Geelong’s 2025 AFLW coaching panel has been finalised with former Collingwood and St Kilda player Nathan Brown joining the club as its midfield coach.
Brown played 183 AFL games between 2008 and 2020, including 130 games for Collingwood, where he was part of the Magpies’ 2010 Premiership win. He went on to play a further 53 games with St Kilda from 2017 before retiring. He played in the 2022 premiership for Barwon Heads.
Since retiring, Brown has had a strong focus and passion for coaching and player development, taking on a role at The Geelong College – Senior School in 2022, before becoming director of football and performance pathways in September 2023.
His current role oversees both female and male football programs, while also providing support and management of high-performance student athletes and their parents across all sports, including leadership and culture development.
Brown will work alongside returning assistant coaches Andrew Bruce (forwards) and Elise Coventry (defence) with Dan Lowther entering his fifth season as senior coach.
Tom Atkins has joined as a development coach and will work alongside Brown and the midfield group, while David Morgan will continue as development and bench coach.
“Led by Dan, we’re really pleased to welcome Nathan and Tom to our program, and we are excited to see them work alongside Elise, Andrew, David and our wider football program in 2025,” Geelong Cats Head of AFLW Dominique Condo said.
“Nathan joins us with wonderful coaching experience and his football CV speaks for itself. He has built great coaching knowledge through his time at Geelong College leading their football and pathways program and we can’t wait to see the influence he can have on our group in 2025.”
Geelong will host reigning premiers North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos at GMHBA Stadium in the season opener on Saturday August 16.
Coaching panel
Senior coach: Dan Lowther
Assistant coach (forwards): Andrew Bruce
Assistant coach (midfield): Nathan Brown
Assistant coach (defence): Elise Coventry
Development coach and bench coach: David Morgan
Development coach: Tom Atkins
Football department
Head of AFLW: Dominique Condo
High performance manager: Tennille Cuttiford
Player development manager: Renee Garing
Operations and recruiting manager: Ben Waller
Analyst: Abby Howard
Strength coaches: Nic Hutchinson and Ryan Spoors
Head physiotherapist: Julia Allan-Goodwin
AFLW physiotherapists: Joseph Bisignano and Erin Nelson
Head doctor: Rachel Driscoll
Doctor: Rhys Kelly
