Coaching career[edit]
Sumich served as coach of South Fremantle in 2000 and 2001, taking his club to a
grand final in 2001, which the club lost to
East Perth. He accepted a role as an assistant coach at the West Coast Eagles when his premiership teammate
John Worsfold was appointed senior coach in 2002. Sumich served in this position for ten years until 2011, which included the club’s
2006 premiership victory. The
Fremantle Football Club announced in October 2011 that Sumich would be joining the club as an assistant coach under
Ross Lyon.
[11] His change in clubs was described as a "defection" and a "shock move".
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