News Offseason Staffing Changes - 2025 Edition

[Keys]

FYI - This is/was the 2025 coaching panel

• Senior Coach- Andrew McQualter

Andrew Mcqualter

Age

39

Ht

179cm

Wt

74kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

5.6

2star

HB

7.2

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.2

3star

• Midfield Coach - Jarrad Schofield

Jarrad Schofield

Age

50

Ht

178cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

5.5

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

2.6

3star

M

1.6

2star

T

0.8

3star

• Backline Coach - Luke Webster

Luke Webster

Age

43

Ht

186cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.8

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.0

4star

• Forwards Coach - Marco Bello
• Stoppage Coach - Luke Shuey

13

Luke Shuey

Age

35

Ht

184cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

13.0

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

4.9

5star

CL

5.6

5star

D

18.7

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.8

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

4.3

5star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.4

4star

• Ruck Coach - Ryan Turnbull

• Head of Development - Jamie Maddocks
• Development Manager - Steve Trewhella
• WAFL Coach - Kyal Horsley

Kyal Horsley

Age

38

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

9.0

3star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

2.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

19.6

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

7.2

5star

CL

3.0

5star

• Development Coach (Forwards) - Jacob Brennan

Jacob Brennan

Age

35

Ht

188cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.2

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.6

4star

• Development Coach (Game Fundamentals) - Shannon Hurn

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Shannon Hurn

Age

38

Ht

187cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

15.7

5star

HB

5.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

389.5

5star

D

16.1

4star

K

12.1

5star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

271.6

4star

D

19.0

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

6.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

• Indigenous Player Development Manager - Chance Bateman

Chance Bateman

Age

44

Ht

175cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.1

4star

K

8.8

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

4star

CL

1.1

3star

No current season stats available

D

18.6

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

• High Performance Manager - Mat Inness

New appointments for 2026:

• Sam Radford - Midfield Coach
• Mitch Duncan - Backline Coach
• Phil Merriman - High Performance Manager

 

[cottoneyeYeo]

after events occured i don't think any selwood would have any interest in living in perth

 

[hbk2015]

Wonder if Hinkley wants a fresh start in WA?

 

[Schtinker]

Wonder if Hinkley wants a fresh start in WA?

Boak perhaps, Team him up with Choco Williams in a development role.

 

[BSD]

Boak perhaps, Team him up with Choco Williams in a development role.

Getting Chocco onboard would be like the second coming.

 

[BSD]

The forward line is stagnant. Too many players are either flat footed or flying for marks instead of crumbing to the big guys. Shanahan and Reid looked better than any other combination we've had this year, which is terrible.

The backs most certainly aren't a rabble. Given a chance to defend, they're pretty bloody good for what we have down there at the minute. But too often, teams turn the ball over at half forward or the midfield and put out defense under pressure. Our midfield has a lot of work to do, particularly defensively.

Would Liam Ryan score more goals as a crumbing forward or flying for high marks ?
The last 2 really good ones we had were Lecras and Phillip Matera.

 

[Barrybran]

Would Liam Ryan score more goals as a crumbing forward or flying for high marks ?
The last 2 really good ones we had were Lecras and Phillip Matera.

A crumbing forward, easily. Don't get me wrong, Ryan excels as a full forward despite his size. But that is not his role with us. He (and Harley for that matter) would be better off staying down, letting the talls do their thing, and using their skills and agility to score or set up goals.

When the talls are out of position, that's when they fly.

 

[Barrybran]

Wonder if Hinkley wants a fresh start in WA?

Hinkley would be a great addition but perhaps a little premature for us? We need solid development coaches now. Hinkley seems like the kind of coach we would want in a couple of years' time.

 

[TheNewAnchor]

Getting Chocco onboard would be like the second coming.

No thanks, every time I've hear him front the media my anal sphincter contracts. There's a hundred better options than him.......no, make that 2 hundred.

 

[Feeling Groovy]

This obsession with Choco Williams is really odd. He’s like the boogie man parents scare kids with to get them to behave. Get Choco, he’ll toughen us up and make everything right.

 

[squashface]

This obsession with Choco Williams is really odd. He’s like the boogie man parents scare kids with to get them to behave. Get Choco, he’ll toughen us up and make everything right.

He's the boomer messiah

 

[Elite Pete]

Would be a huge loss.

