Games coached: 285 - St Kilda (110, 2007-11), Fremantle (175, 2012-19)
Win-loss record: 163-4-118
Grand finals: 2009 (lost), 2010 (drawn), 2010 replay (lost), 2013 (lost)
Assistant coaching roles: Richmond (1996-99), Carlton (2000-03), Sydney (2004-06)
Playing career: 127 games for Fitzroy and 2 for Brisbane between 1985 and 1995
* ST KILDA
A slow, and at times, rocky start to his senior coaching career. The Saints missed finals in Lyon's debut season and were 5-7 in 2008 before they stormed home to secure a preliminary final berth. Lyon fell agonisingly short of becoming St Kilda's second premiership coach, losing grand finals in 2009 and 2010. The Saints won 22 games, including 19 straight, in 2009 but fell to Geelong in a classic grand final. By the end of 2011, the Lyon-St Kilda relationship had fallen apart. In one of the AFL's biggest bombshells, Lyon walked out of Moorabbin to unseat Mark Harvey as Fremantle coach.
* FREMANTLE
Lyon was immediately under pressure to deliver due to the high-profile and controversial nature of his move west, and the Dockers knocked reigning premiers Geelong out of the 2012 finals thanks to a Matthew Pavlich masterclass. Fremantle upset the Cats again in 2013, scoring a famous win at Kardinia Park en route to their first and - so far - only grand final appearance. Near-misses followed in 2014 and 2015 before the Dockers completely fell of a cliff in 2016, tumbling from minor premiers to 16th in 12 months. After four-straight seasons missing the finals, Lyon was axed at the end of 2019.
* ST KILDA (again)
Brett Ratten is brutally sacked by the Saints, less than 100 days after signing a two-year contract extension. Attention swiftly turned to Lyon, with St Kilda president Andrew Bassat and chief executive Simon Lethlean fielding numerous questions about him during the press conference to announce Ratten's departure. Ten days later, Lyon's unlikely return to Moorabbin is confirmed.
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