As player As coach Luke Beveridge (born 23 August 1970) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.

[2] Beveridge won the Melbourne first year player award in 1989 and played his most games with the club in 1991.

Other notable members of the successful group include young firebrand Tim McColl, a future captain of industry at The Co. Accountants and Business Advisors, and Tim Lamb, a former battling local player who found his niche as Assistant Coach during this period.

Lamb's undeniable eye for talent led him to eventually land the role of Melbourne Football Club List Manager, where he masterminded the build of the Demons’ premiership-winning team of 2021.

[8] Beveridge left Hawthorn after the 2014 season and was originally going to become director of coaching at St Kilda.

[9] On 14 November 2014, however, it was instead announced that he would become the senior coach of the Western Bulldogs, succeeding Brendan McCartney.

[10][1][11][12] 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, CEO 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 at the end of the 2015 season, and hence qualified for their first finals series since 2010, before losing to the Adelaide Crows in an elimination final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

[14] This was the club's second premiership since 1954 despite them suffering long-term injuries throughout the season, notably captain Robert Murphy.

In an emotional display which, according to The Age, "will undoubtedly go down as one of the great moments in Australian sporting history",[15] Beveridge handed his coach's premiership medal to Murphy, saying, "This is yours, mate.

[16] In the 2017 season, Western Bulldogs under Beveridge slipped out of the eighth to finish tenth on the ladder and did not make the finals.