Meanings
plural coach killers
- AustraliahobbiesA particularly frustrating, usually simple mistake made by a player.
The counterattack is swift and should result in a goal but Miers drops a chest mark uncontested! […] That was a coach killer.
2020 October 17, Jonathan Howcroft, “AFL finals 2020, preliminary final: Geelong Cats beat Brisbane Lions – as it happened”, in Guardian, retrieved 25 Jul 2025 - UShobbiesA player who apparently causes coaches to be sacked.
"I think Pat McAfee made a good choice; this guy's hardly a coach killer; he's only played for three in 20 years," Lupica said.
2024 October 10, Jessica Kleinschmidt, “Mike Lupica: Aaron Rodgers got Robert Saleh fired — because of his play”, in Awful Announcing, retrieved 24 Jul 2025 - hobbiesA performance that results in a coach's sacking.
The future of Michael Voss is under intense questioning yet again after another horror result for Carlton against North Melbourne with Campbell Brown labelling the 11-point defeat a "coach killer".
2025 June 21, “Coach killer: Voss cannot survive after North mess”, in SEN, retrieved 25 Jul 2025
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coach killer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coach%20killer
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