Women In Coaching Month: From Player To Coach – Chloe Briggs

It took an injury playing football for Chloe Briggs to discover the joy of coaching.

Now in her second season as a coach at Mount Lawley Inglewood Junior Football Club, Briggs is relishing the role.

“I got into coaching in 2025, after I suffered a football injury that led me to not playing for an extended period of time,” Briggs said.

“Coaching was the gap bridging opportunity for me to be as close and involved in footy as i could be given my circumstances.

“This kick started my coaching journey, and I am now playing and in my second year of coaching.”

Briggs is an assistant coach at the for girls aged 9 and 10 at the Roos.

“My favourite part about coaching is taking the girls along for the journey and getting to see their goals on and off the field come to fruition,” she said.

“I don’t have a specific highlight, although seeing all the effort that the team puts in come through in a game, and seeing a smile on their face and enjoying the sport.”

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Briggs has seen first-hand the growth on women in coaching roles for almost a decade.

“From starting my footy career back in 2019, being a player in both the PFL and SWFL and entering the coaching field myself, there has been a great transformation,” she said.

“From 2019 where it was rare to see a female coach or assistant, to now being a female coach myself at community level and seeing other females coaching at all levels just shows how much growth has occurred over a short amount of time.

“I am excited to see what’s to come for women in coaching roles in the future.”

The second-year coach believes women shouldn’t be intimidated by the prospect of entering the unknown.

“Don’t wait until you feel ready to coach, you don’t know everything before you start and you will learn more while you are doing it,” Briggs said.

“The key part is knowing your ‘why’.

“Why are you choosing to coach?”

According to Briggs, Women in Coaching Month will encourage more females to take up the sport.

“Women in Coaching Month is important as it brings to light the growing popularity of women in coaching roles in the AFL as well as community and state level,” she said.

“Celebrating women in coaching month is not only about celebrating those already in the field but inspiring others to take the leap into the coaching field.”

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