 

[Elite Pete]

after events occured i don't think any selwood would have any interest in living in perth

The events might also want them to be around their nephew and niece.

 

[InTheWings]

I wouldn't be surprised if Trent Cochin came over as a development coach.

 

[frenchconnection]

Schofield is supposedly leaving to go back to Port and Worsfold isn't an assistant coach.
A bunch of untried players who want to be coaches but have no experience other than playing is not necessarily what we need right now.
We need someone who has a proven ability to develop young players and we need someone with a strong tactical mind. Unlikely to get that from a guy fresh into the role.
I'm not against bringing in someone who's just finished playing but we also need some guys who've actually coached before as well

From what I heard Schofield turned down the job at Port and still has a year on his contract in any event so think he will still be with us for 2026.

 

[frenchconnection]

But did the right thing in going to "another club" to cut his teeth in a coaching role before heading off to greener pastures.

IMHO we should have done the same with a few ex-players instead of parachuting them into assistant coach roles at the club. Coaching staff should be drawn from "the best available" from across the league, not from blokes who were wearing your club's playing jumper 12 months prior.

I think attracting ex players into a coaching role and to come West is not as easy as it sounds, particularly should they have young families.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

I think attracting ex players into a coaching role and to come West is not as easy as it sounds, particularly should they have young families.

This is why we will need to overspend on the soft cap. Now (I think) simmos extra million is payed up, we should go over the cap half a mill or more and pay the fines. pay assistant coaches 100k over normal rates and I recon that might entice a couple. Offer 300k for a head of development and see who manager calls us.

Even if we went a mill over each year for the next 5 yrs, Harley jumper sales will cover it.

 

[Rowan18]

This is why we will need to overspend on the soft cap. Now (I think) simmos extra million is payed up, we should go over the cap half a mill or more and pay the fines. pay assistant coaches 100k over normal rates and I recon that might entice a couple. Offer 300k for a head of development and see who manager calls us.

Even if we went a mill over each year for the next 5 yrs, Harley jumper sales will cover it.

Not this again. Lookup the way the taxes work for going over the cap, from memory, they get progressively higher each year you're over (I think up to 250%). So if you spend $1M over, by year three you might be paying a penalty of $2.5M on top of that $1M. There is no way the owners of the Eagles (WAFC) would let that happen.

 

[The Dodger]

Would be a huge loss.

Love the thumbnail for that. You can just see Chris Mayne saying "good win Bucks" and Buckley replying "thanks Mundy"

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Not this again. Lookup the way the taxes work for going over the cap, from memory, they get progressively higher each year you're over (I think up to 250%). So if you spend $1M over, by year three you might be paying a penalty of $2.5M on top of that $1M. There is no way the owners of the Eagles (WAFC) would let that happen.

From memory didn't the severity of it significantly diminish? I can't find any document that highlights the actually numbers, so you might be right.

 

[swing state]

too many old boys on the coaching staff,need some new blood

 

[06Premiers]

I wouldn't be surprised if Trent Cochin came over as a development coach.

Are we sure his parents will allow him to come to WCE this time?

 

[Elite Pete]

FYI - This is/was the 2025 coaching panel

• Senior Coach- Andrew McQualter
• Midfield Coach - Jarrad Schofield
• Backline Coach - Luke Webster Departing
• Forwards Coach - Marco Bello
• Stoppage Coach - Luke Shuey
• Ruck Coach - Ryan Turnbull

• Head of Development - Jamie Maddocks
• Development Manager - Steve Trewhella
• WAFL Coach - Kyal Horsley
• Development Coach (Forwards) - Jacob Brennan
• Development Coach (Game Fundamentals) - Shannon Hurn
• Indigenous Player Development Manager - Chance Bateman

Blues look to be loading up to support Voss.

 

[Boohemian]

Blues look to be loading up to support Voss.

Hickmott would be a great pickup for the Blues. Reckon we've missed him.

 

[stallon]

Would Liam Ryan score more goals as a crumbing forward or flying for high marks ?
The last 2 really good ones we had were Lecras and Phillip Matera.

Our problem with that right now is our forward talls are either new and inexperienced or not very good.

If we had Oscar in that forward line flying for everything Ryan or whoever could probably afford to focus purely on ground level stuff, but that's not the case unfortunately.
Even next year with Waterman back, hes not really a flyer like Allen