29 Facts About Mark Harvey

Mark Harvey was born on 11 June 1965 and is a former Australian rules football player and coach.

Mark Harvey played over 200 games during fourteen seasons with the Essendon Football Club, winning three premierships, and was senior coach of Fremantle from 2007 to 2011.

From 2015 until 2020, Harvey served as an assistant coach at the Essendon Football Club.

Mark Harvey played for Essendon Football Club for a total of 14 seasons from 1984 until 1997, playing a total of 206 games where he kicked a total of 171 goals.

Mark Harvey was originally known as a skilful forward, playing that role in the 1984 and 1985 premiership sides, including kicking four goals in the 1985 premiership win.

Mark Harvey finished in the top five of the Essendon best-and-fairest on four occasions, winning the award in 1992.

Mark Harvey was named in the All-Australian team in 1985 and 1993; he played in premiership sides both those years as well as in 1984.

Mark Harvey was the side's leading goalkicker for the 1985 season, an unusual feat for a medium-sized forward in a premiership winning team.

In 2001 Mark Harvey admitted that he suffered from bulimia for 3 to 4 years of his playing career, after he gained weight following a broken leg.

In 2025 Mark Harvey was named at Number 12 in Don The Stat's Top 100 Essendon Players Since 1980.

Mark Harvey retired as player at the end of the 1997 season, after realising injuries had taken their toll on his body and he could no longer contribute to the side in the way he would like.

Mark Harvey remained at Essendon as an assistant coach under senior coach Kevin Sheedy.

However, after the end of the 2005 season, Mark Harvey resigned as Essendon assistant coach.

Mark Harvey helped Fremantle have their most successful season to date in the 2006 season, reaching the preliminary final.

Mark Harvey was then appointed the caretaker senior coach of Fremantle Football Club for the remainder of the 2007 season.

Mark Harvey made his debut as the senior coach for the first time against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on 21 July 2007.

Mark Harvey led Fremantle to win four of the seven remaining games in the 2007 season, but it wasn't enough to make the finals, finishing in eleventh place.

On 17 September 2007, it was announced that Mark Harvey would be re-appointed as the senior coach of Fremantle on a contract for the next three seasons.

Fremantle's 2010 season under Mark Harvey ended in a disappointing defeat to Geelong at the MCG a week later.

Mark Harvey was replaced by former St Kilda senior coach Ross Lyon who on the same night of Harvey's dismissal had resigned from his post as Saints senior coach.

In November 2011, Mark Harvey signed on as a senior assistant coach to the Brisbane Lions under Michael Voss for the 2012 season and the 2013 season.

On 13 August 2013, Mark Harvey was appointed caretaker senior coach of Brisbane Lions for the remainder of the 2013 season, replacing Michael Voss who had been told his contract would not be renewed.

Mark Harvey led Brisbane Lions to win two of the remaining three games left in the 2013 season, to finish Brisbane Lions in twelve position on the ladder.

Mark Harvey was however not retained as the Brisbane Lions senior coach at the end of the 2013 season.

On 3 October 2013, Mark Harvey quit the Brisbane Lions after Justin Leppitsch was appointed as the Brisbane Lions senior coach for the 2014 season.

On 22 October 2014, Mark Harvey announced that he would return to Essendon as an assistant coach.

Mark Harvey is heavily involved in pro scouting and opposition analysis in the football department, while working with the commercial department to engage and connect with key coterie and corporate stakeholders.

Mark Harvey was involved in a nightclub fight in Darwin, Northern Territory on 17 June 2007 when he was king hit and knocked unconscious.

On 13 June 2010 The Age newspaper journalist Emma Quayle revealed in her book Nine Lives: football, cancer and getting on with life on former Essendon Football Club player Adam Ramanauskas that Mark Harvey had, 10 years earlier, suffered from a brain tumour.