\n Simon Goodwin has moved on quickly after parting ways with Melbourne\n <\/p>\n
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin after Melbourne’s loss to Essendon in round five, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
FORMER Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has joined Sydney as its director of coaching and performance.<\/p>\n
Goodwin, the Demons’ premiership coach in 2021, heads to the Swans after being sacked by Melbourne last month.<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old, who was a two-time premiership player and five-time All-Australian with Adelaide, will work closely with Swans coach Dean Cox.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining Sydney as I’ve always admired how the Swans work hard and take care of their people,” Goodwin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Sydney is a club that has achieved sustained success, and I’m looking forward to helping continue that tradition by developing the coaches and players who will shape the club’s future.”<\/p>\n
West Coast and Greater Western Sydney were among the other clubs reportedly interested in Goodwin’s services.<\/p>\n
Taking over in 2017, Goodwin coached the Demons 202 times, leading them to 111 wins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We’re really excited to welcome Simon to Sydney. He’s a proven leader, a creative thinker, and someone who’s passionate about helping our game grow, which is so important in the NSW market,” Swans executive general manager AFL football Leon Cameron said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“A big part of Simon’s job will be helping our coaches grow and develop, and we know his experience will be invaluable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simon Goodwin has moved on quickly after parting ways with Melbourne Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin after Melbourne’s loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-154133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154133","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=154133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}