Andy Collins is a former AFL player and champion of the Hawthorn Football Club and post his playing days has enjoyed a successful and decorated coaching career at AFL and State League levels and is the current coach of the Williamstown Football Club. Collins has a reputation for success and understands how to build it.

Collins had an outstanding playing career at both Sandringham Football Club in the VFA where he was a Premiership Player in 1985 before being recruited by Hawthorn Football Club where he would go on to play 212 games, win three AFL premierships, win a best and fairest and finish 5th in the Brownlow Medal in 1990.

As a coach, Collins had stints at AFL level early on in his coaching career but has really made his name and established himself as one of the best coaches in the country at state league level. Coaching in both the VFL and SANFL competitions for 16 seasons, Collins has taken his teams to the finals in 12 of those seasons, five of them finishing as preliminary finalists and five times leading his teams to the grand final for two premierships.

In our chat, Andy talks to me about his football journey, his philosophy and approach to coaching and developing people, how he builds teams, his background in teaching and psychology and some quirky stories to go with it as well.

Andy provides great learnings throughout this episode and gives you a closer look into his thinking and what has made him successful where ever he has gone.

Please enjoy this episode with Andy Collins.