Full name Christian Fagan Years Club 2017– Brisbane Lions | Place of birth Queenstown, Tasmania Club Games (W–L–D) | |
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Date of birth (1961-06-23) 23 June 1961 (age 55) | ||
Christian "Chris" Fagan (born 23 June 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League.
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Tasmanian football
Chris Fagan played 263 senior games in the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) and Tasmanian Football League (TFL) with Hobart, Sandy Bay and Devonport and kicked 430 goals in his career. He represented Tasmania on 11 occasions and played in two premiership teams - Hobart in 1980 and Devonport in 1988.
He spent two years as an assistant coach at North Hobart before being appointed senior coach of Sandy Bay for 1993 and 1994. He was the inaugural coach of the Tassie Mariners from 1995 to 1997. He was the 181st person to be inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
AFL football
Fagan was an assistant coach at the Melbourne Football Club between 1999 and 2007, during which the club reached the 2000 AFL Grand Final, where they lost to Essendon. He served two roles at the Hawthorn Football Club between 2008 and 2016, where he was instrumental in the club's 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 premiership victories. He was head of coaching and development between 2008 and mid-2013, while he was general manager of football alongside Alastair Clarkson between mid-2013 and the end of 2016. On 4 October 2016 he was appointed as the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions, replacing Justin Leppitsch.