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

25

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

 

[uptheWC]

Matthew Clarke the ex Adelaide AFLW coach and former Adelaide ruck coach might be someone worth pursuing in some sort of dual ruck and development role. He would have done fair bit of development coaching AFLW, and they won two premierships under his tenure. Stated he wanted to be connected to the game still, seems he might not want the responsibility of being head coach.

Dual AFLW premiership-winning coach Clarke to step away from Crows

Matthew Clarke makes the decision to step down as Adelaide's coach ahead of this year's AFLW season after leading the Crows to two premierships.

www.abc.net.au

I think one Matt Clarke at the club is enough

 

[RookiePick]

I think one Matt Clarke at the club is enough

 

[Avalor]

Is there any news on a ruck coach? I haven't seen any. Training starts on Monday. One would think they would have that base covered.

 

[triplegee]

Is there any news on a ruck coach? I haven't seen any. Training starts on Monday. One would think they would have that base covered.

Would love to see Jeff White given the gig.

 

[Avalor]

Would love to see Jeff White given the gig.

Has he put his hat into the ring?

 

[triplegee]

Has he put his hat into the ring?

Not that I'm aware of, and it's unlikely he'd move across the country given his son has been nominated FS, but his analysis of the way we set up (and others) is second-to-none and demonstrates he'd be perfect in the role.

 

[Elite Pete]

Don’t we still require a strength and conditioning coach as well?

 

[Keys]

Don’t we still require a strength and conditioning coach as well?

Might be an internal promotion- Paul Turk came across from Collingwood as a strength and conditioning coach the same time Matt Inness joined two years ago

Similar role to Kilgallon so maybe he gets promoted

We also added some S&C staff into the AFLW program this year I believe so there might be some crossover there

 

[Elite Pete]

 

[Chris_6678]

https://archive.md/YS6lq

 

[THE A5]

Whats the reason for all these guys being based in the Middle East?

 

[bzparkes]

Whats the reason for all these guys being based in the Middle East?

 

[FatPizza]

Whats the reason for all these guys being based in the Middle East?

Probably because that's where all the money is.

 

[southcoast]

Yeo - too sore to fly - confirmed.

Edit - good use of the soft cap methinks. Fork the AFL paupers.

 

[THE A5]

Probably because that's where all the money is.

Yeah but there’s not many huge sporting organisations there tho

 

[Chris_6678]

Yeah but there’s not many huge sporting organisations there tho

It's become a big fitness hub over the last 3-5 years and a lot base themselves there.

 

[ioppolo]

Yeah but there’s not many huge sporting organisations there tho

The owners of these sports organisations are based there though.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Whats the reason for all these guys being based in the Middle East?

Cash. No cash here, here....no cash

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Hopefully no other clubs are getting a discounted rate after we flew him here

 

[RookiePick]

Whats the reason for all these guys being based in the Middle East?

I have a mate who lives in Dubai and I'm pretty sure he said there was no personal income tax for him there as a foreign worker. I stopped listening and told him the next few rounds were on him!

 

[ziad]

Whats the reason for all these guys being based in the Middle East?

You naive child.

 

[ziad]

It's become a big fitness hub over the last 3-5 years and a lot base themselves there.

The ME owns half the mega organisations

 

[Boohemian]

Whats the reason for all these guys being based in the Middle East?

No personal income tax.

 

[Mr Q]

I have a mate who lives in Dubai and I'm pretty sure he said there was no personal income tax for him there as a foreign worker. I stopped listening and told him the next few rounds were on him!

You want to be real careful with that sort of thing though - if the ATO thinks you're resident in Australia (even part time) and you don't pay tax on income earned offshore, then ... well I knew someone who was basically working to pay their back tax bill.

 

[RookiePick]

You want to be real careful with that sort of thing though - if the ATO thinks you're resident in Australia (even part time) and you don't pay tax on income earned offshore, then ... well I knew someone who was basically working to pay their back tax bill.

He's spent about 8 weeks in Australia in the past 25 years. I think he's ok.