Brendon Bolton | |||
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Bolton during a pre-season match in March 2017
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Full name | Brendon Bolton | ||
Nickname(s) | Bolts | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania | ||
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
2014 | Hawthorn | 5 (5–0–0) | |
2016– | Carlton | 30 (10–20–0) | |
3 Coaching statistics correct as of End 2016.
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Brendon Bolton (born 18 April 1979) is the senior coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Prior to serving in this role, he served as the head coach of Victorian Football League (VFL) club Box Hill from November 2008 to October 2010, guiding the club to two consecutive finals series in his two seasons in charge.
At age 19, Bolton played in the 1998 TFL Grand Final. He won the Darrel Baldock Medal for the best player on the ground that day. At twenty-four, Bolton was appointed Captain-coach of North Hobart and he led them to the 2003 premiership. He won the Horrie Gorringe Medal that season. His playing career was cut short by a hamstring injury in 2008.
Brendon Bolton served as the head coach of Southern Football League club North Hobart, guiding the club to a Southern Football League Premiership in 2003.
Bolton served as the head coach of Victorian Football League club the Tasmanian Devils in 2006, taking over from former Fitzroy and North Melbourne player Matthew Armstrong, who left the club due to internal pressure from the Devils' playing group. He served as head coach for the remainder of the season, after which he was replaced with former Sydney Swans player Daryn Cresswell.
In 2008, Bolton served as the head coach of the Clarence Football Club in the Tasmanian Football League.