Brown is one of the most respected people in football, having played 254 games with Collingwood between 1987 and 2000. A triple Best & Fairest winner he was club captain for five seasons and played in the 1990 premiership side.
He has remained at Collingwood since retiring as a player and has added to his outstanding football CV as part of the coaching panel. He was assistant coach to Michael Malthouse for six seasons from 2002 and in the last three seasons Brown has been the coach of the Collingwood VFL side.
“Gavin Brown is a highly respected person in football and his experience as a player and assistant coach in the AFL and also as a senior coach in the VFL will provide our coaching team with tremendous experience and knowledge,” said General Manager Football Operations, Steven Icke.
“We are delighted that Gavin has decided to further his coaching career at the Carlton Football Club and believe it is a real coup for this club. He was a part of the 2010 premiership club and has been at Collingwood all his AFL career so the fact he has made the decision to join Carlton is an endorsement of where the Carlton Football Club is heading,” Icke added.
Gavin said he was looking forward to his new environment.
“I am really looking forward to this exciting new phase of my career. It is obviously a big decision for me to leave Collingwood, the club I have been with for over 25 years, but I believe Carlton has an exciting future and I am keen to be back working full-time with the AFL team as part of the coaching team at the Blues.”
