\n Experienced coach and football administrator Andy Collins to join Port Adelaide in newly-created senior football role.\n <\/p>\n
Port Adelaide has appointed experienced coach and football administrator Andy Collins as the club\u2019s Director of Coaching.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Collins boasts an impressive playing, coaching and administrative resume, arriving at Alberton following four seasons as Head of Development at Hawthorn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The newly created role will see Collins lead coach development and learning, ensuring coaches are aligned in their approach, while also supporting player education.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Collins coached both Williamstown and Sandringham to VFL premierships, and spent six years in charge of SANFL team West Adelaide, where he guided the side to a grand final in 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a player, he was a triple-premiership defender in the late 1980s and early 1990s at Hawthorn, recording 212 AFL games before his retirement at the conclusion of the 1996 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide Chief Executive Officer Matthew Richardson was pleased to welcome Collins to the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Andy to Port Adelaide,\u201d Mr Richardson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will be an exceptional addition to support our refreshed coaching group, led by new senior coach Josh Carr.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAndy brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from his time working in various football programs across the AFL, VFL and the SANFL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIn what is a period of change for our AFL group, appointing someone with Andy\u2019s background will be incredibly beneficial as we build and enhance our football program for 2026 and beyond.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Collins was looking forward to the opportunity at the Power, with the role offering the perfect next step for the former Hawk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be making the move to Port Adelaide,\u201d Collins said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo work alongside Josh Carr as a new senior coach is something I\u2019m greatly looking forward to.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m passionate about developing people, so to have the chance to help a relatively young group of coaches become the best they can be, is an opportunity too good to pass up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPort Adelaide has an exciting young playing list and the club has performed strongly over the last few years, so I look forward to seeing them bounce back after a tough year on field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI also want to thank Hawthorn for the opportunities I\u2019ve been afforded by the club since I was a player myself. I\u2019ll always be grateful for my time at the Hawks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Collins will commence his new role in early November.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Experienced coach and football administrator Andy Collins to join Port Adelaide in newly-created senior football role. Port Adelaide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-161470","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\/161470","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=161470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}