Collingwood Football Club senior coach after Shaw resigned when Collingwood under Shaw finished sixteenth (the last on the ladder) for the wooden spoon at the end of the 1999 season. Malthouse coached Collingwood to the finals in eight out of his twelve seasons as coach including grand final appearances in 2002, 2003, 2010 (twice) and 2011. In Malthouse's first season as Collingwood Football Club senior coach in the 2000 season, Collingwood under Malthouse finished fifteenth (second-last) on the ladder with seven wins and fifteen losses. In the 2001 season, Collingwood under Malthouse just missed out of the finals, where they finished ninth on the ladder with eleven wins and eleven losses. In the 2002 season, Malthouse guided Collingwood to the 2002 AFL Grand Final but fell short and lost to the Brisbane Lions by a margin of nine points, where the final score was Brisbane Lions 10.15 (75) to Collingwood 9.12 (66). In the 2003 season, Malthouse again guided Collingwood to the 2003 AFL Grand Final but fell short again and lost for the second straight year in a row to the Brisbane Lions by a margin of fifty points, where the final score was Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) to Collingwood 12.12 (84). In the 2004 season, Collingwood's on-field performance under Malthouse dropped when they finished thirteenth with eight wins and fourteen losses. In the 2005 season, Collingwood's on-field performance under Malthouse went from bad to worse, when they finished fifteenth (second-last) on the ladder with five wins and seventeen losses. In the 2006 season, Collingwood under Malthouse returned to the final series after finishing fifth on the ladder. But were eliminated in the elimination final by Western Bulldogs by forty-one points. In the 2007 season, Collingwood under Malthouse made the finals again, but were eliminated by the eventual premiers Geelong in the preliminary final by five points. In the 2008 season, Collingwood under Malthouse made the finals again, but were eliminated by St Kilda in the semi-final by thirty-four points. In July 2009, Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire produced a succession plan in which Malthouse was to hand over the coaching reins to club legend and assistant coach Nathan Buckley at the end of the 2011 season. Also in the 2009 season, Collingwood under Malthouse made the finals again but were eliminated by the eventual premiers Geelong in the preliminary final by seventy-three points. In the 2010 season,