Mick Malthouse
AFL Coaching Legend, Motivational Speaker, Leadership & High-Performance Expert
An AFL coaching icon whose record-breaking career offers unrivalled insight into leadership, resilience and team performance. Drawing on decades at the highest level as both player and coach, Mick delivers inspiring, entertaining presentations that equip audiences with practical lessons in teamwork, motivation and achieving excellence—whether in sport, business or life.
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Michael “Mick” Malthouse is an AFL coaching legend and one of the most respected figures in Australian football history. Over a 30-year career, he coached four AFL clubs—Footscray, West Coast Eagles, Collingwood and Carlton—accumulating 718 games and holding the record for most VFL/AFL games coached. He was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2019 and is a life member of West Coast, Richmond and Collingwood football clubs.
Mick’s playing career began with St Kilda before moving to Richmond, where he played 121 senior games, including the 1980 premiership win over Collingwood. Transitioning to coaching in 1984, he became Footscray’s senior coach, then West Coast’s most successful coach, leading the club to premierships in 1992 and 1994—the first AFL premierships for a team outside Victoria. Recruited by Collingwood in 2000, he coached the club to multiple grand finals, including a premiership victory in 2010, before finishing his coaching career with Carlton in 2015.
A highly engaging speaker, Mick draws on decades of elite-level experience to share insights on leadership, resilience, team culture and high performance. He has authored The Ox Is Slow But The Earth Is Patient with David Buttifant and been the subject of Malthouse: A Football Life by Christi Malthouse. He has also served as a commentator for Network 7, Fox Footy, SEN Radio and ABC Radio, and as a sports writer for the Sunday Herald Sun.
