1. Andrew McQualter was born on 9 June 1986 and is the current senior coach of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.
31 Facts About Andrew McQualter
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Andrew McQualter later moved into coaching, serving as the caretaker senior coach at the Richmond Football Club after Damien Hardwick stepped down in May 2023.
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Andrew McQualter was appointed West Coast's senior coach in September 2024 after the replacement of caretaker senior West Coast Eagles coach Jarrad Schofield.
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Andrew McQualter captained the Victorian Country Under-16 and Under-18 teams at the National Football Championships.
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Andrew McQualter was drafted by St Kilda with a first round selection, number 17th overall in the 2004 AFL Draft.
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Andrew McQualter debuted for St Kilda in Round 8 of the 2005 season against the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco in Perth, with 16 possessions.
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Andrew McQualter averaged 13 possessions per game over seven senior games in the 2005 season.
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Andrew McQualter appeared in 10 games in the 2006 season.
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Andrew McQualter was officially delisted by the Saints at the end of the 2007 season, despite having another year to run on a two-year contract.
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Andrew McQualter was reported as saying that he felt he had "stagnated" in his third year of football.
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Andrew McQualter was then redrafted by the St Kilda Football Club onto the club's rookie list in the 2007 Draft and returned to the team.
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Andrew McQualter began the 2008 season quietly on St Kilda's rookie list, but began to turn in several solid performances with St Kilda's affiliate in the Victoria Football League.
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Andrew McQualter cemented his place in the senior team after several tagging jobs and played nine consecutive games, a personal best for McQualter at the time.
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Andrew McQualter played his first AFL final in the 2008 1st Qualifying Final against Geelong.
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Andrew McQualter was promoted back onto St Kilda's primary list at the end of the 2008 season.
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Andrew McQualter played in 21 of 22 matches in the 2009 season in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the 2009 finals series, winning the club's third minor premiership.
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Andrew McQualter played in the 2009 AFL Grand Final in which St Kilda were defeated by 12 points.
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Andrew McQualter averaged 14.4 possessions per game and kicked 22 goals in 24 matches during the 2009 season.
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Andrew McQualter played 25 games in 2010, including four finals matches.
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Andrew McQualter was delisted at the end of the 2011 season following the Saints' elimination final loss to the Sydney Swans.
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Andrew McQualter played for St Kilda from 2005 until 2011 for a total of 89 games and kicked a total of 37 goals.
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Andrew McQualter joined the Gold Coast Suns' rookie list in 2012 and began playing in the Suns' North East Australian Football League reserves team.
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Andrew McQualter played for Gold Coast Suns in his only season at the club in 2012 for a total of 5 games and 2 goals.
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Andrew McQualter joined the Richmond Football Club in 2014, serving as a VFL player and in an assistant coaching role as development coach under senior coach Damien Hardwick.
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Andrew McQualter then became a midfield assistant coach for the Richmond Football Club in 2016.
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On May 25,2023, Andrew McQualter was appointed as the interm senior coach of Richmond for the remainder of the 2023 season, after senior coach Damien Hardwick stepped down at the conclusion of Round 10.
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Andrew McQualter was not retained as senior coach of Richmond at the end of the 2023 season and was replaced by Adem Yze.
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Andrew McQualter then left the Richmond Football Club at the end of the 2023 season.
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In late 2023, it was announced that Andrew McQualter had joined the Melbourne Football Club as an assistant under senior coach Simon Goodwin.
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Andrew McQualter parted ways with Melbourne at the end of the 2024 season.
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On 30 September 2024, Andrew McQualter was officially announced as the senior coach of the West Coast Eagles, succeeding caretaker senior coach Jarrad Schofield, who replaced senior coach Adam Simpson after Simpson was sacked in the middle of the 2024 season and becoming just the seventh senior coach in the club's history.