{"id":247851,"date":"2025-10-29T04:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247851\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T04:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:19:09","slug":"suns-appoint-new-gm-of-football-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247851\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns appoint new GM of Football &#8211; AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/introducing-myteam-your-club-your-news-your-way-166070\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"327\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" style=\"float:right;\" class=\"my-team-banner promo-article-banner\" id=\"my-team-banner\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ZH-InArticleMyTeamLink.png.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Craig Cameron has been appointed the new General Manager of Football at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/teams\/gold-coast-suns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Coast Suns<\/a>, after being at the club since 2017, and having several senior roles at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/teams\/gws-giants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GWS Giants<\/a>, Richmond, Melbourne and Fremantle.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron has been elevated to GM of Football following the departure of Wayne Campbell, who joined the Swans.<\/p>\n<p>He said this about his new role.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an exciting opportunity to play a role in both the operations within our football department, whilst also continuing to help build and look to the future for our programs and pathways,&#8221; Cameron said.<br \/><a id=\"D9FpoEmTS3FL_VvoV4irSg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2239112325\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This club has clear goals to compete and win premierships, both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> and AFLW, and I will do everything I can to help in pursuit of those objectives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Suns CEO Mark Evans says Cameron&#8217;s vast experience is of immense value to the Suns.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We&#8217;re excited to appoint Craig to this elevated position within our football department,<br \/>&#8220;Evans said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Craig has a wealth of knowledge after holding senior positions across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> industry for more than 25 years, including the previous eight at our football club.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;He has helped to oversee the long-term development of the club&#8217;s football programs and pathways and will continue to drive our football strategy whilst also taking on the day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Craig has been instrumental in the growth of our club in recent seasons and will continue to be so as we strive for further success on-field in the years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/gty.im\/2177960378<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cameron will remain involved in list management, but will take charge of the football department for the Suns, focusing on football operations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With the change, it is understood that Kall Burns will be elevated from the club&#8217;s national recruiting manager to Cameron&#8217;s former role as list manager.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Burns began as a volunteer in the Suns&#8217; inaugural season and advanced from sports science to GPS analyst, eventually joining the recruitment department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Cameron has been appointed the new General Manager of Football at the Gold Coast Suns, after being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-247851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247851","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=247851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}