Darren Crocker


Darren Crocker is a former Australian rules footballer who is currently the coach of the AFL Women's team. He formerly played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Playing career

Crocker played in the 1996 AFL Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.

Coaching career

On 16 June 2009, he was appointed caretaker coach of the North Melbourne Football Club after the resignation of Dean Laidley. On 17 August 2009 the North Melbourne Football Club appointed Brad Scott as their senior coach, thus Crocker was not retained as North Melbourne coach for the 2010 season. However, he remained as assistant coach at North Melbourne Football Club. In 2015, Crocker again served as acting coach when Scott underwent back surgery, and again for one match in 2016 when Scott was ill.
On 4 June 2020, Crocker was appointed as coach of the AFL Women's side, following the departure of inaugural coach Scott Gowans.

Personal life

He is married with four children.

Statistics

Playing statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1985
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1986
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997
! colspan=3| Career
! 165
! 119
! 90
! 1522
! 735
! 2257
! 542
! 174
! 0.7
! 0.5
! 9.2
! 4.5
! 13.7
! 3.3
! 1.2
! 28

Coaching statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2009
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2015
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2016
! colspan=2| Career totals
! 15
! 6
! 8
! 1
! 43.3%
! colspan=2|