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\n Assistant coach Troy Chaplin\u00a0has been awarded the 11th Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship\n <\/p>\n
MELBOURNE assistant coach Troy Chaplin\u00a0has been awarded the 11th Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship.<\/p>\n
Chaplin had a 215-game AFL career with Port Adelaide and Richmond before transitioning into coaching at Melbourne in 2016 where he has been an assistant coach. He was part of the Demons\u2019 2021 premiership coaching panel and in 2025, served as interim senior coach for three games.<\/p>\n
Chaplin, who was coached by the late Phil Walsh early in his career, saw first-hand the passion for innovation and how Phil was able to get the best out of his players through his personal and professional development.\u00a0This is something that the highly respected Chaplin has been on a journey of creating.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since arriving at the Dees, he’s become known as an exceptional young coach with a huge appetite to learn and a desire to provide opportunities to support his players to develop. He’s been able to balance both the technical side of coaching and a strong emotional intelligence, which he puts to use in the way he connects with players.<\/p>\n
The Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship was created following Phil\u2019s tragic death in July 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The winner receives a $10,000 grant to help develop coaches to follow the example Phil set during his coaching career.<\/p>\n
AFL Coaches Association CEO\u00a0Alistair Nicholson\u00a0congratulated Chaplin and reflected on the impact Phil Walsh made to football and coaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship reminds us of Phil\u2019s relentless curiosity and care for people in the game. He had an impact on many of our members and the broader industry, and so we are very pleased to announce another worthy winner,\u201d Nicholson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTroy has been recognised for his commitment and passion to coaching and his want to prioritise personal and professional development in the pursuit of further coaching roles. The scholarship from the AFLCA will assist Troy to continue grow and provide opportunities to aid in this pursuit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe congratulate Troy and acknowledge the emotional layer of the Award this year with his connection to Phil through his playing days at Port.\u201d<\/p>\n
Melbourne Demons AFL Senior Coach\u00a0Steven King\u00a0congratulated Chaplin on his Award.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a really fitting recognition for Troy and the way he goes about his coaching,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the short time I have known Troy, he has an outstanding appetite to learn and improve, and he really cares about the growth of the people around him.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven his personal connection to Phil Walsh and the values Phil stood for, this award feels especially meaningful. Troy is incredibly deserving, and we are proud to see his contribution to coaching recognised in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chaplin\u00a0described being awarded the Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship as an incredible honour.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be awarded the Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship is an incredible honour and something I\u2019m extremely grateful for,\u201d Chaplin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPhil had a huge impact on my career and something I will be forever grateful for. His passion for learning and developing people left a lasting impression on me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis scholarship provides a great opportunity to continue learning and growing as a coach, and I\u2019m thankful to the AFL Coaches Association and everyone at club for their support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previous winners: Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship<\/p>\n
2016\u00a0– Ben Rutten
2017\u00a0– Adrian Hickmott
2018\u00a0– Aaron Greaves
2019\u00a0– Damien Truslove
2020\u00a0– Luke Kelly
2021\u00a0– Scott Selwood
2022\u00a0– Neville Jetta
2023\u00a0– Tim Clarke
2024\u00a0– Brad Ebert
2025 – Matt Spangher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Assistant coach Troy Chaplin\u00a0has been awarded the 11th Phil Walsh Memorial Scholarship MELBOURNE assistant coach Troy Chaplin\u00a0has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-498452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}