DOB: 29/9/47
Player Statistics:
North Melbourne (1967-74)
120 Games, 6 Goals
South Melbourne (1975-76)
23 Games, 0 Goals
Victorian Player 1971
Senior Coaching Career:
North Melbourne (1993-2001)
Coached: 217
Won: 138
Lost: 79
Drawn: 0
(includes finals P21 W14 L7)
Win Ratio: 64%
North Melbourne Seniors
1993: 5 (W13 L8)
1994: 3 (W14 L10)
1995: 3 (W16 L9)
1996: 1 (W19 L6)
1997: 4 (W14 L11)
1998: 2 (W18 L7)
1999: 1 (W20 L5)
2000: 4 (W15 L10)
2001: 13(W9 L13)
Other Coaching
North Melbourne Under 19's
1982: 6
1983: 2
1984: 1
1985: 2
1986: 2
1987: 1
1988: 1
1989: 2
1990: 1
1991: 1
193 Wins, 44 losses, 1 draw (81% winning record)
Essendon Reserves
1992: 1
21 wins, 3 losses (87.5% winning record)
Coaching Honours
1996, 1999 North Melbourne Premiership Coach
North Melbourne Coaching Record (most games)
1992 Essendon Reserves Premiership Coach
Five-time North Melbourne Under 19 Premiership Coach
(Nine consecutive U19 Grand Finals)
Denis Pagan represented North Melbourne as a player in 120 games (plus 23 for South Melbourne), but his best efforts at the club were the five Under-19 Premierships that he coached. Unlucky to not be promoted to senior coach, he moved on to Essendon where he coached the Reserves to a Premiership immediately.
Pagan coached the team to the finals for a record 8 consecutive years (including the AFL record of 7 consecutive preliminary finals. The "Football Record" called Pagan "the man with the Finals Touch". Pagan coached a VFL/AFL side (U19/Reserves/Seniors) to the finals from 1983-2000.