17 Facts About Jeff Gieschen

Jeff Gieschen was born on 22 September 1956 and is the former National Umpire Manager of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules football player and coach who played in the Victorian Football League between 1974 and 1978 for the Footscray Football Club.

Jeff Gieschen was the senior coach of AFL club Richmond from late 1997 until the end of the 1999 season.

In 1971, Gieschen captained the State Championship winning La Trobe Valley Schoolboys team and was named the Victorian Captain and All Australian vice captain in the U16's.

Jeff Gieschen played 150 games in the Latrobe Valley Football League with the Maffra Football club during which time he collected three player of the year awards, two league best and fairest awards and seven Club Best and Fairest awards.

Jeff Gieschen represented the LVFL in inter-league games 15 times between 1973 and 1984 and was captain of the LVFL side in 1981.

Jeff Gieschen was selected in the Victorian Country side to play the ACT in 1980.

In May 2024 Jeff Gieschen was included as a half back in the Weekly Times regional newspaper's "VIC COUNTRY DREAM TEAM" which was its selection of "its greatest team of country footballers to wear the Big V between 1980 and 2019".

Jeff Gieschen played a total of 24 games and kicked one goal for Footscray from 1974 until 1978 in the VFL League.

Jeff Gieschen coached the Maffra Football Club in 1979,1980 and 1982.

Jeff Gieschen coached Wodonga from 1986 to 1991 for two premierships and was awarded Regional Coach of the Year in 1990.

Jeff Gieschen coached West Perth from 1992 to 1994 which included a grand final loss to Claremont in 1993, during which season he was awarded the JJ Leonard Medal for West Australian Coach of the Year Award.

Richmond reserves won the premiership in the first year, Jeff Gieschen coached them and he reluctantly stood in as caretaker senior coach for the Richmond Football Club senior side after Walls was sacked with five games to play in the 1997 season.

Jeff Gieschen was then appointed as full-time Richmond senior coach in 1998.

However in the 1999 season, Richmond's on-field performance under Jeff Gieschen dropped when they finished twelve on the ladder with nine wins and thirteen losses.

Jeff Gieschen coached Richmond to a total of 49 games with 25 wins and 24 losses where Jeff Gieschen's winning percentage as a senior AFL coach finished at 52 percent.

Jeff Gieschen was then replaced by Danny Frawley as Richmond Football Club senior coach.

Jeff Gieschen served as the Umpires' National Umpire Manager Australian Football League for 14 years, until his resignation which took effect on 28 November 2013.