches Association. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` AFLCA Industry Awards ''. AFL Coaches Association. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Coaches shock with revolutionary AA team ''. AFL. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Jump up ^ Gabelich, Josh ( 31 August 2016 ). `` Riewoldt named in AFLCA All Australian team ''. St Kilda Football Club. Retrieved 28 July 2017. Awards in the Australian Football League AFL awards AFL Rising Star All - Australian team Brownlow Medal ( winners ) Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal AFL Players Association awards Leigh Matthews Trophy Club best and fairest awards Malcolm Blight Medal ( Adelaide ) Merrett -- Murray Medal ( Brisbane Lions ) John Nicholls Medal ( Carlton ) Copeland Trophy ( Collingwood ) W.S. 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Question: who votes for afl coach of the year
Answer: all AFL coaches