Damien Hardwick

AFL Super Coach

Damien Hardwick is now a super AFL coach after leading Richmond Football Club to Premierships in 2017, 2019 and 2020.

He started his football career in 1994 with the Essendon Football Club and was an integral player in the team’s 2000 Premiership side. He played with Port Adelaide and was part of their Premiership win in 2004, retiring the same year.

Damien was appointed Richmond Football Club’s Senior Coach in 2009 and coached them to their now historic victory in 2017, which was the team’s first Premiership since 1980. Add to that, a record-breaking Premiership win in 2019 and 2020

Winning isn’t everything but wanting to win is. And Damien will win any audience over with his incredible story, inspiring your team to achieve anything they set out to do. All you need is a goal and then you can start kicking them.

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Key Points for Damien Hardwick

Coached the Richmond Football Club in 2017 to their first Premiership in 37 years, and since then has added Flags in 2019 and 2020 to his CV.
Took Richmond from 13th position in 2016 to 1st in 2017.
As a player after starting in 1994 Damien won Essendon’s Best and Fairest 1998, Was All Australian 2000, Essendon Premiership player 2000 and was a Port Adelaide Premiership player 2004.

Topics for Damien Hardwick

Building a winning team
Going from zero to hero
Leading from the front
Culture – that’s what it’s all about
Ingredients for success
“I was the problem” – self analysis – the importance
Maintaining the successful recipe
Changing the game
The winning formula
To stay number one – you’ve got to think like you’re number two

Testimonials for Damien Hardwick

Damien was fantastic, a very engaging and inspirational speaker and a lovely guy.
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We were thrilled with the presentation! It was exactly what we wanted!
Myer Pty. Ltd.

Damien was fantastic.
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