Daniel Lowther

Daniel Lowther (born 19 April 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and later coached the club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Early life Lowther originally played for Diamond Creek, and played for the Northern Knights prior to being drafted. Geelong selected him with pick 61 in the 1995 National Draft.

AFL career Lowther made his debut for Geelong in 1997, before making 30 of his 34 league appearances in 1998 and 1999. He was delisted by Geelong after not making a senior team appearance in the 2000 AFL season, but was redrafted again by Geelong with pick 71 in the 2000 AFL draft, making his final appearance in 2001.

Delisted again, Lowther joined West Adelaide in the SANFL in 2002, later returning to play local football in the Geelong region for Bell Park and Portarlington.

AFL Women's coaching career Lowther joined Geelong as an assistant coach to the VFL team (Geelong reserves) in 2015, then in 2018 joined the AFL team as an analyst. In 2020, he joined the Geelong AFLW coaching team as an assistant coach, looking after the midfield.

On 29 June 2021, Lowther was promoted to be the head coach of the Geelong AFLW team, replacing Paul Hood.

Lowther led Geelong back to the AFLW finals in 2022 AFL Women's season 7.