Matthew Primus
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| Full name | Matthew Richard Primus | ||
| Born |
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| Original teamTemplate:Pluralize from text | Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)/Norwood Football Club (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 2, 1995 National Draft, Fitzroy | ||
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| PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1996 | Fitzroy | 20 (5) | |
| 1997–2005 | Template:AFL | 137 (76) | |
| Total | 157 (81) | ||
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2002 | Australia | 2 | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2010–2012 | Template:AFL | 47 (13–34–0) 27.66% | |
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Matthew Richard Primus (born 12 January 1975) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He has served as the head coach of the Southport Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) since 2025.[1]
Primus previously played for, captained and later coached the Port Adelaide Football Club. He was also an assistant coach at the Gold Coast Suns from 2013 until 2018.[2]
AFL career
Fitzroy career
Early career (1996)
Primus began his career with the Fitzroy Football Club in what was to be their final season in the AFL. At the end of the season, he had played 20 games and kicked five goals, becoming one of their key players. Primus signed with the Port Adelaide Football Club as an uncontracted zone player during their AFL establishment in 1996.
Port Adelaide career
Career high (1997–2002)
After finishing second in Fitzroy’s 1996 best and fairest and in the same position in Port Adelaide's 1997 best and fairest, Primus had established himself as one of the game's top ruckmen, but his close losses in the best and fairest counts would be a pointer to the bad luck he would face later in his career. 1999 saw Primus play only two games before a serious knee injury ruled him out for the year, yet the Power managed to improve on their combined record of 19–23–2 to reach seventh position. As his star rose as a player, Primus was also getting noticed off the field, being voted Cleo Magazine's ”Most Eligible Bachelor" in 1998. After the Power had a disappointing season in 2000, Primus was promoted to captain of the club in 2001, and led the team to a minor premiership in 2002 with only two losses in their last twenty home-and-away games before lack of finals experience told.
Injuries (2003–2004)
In 2003 Primus was hampered by hamstring and knee injuries, and only played nine games. The worst was yet to come, however, and 2004 would be the ultimate heartbreak for Primus. In his return game in Round 3, he suffered an ACL rupture after his left knee bent the wrong way, requiring a knee reconstruction and putting him out of the game for the rest of the 2004 season. Warren Tredrea took over the captaincy, and after plenty of near-misses in the finals, Port Adelaide would go on to win the premiership that year, with Primus missing out.
Final season (2005)
In 2005, Primus made another return to the AFL. His form was not indicative of the Primus of old, however, and it seemed Port were playing Primus out of respect that he was the captain. Not only that, but Port Adelaide were not the same strong side they were just a year earlier. While they eventually had a few results go their way and managed to scrape into the finals, Primus injured his knee again in the final round of the home-and-away season. He was expected to miss only the finals series at first, but later scans revealed that he would require a third knee reconstruction. The likelihood that he would not be able to play until 2007 meant Primus announced his retirement from the AFL at the age of 30.
Statistics
Template:AFL player statistics legend/ruckman Template:AFL player statistics start/ruck with votes |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |Fitzroy | 12 || 20 || 5 || 7 || 163 || 137 || 300 || 61 || 41 || 339 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 8.2 || 6.9 || 15.0 || 3.1 || 2.1 || 17.0 || 2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |Port Adelaide | 2 || 22 || 6 || 1 || 179 || 89 || 268 || 74 || 38 || 255 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 8.1 || 4.0 || 12.2 || 3.4 || 1.7 || 11.6 || 9 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 |Port Adelaide | 2 || 18 || 4 || 2 || 105 || 128 || 233 || 55 || 34 || 289 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 5.8 || 7.1 || 12.9 || 3.1 || 1.9 || 16.1 || 4 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 |Port Adelaide | 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 9 || 5 || 14 || 4 || 1 || 28 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 4.5 || 2.5 || 7.0 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 14.0 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 |Port Adelaide | 2 || 21 || 12 || 8 || 124 || 163 || 287 || 79 || 45 || 315 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 5.9 || 7.8 || 13.7 || 3.8 || 2.1 || 15.0 || 5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001 |Port Adelaide | 1 || 22 || 9 || 5 || 137 || 156 || 293 || 85 || 60 || 488 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 6.2 || 7.1 || 13.3 || 3.9 || 2.7 || 22.2 || 10 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 |Port Adelaide | 1 || 24 || 23 || 8 || 140 || 180 || 320 || 91 || 75 || 490 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 5.8 || 7.5 || 13.3 || 3.8 || 3.1 || 20.4 || 9 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 |Port Adelaide | 1 || 9 || 5 || 1 || 34 || 27 || 61 || 22 || 15 || 111 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 3.8 || 3.0 || 6.8 || 2.4 || 1.7 || 12.3 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 |Port Adelaide | 1 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 7 || 5 || 12 || 5 || 5 || 11 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 7.0 || 5.0 || 12.0 || 5.0 || 5.0 || 11.0 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 |Port Adelaide | 1 || 18 || 12 || 10 || 87 || 87 || 174 || 50 || 35 || 289 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 4.8 || 4.8 || 9.7 || 2.8 || 1.9 || 16.1 || 2 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 157 ! 81 ! 43 ! 985 ! 977 ! 1962 ! 526 ! 349 ! 2615 ! 0.5 ! 0.3 ! 6.3 ! 6.2 ! 12.5 ! 3.4 ! 2.2 ! 16.7 ! 41 |}
