{"id":393606,"date":"2026-01-05T17:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393606\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:57:11","slug":"salford-appoint-mike-grady-as-head-coach-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393606\/","title":{"rendered":"Salford appoint Mike Grady as head coach \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/salford-appoint-mike-grady-as-head-coach\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Salford appoint Mike Grady as head coach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"675\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7Z9A0803-crop-675x360.jpg\" class=\"bestwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKE GRADY has been confirmed as the first head coach of the new Salford team.<\/p>\n<p>For the last two years, Grady held the same position with the women\u2019s team at now wound-up Salford Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>He will be assisted, as in his previous role, by Dave Hewitt as the club get ready to make the start of the Championship season on Friday week (January 16).<\/p>\n<p>Grady has previous experience as a head coach in the men\u2019s professional game with both South Wales Scorpions and North Wales Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>In his two seasons with the short-lived Scorpions (2014 and 2015) they finished bottom of League One both times.<\/p>\n<p>But he led the Crusaders to the League One Cup final in 2017, losing out to Barrow Raiders in Blackpool, before leaving three rounds into the following campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Grady has also worked as an assistant coach at Newcastle Thunder, Rochdale Hornets and Widnes Vikings, and been head coach of the Spanish men\u2019s national side.<\/p>\n<p>With the Salford women\u2019s team, Grady delivered finishes of third and fourth respectively in the second-tier Championship.<\/p>\n<p>There is now a significant job ahead to pull a new team together in time to fulfil the opening fixture against Oldham at the CorpAcq Stadium, with no squad announcements yet made.<\/p>\n<p>The relaunched club said: \u201cHis appointment marks another big step forward in our rebuild, combining experience, passion and a deep understanding of what Salford rugby league stands for \u2013 hard work, resilience and exciting rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt made 176 career appearances as a halfback, retiring at the end of the 2024 season spent with Midlands Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>He then joined Salford, working alongside Grady for the past year on the women\u2019s coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>The pair also worked together briefly at Rochdale, when Grady was assistant coach and Hewitt a player.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/the-top-10-rugby-league-moments-of-2025\/\" title=\"The top 10 rugby league moments of 2025\" class=\"article__link main-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The top 10 rugby league moments of 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/salford-secure-kit-deal-with-derek-beaumonts-company\/\" title=\"Salford secure kit deal with Derek Beaumont&#039;s company\" class=\"article__link main-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salford secure kit deal with Derek Beaumont&#8217;s company<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/salford-avoid-points-deduction-but-featherstone-still-to-be-determined\/\" title=\"Salford avoid points deduction, but Featherstone still to be determined\" class=\"article__link main-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salford avoid points deduction, but Featherstone still to be determined<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/the-five-rugby-league-personalities-of-2025\/\" title=\"The five rugby league personalities of 2025\" class=\"article__link main-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The five rugby league personalities of 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/mason-caton-brown-open-to-working-with-other-salford-bidders\/\" title=\"Mason Caton-Brown open to working with other Salford bidders\" class=\"article__link main-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Caton-Brown open to working with other Salford bidders<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIKE GRADY has been confirmed as the first head coach of the new Salford team. 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