After Geelong only won seven games and crashed to ninth in 1982, Goggin contacted the club shortly after the end of the home-and-away rounds to say he would not seek reappointment as coach for the following season.
Following Geelong's disappointing results with just seven wins and a ninth-place finish in 1982, Goggin communicated to the club soon after the preliminary rounds ended that he would not be seeking reappointment as the coach for the following year.