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Kingsley as assistant coach for Victoria in February 2020
Personal information
Full name Adam Kingsley
Born (1975-08-20) 20 August 1975 (age 50)
Original team Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 37, 1996 national draft
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position Defender / Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1997–2006 Port Adelaide 170 (47)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2023– Greater Western Sydney 87 (52–35–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 12, 2026.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Adam Kingsley (born 20 August 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer and current senior coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). Kingsley was a premiership player for Port Adelaide, before spending time as an assistant coach at St Kilda and Richmond.[1][2]

Playing career

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Port Adelaide

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Originally from Eastern Ranges, he was playing for the Essendon Football Club's reserves team, before being recruited by Port Adelaide.[3] Debuting in the Port Adelaide Football Club's inaugural 1997 AFL side, Kingsley was known as a consistent defender/midfielder.[4]

He struggled in 2003, coming close to being delisted, but improved his form and cemented a spot during 2004, being a premiership player that year after working his way back into the side.[5]

2005 saw another consistent season from Kingsley, however, he played just five games in 2006, which cast doubts over his career. In his fifth game in Round 22, he injured his anterior cruciate ligament, which forced his retirement. He said in The Age on 12 September 2006, that he had hoped to continue playing in 2007 before the injury.[6]

Kingsley played a total of 170 games and kicked a total of 47 goals for Port Adelaide from 1997 until 2006, and was a member of the Port Adelaide premiership side in 2004.[7]

Coaching career

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Assistant coaching (2007–2022)

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In 2007, Kingsley became an assistant coach at Port Adelaide, a position in which he stayed in until the end of 2010. He then joined St Kilda at the end of the 2010 season as an assistant coach,[8] staying at the club until 2018 before joining Richmond as an assistant coach in 2019.[2]

Greater Western Sydney senior coach (2023–present)

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Kingsley was appointed senior coach of Greater Western Sydney on 22 August 2022.[9][10][11] Kingsley replaced GWS caretaker senior coach Mark McVeigh, who coached the Giants after Leon Cameron stepped down in the middle of the 2022 season.[12][13]

His first match in charge, in round one, 2023, saw the Giants come from 31 points down to defeat Adelaide by 16 points, while losing three players to game-ending injuries, in a match played in 36-degree heat.[14] Despite having a win-loss record of 3-7 after round 10, the Giants won 8 of their last 10 matches to finish seventh and earn Kingsley a finals berth in his first year as coach.[15] The Giants defeated St Kilda by 24 points in an elimination final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in what was also the club's first final at the ground since the 2019 Grand Final;[16] this was followed by a win over Port Adelaide by 23 points at Adelaide Oval which saw them advance to a preliminary final where they eventually lost to Collingwood by one point at the MCG.[17] At the end of the season, Kingsley was named coach of the year by the AFL Coaches Association.[18]

Media work

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In March 2006, Kingsley won Australia's Brainiest Footballer, a Network Ten quiz show special. He donated the $20,000 that he won to the McGuinness-McDermott Foundation (run by former Adelaide footballers Tony McGuinness and Chris McDermott).

Statistics

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Playing statistics

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[19]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1997Port Adelaide29 1224114691834090.20.39.55.815.33.30.80
1998Port Adelaide29 2210927513140682320.50.412.56.018.53.71.50
1999Port Adelaide29 233531012543571260.10.213.55.418.93.11.18
2000Port Adelaide29 15461875223956180.30.412.53.515.93.71.20
2001Port Adelaide29 2101236126362117290.00.011.26.017.25.61.40
2002Port Adelaide29 205121611433067210.30.110.85.716.53.41.10
2003Port Adelaide29 12111125516751180.10.19.34.613.94.31.53
2004#Port Adelaide29 198220311131492320.40.110.75.816.54.81.74
2005Port Adelaide29 21145264121385102360.70.212.65.818.34.91.70
2006Port Adelaide29 5014020601560.00.28.04.012.03.01.20
Career 1704735195792428816932270.30.211.55.416.94.11.315

Coaching statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of 2024.[20]
Team Year Home and Away Season Finals
Won Lost Drew Win % Position Won Lost Win % Result
GWS 2023 13 10 0 .565 7th out of 18 2 1 .667 Lost to Collingwood in Preliminary Final
GWS 2024 15 8 0 .652 4th out of 18 0 2 .000 Lost to Brisbane in Semi Final
GWS 2025 16 7 0 .696 5th out of 18 0 1 .000 Lost to Hawthorn in Elimination Final
Total 44 25 0 .638 2 4 .334

References

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  1. ↑ "St Kilda Football Club Coaching Staff". saints.com.au. St Kilda Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Adam Kingsley to join Richmond". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Amy, Paul (16 July 2024). "Eastern's inaugural Under 18 list". Twitter. CODE Sports. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "ADAM KINGSLEY". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. ↑ AAP (11 October 2010). "Hudson joins Saints management panel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "Kingsley Appointed Head Coach". GWS Giants. Telstra Media. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "A Giant move: Adam Kingsley appointed the new GWS coach". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "New GWS Giants coach Adam Kingsley to remain working with Richmond during AFL finals campaign". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Finally not the bridesmaid: GWS names Tigers assistant Adam Kingsley as new coach". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "AFL 2022: Incoming GWS Giants coach Adam Kingsley to juggle Richmond finals commitments before focusing on new job". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  14. ↑ Gabelich, Josh (20 March 2023). "'Courageous' GIANTS Handle the Heat". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Hope, Shayne (28 August 2023). "Giants' road warriors set for AFL finals journey". Yahoo!. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  16. ↑ Schmook, Nathan (9 September 2023). "GIANTS Surf Tsunami Over Saints". AFL Media. Greater Western Sydney Giants. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  17. ↑ Black, Sarah (16 September 2023). "GIANTS Switch Off the Power to Book Prelim Berth". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  18. ↑ Beveridge, Riley (26 September 2023). "Outstanding inaugural season sees Kingsley crowned coach of the year". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  19. ↑ Adam Kingsley's player profile at AFL Tables
  20. ↑ "Adam Kingsley's coaching profile". AFL Tables.
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