CARLTON coach Mick Malthouse has laughed off suggestions his record breaking 715th game on Friday night will be a send-off.

Speculation that the three time premiership coach might give the game away soon after passing the milestone was sparked after star midfielder Bryce Gibbs told reporters on Monday the team hoped to give their coach a "good send off" against Collingwood.

However, Malthouse dismissed the talk.

"I'll be coaching as long as I enjoy the game," Malthouse told AFL.com.au.

The 61-year-old, who began coaching in 1984, attended AFL House on Tuesday afternoon along with wife Nanette to receive a presentation from the AFL Commission that acknowledged his enormous achievement.

He will break Collingwood coaching legend Jock McHale's longstanding record of most games coached when the Blues play the Magpies at the MCG.

McHale coached the last of his 714 games in 1949.

Malthouse, who coached Footscray, West Coast and Collingwood before joining Carlton in 2013, said the enormity of the occasion ahead dawned on him as soon as last week's game against St Kilda in New Zealand had finished.

"It's something that I put off and put off and put off and probably tried to ignore it too much and get overburdened by it, and once the game had finished on the weekend and people started talking about this week, it gained momentum with myself and I thought ‘hang on, that is a lot of games’." 

Malthouse said the milestone was an opportunity for him to reflect on his involvement in the game that began when he played his first match in 1972.

"It has given me a bit more perspective on the occasion and to reflect on those who have helped me along," Malthouse said.

He said his appreciation of the game was strong and it had provided him with many friendships and experiences.

"It's a game that you start to appreciate. Not only the game, but the characters and the people who make the game."

On Friday night against Collingwood, he will take his place in the coaches box for the 715th time to do what no man in the game has done before him. How will he feel?

"I don't know," Malthouse said.

"I'll be extremely proud to walk up the race with my wife and children and of course the grandchildren, and then from there I don't know what the emotions will be like."

One thing for sure is that he won't be giving any thought to the milestone while the game is in progress.

"Once the siren goes I am employed to help Carlton win games of football and that is what I will be doing," Malthouse said.