Tony Micale


Anthony Claude "Tony" Micale is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the East Perth Football Club. Micale played for the South Fremantle and East Fremantle Football Clubs in the West Australian Football League, and later took up coaching. He also occasionally works as a special comments radio commentator for football matches broadcast on 6PR.

Career

After playing 16 games for in the WAFL between 1967 and 1970, Micale moved to where he played from 1973 to 1976 and again in 1978, playing in the side's premiership victory in 1974.
Micale coached from 1997 to 1998, including the side's premiership win in 1998. He coached to a grand final in 1999 before being recruited by, which he took to three consecutive premierships, in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He served as an assistant coach of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League from 2003–08, and was named as "AFL Assistant Coach of the Year" in 2007. He was dropped from the role at the end of the 2008 season. Micale was re-appointed coach of East Perth for the 2009 season, replacing Glen Bewick. In April 2011, Micale stepped down from his role as coach of East Perth after the death of his son, Josh, from a brain aneurysm, but returned the following week.