{"id":153910,"date":"2025-09-19T07:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153910\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:56:09","slug":"simon-goodwin-joins-sydney-swans-as-director-of-coaching-performance-former-melbourne-demons-coach-dean-cox-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153910\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Goodwin joins Sydney Swans as Director of Coaching &#038; Performance, former Melbourne Demons coach, Dean Cox, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Goodwin\u2019s next move after departing the Melbourne Football Club has been revealed, with Dean Cox and the Sydney Swans recruiting the premiership coach for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 flag winner will join the Swans as the club\u2019s new Director of Coaching &amp; Performance, after nearly nine full seasons as head coach of the Demons.<\/p>\n<p>His new role will see him work alongside Cox and the Sydney coaching unit, after an underwhelming 2025 season impacted by several key injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of the 2025 Toyota AFL Finals Series before the Grand Final, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=afl&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely thrilled to be joining Sydney as I\u2019ve always admired how the Swans work hard and take care of their people,\u201d Goodwin said via a club statement on Friday evening. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSydney is a club that has achieved sustained success, and I\u2019m looking forward to helping continue that tradition by developing the coaches and players who will shape the club\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old played 275 games at Adelaide across a 14-year career, and was a five-time All-Australian. He won two premierships also as a player, and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to welcome Simon to Sydney. He\u2019s a proven leader, a creative thinker, and someone who\u2019s passionate about helping our game grow, which is so important in the NSW market,\u201d Sydney General Manager Leon Cameron added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big part of Simon\u2019s job will be helping our coaches grow and develop, and we know his experience will be invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goodwin finished his head coaching career at Melbourne with an impressive winning percentage of 55.47.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simon Goodwin\u2019s next move after departing the Melbourne Football Club has been revealed, with Dean Cox and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-153910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153910","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=153910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}