Collingwood has discovered its subsequent AFLW coach, with former North Melbourne participant Sam Wright beating out contenders together with a Sydney premiership hero to take the reins in 2024.
Wright, who performed 136 video games for the Kangaroos over an 11-year profession, will go away his AFLW assistant coach function at Arden Street to cross over to Collingwood subsequent season.
It comes after the Magpies parted methods with coach Steve Symonds following a disappointing season through which they missed the finals for the primary time in his five-season tenure.
Premiership Swan and former Magpie Nick Davis had additionally been linked to the vacant function together with Collingwood girls’s soccer boss Jess Burger, however the latter denied curiosity within the place and led the seek for Symonds’ substitute on a panel together with Craig McRae, Brendon Bolton and Paul Licuria.
Collingwood soccer boss Graham Wright stated the membership was thrilled to nominate the previous Kangaroo, who he stated had an interesting background in participant improvement.
After retiring from North Melbourne in 2019, Sam Wright joined the Australian Ballet as dancer welfare and improvement co-ordinator earlier than spending time with the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades as a participant improvement supervisor.
“Our recruitment process for this role was extremely thorough and we left no stone unturned in finding the right coach to lead our AFL program into its next chapter,” Graham Wright stated.
“From a criteria perspective we wanted a coach who could foster a high-performance environment, build and maintain strong relationships with both players and staff and have a strong foundation in developing people and footballers.
“Over the course of the process, it became apparent that Sam not only met all our outlined criteria but is also a leader who embodies our values as a club.”
Sam Wright stated it was an “honour” to guide the membership after working below Darren Crocker final season as North Melbourne reached the grand remaining.
“I am grateful to be able to play a role alongside every player and staff member in driving elite standards within the AFLW program which will in turn lead to success,” he stated.
“I look forward to meeting this talented group of footballers very soon and cannot wait to get to work in what will be a very exciting next chapter of this program where we will strive to get better, together.”
Collingwood had a busy commerce and draft interval, turning over virtually 1 / 4 of its record to herald seven new gamers, together with twin Gold Coast main goalkicker Kalinda Howarth.
The Pies additionally appointed a brand new VFLW senior coach final week, with Tom Cashin becoming a member of from the Western Bulldogs.
Source: www.news.com.au
