1989 West Coast Eagles season

The 1989 season was the West Coast Eagles' 3rd season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Eagles finished 11th out of 14 teams, the poorest performance of the club's three seasons to date.

Trades
West Coast traded Alex Ishchenko and Mark Zanotti to the for selections 2 and 44 in the 1988 VFL Draft.

Draft selections
Pre-draft selections
 * 1: Stevan Jackson
 * 2: Don Pyke
 * 3: Peter Sumich
 * 4: Craig Turley
 * 5: Scott Watters

1988 National draft
 * 2: Todd Breman
 * 10: Peter Higgins (re-drafted)
 * 24: David Hynes
 * 38: Jeremy Crough
 * 44: Scott Williamson
 * 52: Darren Bartsch
 * 66: Matt Richardson
 * 80: Damian Berto
 * 94: Andrew Geddes
 * 108: Peter Melesso

1989 pre-season draft
 * 10: Shane Cable
 * 24: Clinton Browning
 * 38: Shane Ellis
 * 52: Richard Geary

Panasonic Cup
The 1989 Panasonic Cup was played in a knock-out format. Matches were played during the months of February and March, before the regular season started. All matches were held at Waverley Park, in Mulgrave, Victoria. West Coast progressed to the semi-finals of the competition before being eliminated by, who went on to win the tournament.

Regular season
Home team's score listed in bold Best on ground refers to the player who was awarded three votes in the Brownlow Medal