BIO
Assistant coach Sam Virgo joined Port Adelaide's coaching ranks ahead of the 2023 AFLW season.
The All-Australian defender played 29 games across a five-season career between Brisbane and the Gold Coast SUNS and following retirement, quickly seized her opportunities in coaching.
She was selected as one of eight women to take part in the BHP Women’s Coaching Academy, where participants achieved their Level 3 Coaching Course and undertook various development opportunities.
Virgo later took the reins of the Queensland boys NAB AFL under-17 championships team, making history as the first female senior coach to do so.
She also spent two years as part of the coaching panel for the men's Coorparoo Kings division 1 side in the QFA.
Her on-field career overlapped with that of senior coach Lauren Arnell, with the pair playing together at the Lions in 2019.
Coaching career
2023 – current Port Adelaide assistant coach
2021 – 2022 Coorparoo QFA Division 1 men's assistant coach
2021 Queensland under-17 championships boys' senior coach
Achievements:
BHP Women’s Coaching Academy (2021)
AFL She Can Coach Program (2021)
Playing career
Clubs: Brisbane (2017-2019) 15 games; Gold Coast (2020-2021), 14 games, 3 goals
Debut: Round 1, 2017 vs Melbourne
Achievements:
Gold Coast co-captain (2020-2021)
All-Australian (Brisbane, 2017)
Brisbane All For One Award (2017)