YESTERDAY saw Melbourne's AFLW senior coach Mick Stinear make the difficult decision to depart the club after 10 seasons at the helm. 

Stinear was the club's inaugural AFLW senior coach, appointed in 2016, and has spent the last 10 years building the club's women's program into what it is today. 

As the club farewells Stinear, take a walk down memory lane and relive all his incredible impact throughout the last decade. 

2016 | Stinear appointed Melbourne’s inaugural AFL senior coach

2017 | Led Melbourne into its first AFLW match during the inaugural season

2020 | Led Melbourne to its first finals appearance

2021 | Led Melbourne to its first AFLW preliminary final

2022 S6 | Led Melbourne to it first grand final berth

2022 S6 | Celebrated 50 games as coach in the grand final 

2022 S7 | Led Melbourne to its inaugural AFLW premiership

2025 | Celebrated his 100^th game as coach with a semi-final win