Background
He is the grandson of Collingwood premiership player Jack Beveridge.
He is the grandson of Collingwood premiership player Jack Beveridge.
He is currently the head coach of the Western Bulldogs. Small in stature, he mainly played as a rover and a forward. He was traded to Footscray for pick 122 in the 1992 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft.
He was seen as a depth player for the club"s playing list.
He managed 31 games in three seasons. At the end of 1995 Beveridge was traded to Street Kilda for pick 52 in the 1995 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft.
His father was a recruitment officer for the club Beveridge played 45 games for the Saints in four seasons.
Beveridge played in Street Kilda"s 1996 pre-season cup winning side.
He played in 7 of 22 matches in the 1997 home and away rounds. Street Kilda qualified in first position for the 1997 finals series. He retired at the end on the 1999 season.
In 2002 Beveridge was elected in the American Federation of Labor-Congress Greek Team of the Century for players having full or partial Greek heritage.
He began his coaching career in the Victorian Amateur Football Association competition where he coached Street Bede"s Mentone Tigers to the C, B and A Grade premierships in consecutive seasons. Beveridge had two years as a player development manager at Collingwood from 2009-2010, where he had an input to the club"s 2010 premiership.
After having a year off, Beveridge joined Hawthorn in 2012 as an assistant coach specialising in working with the club"s defence. Beveridge left Hawthorn after the 2014 season and was originally going to become director of coaching at Street Kilda, however, on 14 November 2014, it was instead announced that he would become the head coach of the Western Bulldogs, succeeding Brendan McCartney.
Despite being tipped by many for the wooden spoon following the loss of several key decision makers including previous coach Brendan McCartney, captain Ryan Griffen, Chief Executive Officer Simon Garlick, former Brownlow Medallist Adam Cooney and over 700 games of experience at the end of 2014, as well as losing reigning best and fairest Tom Liberatore to a knee injury during the pre-season that would ultimately sideline him for the entire 2015 season, Beveridge led an impressive resurgence by the Western Bulldogs, which finished in sixth place on the ladder, and hence qualified for their first finals series since 2010, before losing to the Adelaide Crows in the elimination final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Foreign his efforts, Beveridge was named the American Federation of Labor-Congress Coaches Association coach of the year.
