Chris Scott

Chris Scott (born 3 May 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer best known as a dual premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and a dual premiership coach at Geelong. Born in Melbourne, the identical twin of Brad Scott, he was picked by the Brisbane Bears in the 1993 draft with the twelfth pick and won the Norwich Rising Star award in his debut year of 1994. He played 55 games for the Bears and 160 for the Lions as a strong defender, was part of the 2001 and 2002 premiership teams and retired in 2007 after injuries. After assisting at Fremantle he became Geelong senior coach in 2011 and won the premiership in his first year, then again in 2022, and also coached Geelong to the 2020 and 2025 grand finals.