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Stuart Dew (born 18 August 1979) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). As a player he played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.[1] Dew was acknowledged as being a long penetrating left foot kick of the football.[2]

Stuart Dew
Dew with Gold Coast in August 2018
Personal information
Full name	Stuart Dew
Date of birth	(1979-08-18) 18 August 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Central District (SANFL)
Debut	Round 15, 1997, Port Adelaide vs. West Coast, at Subiaco Oval
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward / Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997–2006	Port Adelaide	180 (245)
2008–2009	Hawthorn	026 0(20)
Total		206 (265)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2018–	Gold Coast	105 (29–75–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2022.
Career highlights
2× AFL premiership player: 2004, 2008 Port Adelaide leading goalkicker: 2002 SANFL premiership player: 2000
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Playing career

Port Adelaide (1997–2006)

Dew made his debut with the Port Adelaide in 1997, their inaugural year in the AFL. But it was not until the 1998 season that he received regular selection. Dew became an important player for the Power as evidenced during the 2004 season when he kicked 31 goals and was a part of the club's premiership win. The 2005 season saw Dew play a running half-back role and played in all 24 games. On 6 November 2006, Dew announced his retirement from the AFL.[3]

Hawthorn (2008–2009)

Despite not playing football at any level during 2007, Dew announced his intentions to come out of retirement to play a final year with Central Districts. However, Alastair Clarkson, his former assistant coach at Port Adelaide and now head coach at Hawthorn encouraged him to nominate for the 2007 AFL National Draft,[4] where he was selected by Hawthorn with its third round selection (No. 45 overall). He debuted for Hawthorn against Melbourne in round 1, 2008, and injured his hamstring in his second match against Fremantle. He missed some games later in the year by injuring his hamstring again but was fit and playing well by the time of the finals. Stuart repaid the faith shown in him with a brilliant burst in the Grand Final when the result was still in the balance in the third quarter, kicking two goals and setting up two others. A series of soft tissues injuries restricted Dew to 11 games in 2009 and he announced his retirement from AFL at the end of the 2009 season.[5]

Coaching career

Sydney assistant coach (2010–2017)

After retiring as a player, Dew, accepted a position with the Sydney Swans as an assistant coach in 2010. He remained with Sydney until 4 October 2017.[6]

Gold Coast senior coach (2017–present)

Dew was announced as the senior coach of Gold Coast on 4 October 2017.[1] Dew replaced Gold Coast Suns caretaker senior coach Dean Solomon, who replaced Rodney Eade during the 2017 season with three games left to go after Eade stepped down, when told he would not receive a contract renewal as senior coach.[7][8]

In Dew’s first season as senior coach In the 2018 season, the Suns did not see improved results with on-field performance with a 17th finish on the ladder with four wins and 18 losses.[9] In the 2019 season, the club's ladder position further deteriorated to finish in last place for the wooden spoon with three wins and 19 losses.[10] In the 2020 season, the Suns improved to finish in 14th place on the ladder with five wins, one draw and 11 losses.[11] The 2021 season saw the Suns finish 16th on the ladder.[12]

Statistics

Playing statistics

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1997	Port Adelaide	37	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0
1998	Port Adelaide	37	15	12	5	148	54	202	48	23	0.8	0.3	9.9	3.6	13.5	3.2	1.5	0
1999	Port Adelaide	37	23	27	35	181	60	241	47	19	1.2	1.5	7.9	2.6	10.5	2.0	0.8	0
2000	Port Adelaide	17	13	20	9	123	41	164	37	12	1.5	0.7	9.5	3.2	12.6	2.8	0.9	3
2001	Port Adelaide	17	24	44	19	231	89	320	61	24	1.8	0.8	9.6	3.7	13.3	2.5	1.0	8
2002	Port Adelaide	17	23	51	24	199	75	274	49	43	2.2	1.0	8.7	3.3	11.9	2.1	1.9	5
2003	Port Adelaide	17	15	23	17	123	32	155	33	30	1.5	1.1	8.2	2.1	10.3	2.2	2.0	0
2004#	Port Adelaide	17	22	31	21	149	79	228	49	32	1.4	1.0	6.8	3.6	10.4	2.2	1.5	0
2005	Port Adelaide	17	24	19	14	291	138	429	91	58	0.8	0.6	12.1	5.8	17.9	3.8	2.4	6
2006	Port Adelaide	17	20	18	17	192	90	282	71	46	0.9	0.9	9.6	4.5	14.1	3.6	2.3	1
2008#	Hawthorn	31	15	7	4	140	109	249	71	40	0.5	0.3	9.3	7.3	16.6	4.7	2.7	1
2009	Hawthorn	31	11	13	4	101	59	160	31	30	1.2	0.4	9.2	5.4	14.5	2.8	2.7	0
Career[13]			206	265	169	1880	827	2707	588	357	1.3	0.8	9.1	4.0	13.1	2.9	1.7	24

Coaching statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 23, 2022

Legend
W	Wins	L	Losses	D	Draws	W%	Winning percentage	LP	Ladder position	LT	League teams

Season	Team	Games	W	L	D	W %	LP	LT
2018	Gold Coast	22	4	18	0	18.2%	17	18
2019	Gold Coast	22	3	19	0	13.6%	18	18
2020	Gold Coast	17	5	11	1	29.4%	14	18
2021	Gold Coast	22	7	15	0	31.8%	16	18
2022	Gold Coast	22	10	12	0	45.5%	12	18
Career totals[14]		105	29	75	1	27.6%

Honours and achievements

Team

• AFL premiership player (Port Adelaide): 2004
• AFL premiership player (Hawthorn): 2008
• 3× Minor premiership (Port Adelaide): 2002, 2003, 2004
• SANFL premiership player (Central District): 2000

Individual

• Port Adelaide leading goalkicker: 2002
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 1998

Personal life

Dew is married to former Seven News presenter Sarah Cumming and they have two children.[15][16]

References

External links

• Stuart Dew's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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