{"id":470499,"date":"2026-02-10T11:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/470499\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:39:15","slug":"matty-johns-backs-todd-carney-for-future-head-coaching-role-gold-coast-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/470499\/","title":{"rendered":"Matty Johns backs Todd Carney for future head coaching role, Gold Coast Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"

League great Matty Johns<\/a> has made a bold call regarding former NRL bad boy Todd Carney<\/a>, claiming he could become a head coach one day.<\/p>\n

The former Dally M Medal winner, was one of the game’s superstars on his day before being sacked by Cronulla in 2014 for an infamous off-field incident, which followed stints at the Raiders and Roosters that both ended poorly.<\/p>\n

However, the 39-year-old has turned his life around<\/a> and is now part of the Gold Coast<\/a> coaching staff under Josh Hannay<\/a>, working with the club’s young players. <\/p>\n

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Todd Carney.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Carney had already worked at Keebra Park High School before earning a full-time gig with the Titans heading into the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

And according to Johns, who is now a key stakeholder at the club, Carney could have what it takes to become an NRL head coach in the future.<\/p>\n

“The other one in the juniors that has been crucial in signing great young players has been Todd Carney,” he said on SEN’s Morning Glory With Matty Johns.<\/p>\n

“People might raise an eyebrow, but Todd Carney has completely turned his life around.<\/p>\n

“To watch him train the young players, he is outstanding in the way he can articulate, the rapport he has with the players and the way the young players respect him.<\/p>\n

“I think one day, Todd Carney could be an NRL coach, that’s how good he is.”<\/p>\n

\"Todd<\/p>\n

Todd Carney speaks on Nine’s Sunday Footy Show in 2024.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Carney played 221 first grade games in the NRL and Super League, as well as three State of Origin appearances for NSW and one game for Australia.<\/p>\n

He continued playing with the Byron Bay Red Devils as captain-coach until 2024.<\/p>\n

Brian McDermott, who was talked about for the Newcastle Knights head coaching role at one stage, is also on Hannay’s staff at the Titans this year.<\/p>\n

Gold Coast will kick off their campaign against the Sharks on March 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"League great Matty Johns has made a bold call regarding former NRL bad boy Todd Carney, claiming he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-470499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470499","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=470499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}