Meet the new Pigeons coach

Announced last week, the 39-year-old former dynamic Geelong forward has committed to the senior coach position for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

Johnson played with the Wangaratta Magpies as a junior and was selected from the Murray Bushrangers with pick 24 in the 2001 national draft. He then went onto to play 253 games with Geelong and a further 40 with GWS for a total of 293 games and 516 goals, then was an assistant coach to John Longmire at Sydney Swans and then GWS for the 2022 season.