{"id":15056,"date":"2025-07-23T04:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15056\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T04:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T04:03:11","slug":"knights-set-for-ceo-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15056\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights set for CEO shake-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Newcastle Knights have reportedly appointed respected rugby league administrator Peter Parr as the club\u2019s new Chief Executive Officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Currently the club\u2019s Director of Football, Parr has agreed to a multi-year extension that will see him step into the top executive role this November, succeeding long-serving CEO Phil Gardner, according to The Newcastle Herald.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the off-field figure agreed to the new deal two weeks ago, with Chris James \u2013 currently the club\u2019s General Manager of Football Operations \u2013 expected to assume Parr\u2019s current role as Director of Football starting in the 2026 NRL season.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Parr was linked to a potential move to the Perth Bears to help build and oversee the development of the new 18th NRL franchise.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/newcastle-knights-reportedly-set-sack-coach-end-season\/f0cd06e77f7be6a3a2e99edf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newcastle Knights reportedly set to sack coach at end of season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The leadership reshuffle comes amid mounting speculation over head coach Adam O\u2019Brien\u2019s future, with widespread media reports suggesting the Knights are prepared to part ways with him at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the club languishing near the bottom of the ladder, t<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/knights-stick-obrien-despite-struggles\/84e1bda555b9cadab89bb7d7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he board is expected to retain him through the end of 2025<\/a> \u2013 unless the team experiences a dramatic collapse in form during the final seven weeks of the season, according to CODE Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Newcastle, Parr established himself as one of rugby league\u2019s most astute administrators, with experience spanning the Western Reds, Adelaide Rams, Brisbane Broncos, NSW Blues, and a 20-year tenure at the North Queensland Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter will bring a new level of experience and football IQ to our operations,\u201d Knights CEO Phil Gardner said in 2022 when he first welcomed Parr to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the key architect of the Cowboys becoming a consistent force in the NRL, including their charge towards a first grand final in 2005 and ultimately winning the title in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s seen everything rugby league throws at you, and we know his experience and nous will be invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Newcastle Knights have reportedly appointed respected rugby league administrator Peter Parr as the club\u2019s new Chief Executive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-15056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}