Coaching career
Port Adelaide (2006–2012)
Primus was an assistant coach at Port Adelaide Football Club under senior coach Mark Williams from December 2005 to July 2010.[4]
Just over midway through the 2010 season, with the Power’s record getting worse week by week, Williams stepped down as senior coach after Round 15, and Primus was appointed the caretaker senior coach for the remainder of the 2010 season.[5] As caretaker senior coach, Primus won five of his seven games in charge, with two of them against in-form teams Adelaide and Hawthorn, and earned numerous praises from players, staff and supporters for the job in 2011.[6] The club administration had started the search for a new coach and it was believed that the Power would appoint someone who had never been associated with the club before.[7] Nevertheless, Primus was appointed as the senior coach of the club for three years.[8][9][10]
In the 2011 season in Primus' first full season as the full-time Port Adelaide senior coach, the side won only three games, finishing second-last, narrowly avoiding the wooden spoon with a win in the final round of the season against Melbourne, at the expense of Gold Coast in their inaugural season. He finished the 2011 season with a 3–19 win–loss record. In the 2012 season, he coached the team to a 5–13 record after nineteen rounds, but after the team's 34-point loss to struggling expansion team Greater Western Sydney in Round 19, Primus was informed that his contract would be terminated one year early at the end of the season; he opted to step down as senior coach immediately, on 6 August 2012, rather than coach out the remaining four matches, and he was replaced by Port Adelaide assistant coach Garry Hocking as caretaker senior coach for the remainder of the 2012 season.[11] He left Port Adelaide with a winning percentage of just 27.7%.[12]
Gold Coast Suns (2013–2018)
On 25 September 2013, Primus was announced as an assistant coach of the Gold Coast Suns.[13] At the end of the 2018 season, Primus left the Gold Coast Suns after he was told that his contract would not be renewed as assistant coach as part of a clean-out at the club.[14][15][16]
Southport (2025–)
On 7 August 2024, Southport Football Club announced Primus would join the club as its Victorian Football League (VFL) head coach, beginning from the 2025 season.[1]
Personal life
Primus married Melissa Tucker in January 2007. They have three daughters together, Skye (born April 2006), Holly (born July 2007) and Georgia (born August 2008). He is also the grandson of former Geelong Football Club player, captain and coach Reg Hickey.
Honours and achievements
Team:
- Port Adelaide Pre Season Premiership 2001, 2002
Individual:
- All Australian 2001, 2002
- Port Adelaide second best and fairest 1997
- Fitzroy second best and fairest 1996
- Port Adelaide best and fairest 2002
- Port Adelaide best team man 2000, 2001
- Port Adelaide captain 2001–2005
- Port Adelaide coach 2010–2012
- International Rules Series 2002
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."VFL COACHING ANNOUNCEMENT". Southport Sharks. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Football Staff". goldcoastfc.com.au. Gold Coast Football Club. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Matthew Primus". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ Lovett, AFL Record Guide To Season 2007, p. 227
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Primus appointed – Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club". Portadelaidefc.com.au. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Power triumphs over Adelaide at AAMI | Adelaide Now". Archived from the original on 28 July 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Niall, Jake (16 July 2010). "Top assistants in frame for senior Port job". The Age. Melbourne.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Primus Appointed Coach – Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club". www.portadelaidefc.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Port Adelaide Football Club chooses Matthew Primus to replace Mark Williams as coach". 8 September 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Port Adelaide Football Club chooses Matthew Primus to replace Mark Williams as coach". 9 September 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rucci, Michelangelo (6 August 2012). "Matthew Primus told he will not coach Port Adelaide next year". Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Matthew Primus Coaching Record and Statistics".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ex-Power coach Matthew Primus joins Gold Coast as its new assistant coach | AFL news | The Courier-Mail". Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gold Coast Suns clean-out begins with assistant coaches Matthew Primus, Andy Lovell gone". 9 July 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gold Coast look to the future as the 'clean-out' begins". 10 July 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Major clean out begins for Suns as struggling club looks to fresh start". 24 August 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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