David Teague (footballer)


David Teague is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Carlton in the Australian Football League and is the senior coach of the Carlton Football Club.

Playing career

In the 2000 AFL Draft, Teague was recruited by the North Melbourne Football Club club and made his AFL senior debut in 2001. He played a total of 33 senior games throughout 4 seasons for the Kangaroos.
Following the end of the 2003 AFL season, Teague was traded to the Carlton Football Club. In 2004, Teague won Carlton's best and fairest award, the John Nicholls Medal. He was delisted from Carlton's playing list in 2007 after failing to be in their lineup for the entire season.
Throughout his playing career, Teague was well-regarded for his courage in defence. In 2004, he won the Robert Rose Award as the most courageous player in the league, as voted by the players. His style made him a dominant player in wet conditions.

Coaching career

On 12 October 2007, it was announced that Teague would continue with the Carlton Football Club, as a development coach with Carlton, and as playing-coach for the Northern Bullants. In 2009, Teague retired from playing with the Bullants, but retained his coaching roles, and was able to coach the Bullants into the club's first Grand Final since 1984, however they finished runners-up to North Ballarat. In 2010, he again coached the Bullants into the Grand Final.
In 2011, Teague was appointed as an assistant coach for the West Coast Eagles. After three seasons with the Eagles, Teague joined St Kilda in November 2013. In October 2014 Teague was appointed assistant coach with the Adelaide Crows under newly appointed senior coach Phil Walsh who he had previously worked with during his time at West Coast. In October 2017 Teague was appointed assistant coach at Carlton, returning to the club after a long absence.
On 3 June 2019, Teague was announced as caretaker coach of Carlton following the sacking of Brendon Bolton. Five days later, Teague coached and won his first match as coach of the club with a 15-point win over the Brisbane Lions. On 15 August 2019, following the club's improved results under his coaching, Teague was permanently installed as Carlton coach, signing an initial three-year deal.

Statistics

Playing statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006
! colspan=3| Career
! 83
! 6
! 4
! 514
! 284
! 798
! 258
! 201
! 0.1
! 0.0
! 6.2
! 3.4
! 9.6
! 3.1
! 2.4

Coaching statistics

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! colspan=2| Career totals
! 11
! 6
! 5
! 0
! 54.54%
! colspan=2|