Michael Godden

Michael Godden (born 12 February 1975) is a former professional Australian Football League player and most recently the senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was recruited from the West Adelaide Football Club to the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL) with the 116th selection in the 1992 AFL draft, but did not play a senior game. Godden has since coached 's reserves side, , and South Australia's state team.

Playing career Godden played 89 senior games for and 56 games for the reserves team in the SANFL.

Coaching career In 2007, Godden became the head coach of 's reserves team in the SANFL reserves league. The successful tenure at Glenelg which included a premiership in 2009 springboarded Godden's coaching career, and he became the senior coach of . In 2018, Godden was awarded with a life membership by the SANFL.

In 2021, Godden became the new coach of 's SANFL team. He coached his 250th SANFL game in 2023, but his team lost two consecutive preliminary finals to evade a maiden grand final for the team.