Damien Hardwick

Damien Patrick Hardwick is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He has been the senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League since 2010. His playing career as a defender comprised 153 games for Essendon and 54 games for Port Adelaide. He won premierships with each club, in 2000 and 2004 respectively.

About Damien Hardwick in brief

Summary Damien HardwickDamien Patrick Hardwick is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He has been the senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League since 2010. His playing career as a defender comprised 153 games for Essendon and 54 games for Port Adelaide. He won premierships with each club, in 2000 and 2004 respectively. He later coached Richmond to the 2017, 2019 and 2020 premiership and is the longest tenured coach in Richmond club history. In 2020, Hardwick coached the Victoria State of Origin side in the one-off 2020 State Of Origin match that was played on 28 February 2020 at Marvel Stadium. He is the son of former Essendon Football Club captain, Peter Hardwick. He was born in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, and attended St Joseph’s College in the EIS sports program.

In football, he was usually on the field for most of the game and known to be a tough, hard working, and versatile player who kept stability in play for his side. In 2005 Hardwick began working as an assistant coach under Alastair Clarkson at Hawthorn. In 2007 Hardwick was shortlisted for the senior coaching job at Melbourne Football Club, however he was unsuccessful, with the position going to Dean Bailey. On August 25, 2009 Hardwick received his first senior coach job when he was appointed as theSenior coach of Richmond for three years. In March 2012, Hard Warwick agreed to a two-year contract extension.