Paul Hood (coach)
Australian rules footballer and coach
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Paul Hood is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He was the inaugural senior coach of the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
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Hood in 2019 | |||
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| Original team | Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2019–2021 | Geelong (W) | 22 (6–16–0) | |
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3 Coaching statistics correct as of the 2021 season. | |||
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Hood played for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup as a junior. He won the 1995 Morrish Medal as the best and fairest player in the competition, receiving 26 votes.[1] Hood went on to represent North Ballarat Football Club and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and St Joseph's Football Club in the Geelong Football League.[2]
He returned to the Falcons in 2010 as their coach and became Geelong's VFL coach for 2015.[3] In 2016, he became the club's player development manager[4] and visited Elcho Island to scout potential players.[5] Hood was named coach of Geelong's new VFL Women's side for 2017 and oversaw the team through their transfer to the AFLW competition in 2019.[3][6] In May 2021, after winning only one match in the 2021 AFL Women's season, Hood resigned from his position as head coach of Geelong.[7]
