Peter German

Peter German (born 2 February 1965) is an Australian rules footballer coach and former player. Since retiring as a player at North Melbourne in the AFL, he has been an assistant coach at Hawthorn, West Coast, Fremantle and the Bulldogs. German has also been a senior coach at second tier clubs in three states, and won the 2004 and 2006 WAFL premierships as coach of Subiaco. German is a life member of both North Melbourne and the VFL.

Career German played 185 games for 201 goals for North Melbourne in the AFL. Used primarily as a midfielder over a 10 year career with one club.

His first coaching assignment was with Burnie in 1995 before he moved into the AFL. He was an assistant coach at Hawthorn and West Coast.

In 2002 German coached WAFL tailender Peel to seven wins, then from 2003 to 2006 German coached Subiaco in the WAFL taking them to two premierships one in 2004 the other in 2006. During his time in the WAFL, he coached the West Australian state side v South Australia in 2006.

He was an assistant coach at AFL level for two seasons, at Fremantle (2007–2008), after which he returned to Melbourne family.

In 2009, German was appointed senior coach of Casey Scorpions, in the VFL. After leading them to sixth place on the ladder and the first round of the finals, he was named VFL coach of the year.

From 2010 until 2013, German was a development coach for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL, and senior coach of its VFL-affiliate Williamstown. With German as coach, Williamstown won the inaugural Foxtel Cup in 2011.

German then coached the Coburg Football Club in the VFL from 2014 until 2017, the first four years as a stand-alone club after the end of its reserves affiliation with . German was appointed as coach of Ovens and Murray Football League team Albury Tigers for 2019, but departed with mutual consent only four games into the season.

German then worked for AFL Cairns as General Manager for the North Cairns Tigers, overseeing the clubs Football Operations and Coaching. After just one season, disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced German would return to the Ovens and Murray Football League with Corowa-Rutherglen.

In September 2022, it was announced German would return to the WAFL as the senior coach at Perth.