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But McRae has rejected options including Tasmania to sign a two-year extension, meaning he\u2019s locked in at the Magpies until the end of 2028.<\/p>\n
The deal is believed to be worth over $1 million a year putting McRae among the highest-paid coaches in the AFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince arriving at Collingwood, Craig has built a philosophy centred on connection, resilience and getting better every day,\u201d Collingwood president Barry Carp said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder his leadership, the Club has reconnected with its people, honoured its history and brought the Magpie Army along the journey, highlighted by our unforgettable 2023 premiership.<\/p>\n
\u201cInternally, Craig drives our family first value and connection between players and staff while emphasising the importance of extending that connection with our 19th player – Collingwood Members and supporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted this connection will continue for at least three more seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Craig McRae, Senior Coach of the Magpies celebrates winning the round 12 AFL match between Collingwood Magpies and Hawthorn Hawks at Melbourne Cricket Ground, on May 30, 2025, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Josh Chadwick\/AFL Photos\/via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
McRae led Collingwood to a shock top-four finish in his maiden 2022 season followed by winning the 2023 premiership.<\/p>\n
While his side missed the 2024 finals, under his stewardship the Magpies have never lost more than nine games in a year.<\/p>\n
He has a career record of 67-30 with two draws. His win rate of just under 70 per cent is the highest among active AFL coaches, narrowly ahead of Geelong\u2019s Chris Scott.<\/p>\n
Round 1 next season will be his 100th game in charge. Should the Magpies win it, he will have the highest winrate among V\/AFL coaches who\u2019ve led their team for at least 100 games, surpassing John Coleman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood has re-signed premiership boss Craig McRae on what\u2019s believed to be one of footy\u2019s most lucrative coaching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-351284","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\/351284","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=351284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}