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Name:
Warren Burford
Nickname:
Coachy
DOB:
04/01/1975
Height: 180cm
Debut: Round 6 2004 vs. LBCFs
Games:
67
Goals: 20
Recruited From: Glen Waverley
Achievements: 2004 4th - Vitale Medal
                        2004 Coach Of The Year
                        2005 Coach Of The Year
                        2006 Coach Of The Year
                        2007 Coach Of The Year
                        2008 Coach Of The Year
                        2009 Coach Of The Year/Premiership Coach
                        2010 Corporate Games Silver Medallist
                        2010 Coach Of The Year
                        2011 Coach Of The Year/Premiership Coach
                        2011 Corporate Games Gold Medallist


Career Highlights: He is the man who created The Bullets...Has coached every game they have played...Led the team to the wooden spoon in his first year at the helm...Has recruited some big names to the club...Is known to sleep with a football (although he prefers women)...Greatest coaching success came in The Age's 'Dream Team' fantasy football competition of 1995 where he placed 863rd...Sadly missed a game in Round 2 2005 due to a dental ailment...Kicked his first career goal in the dying moments of The Bullets' Round 5 2005 clash with Meeniyan...Played his 10th game against The Gnomes in Round 7 2005...Kicked two goals in one of his best games for the club...Coached The Bullets to back-to-back wins in Rounds 8 and 9...Led The Bullets to their first finals win against The Travellers, stretching his winning coaching streak to three games in the process...Coached the club to a 4-6 record in 2005...Continued his coaching hot streak by winning the opening encounter of the 2006 season and played one of his best games for the club...Kicked a couple more goals in Round 3...Guided the club through another hot-streak as they once again won their last three games of the season to finish with a career-best 6-4 win/loss record...Was looking to take the club to an even greater level in 2007...Played his 25th game in Round 2 2007 against Pencil It In Again, which kickstarted a three-game winning streak...With the club losing it's last five games of 2007, Coachy had to fight to keep his job in 2008...After a shaky start, won the last two games of season 2008 to dodge another 'bullet' from the board...Contested his first Corporate Games in 2009 and finished an honourable fourth...Missed only his second ever game in Round 5 2009...Led The Bullets to the 2009 premiership and enjoyed one of his best seasons along the way, kicking 8 goals for the season...The premiership win against The Wannabees was conicidentally his 50th game for the club...2010 was a year of near misses, losing the 2010 grand final and the 2010 Corporate Games grand final...Led from the front by kicking a goal in each final...Had his most successful year ever in 2011 by guiding the club to both their second premiership and their first Corporate Games gold medal...Still has doubters regarding his coaching style...

 
   
     
 
     
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