{"id":936279,"date":"2026-10-22T00:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936279\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T00:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:26:25","slug":"afl-2026-nathan-buckley-to-present-for-brisbane-coaching-vacancy-contenders-cameron-bruce-chris-fagans-future-meets-with-clubs-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936279\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: Nathan Buckley to present for Brisbane coaching vacancy, contenders, Cameron Bruce, Chris Fagan\u2019s future, meets with clubs, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is set to be among the shortlist of contenders for Brisbane\u2019s senior coaching vacancy as Chris Fagan weighs up his next move.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/afl\/nathan-buckley-to-formally-present-for-brisbanes-senior-coaching-job\/news-story\/fc440c547be7828ec69fca0ec1f36d88\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Herald Sun reports<\/a> Buckley will formally present to the Lions\u2019 selection panel, with the club prepared to wait until he returns from an overseas holiday next month. <\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of AFLW LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Kayo Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792628785_944_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>It means the Lions mightn\u2019t lock in their new senior coach until early November. <\/p>\n<p>Brisbane has narrowed its search for Fagan\u2019s successor down to three or four options after catching up with candidates in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Highly-rated assistant coach Cameron Bruce, who\u2019s the favourite for the gig and has been heavily endorsed by Fagan, will also progress to the next round of interviews.<\/p>\n<p>But the Lions reportedly haven\u2019t yet committed to Bruce and club bosses are believed to be keen to explore all options.<\/p>\n<p>Buckley pulled out of the race to be North Melbourne\u2019s coach days after Fagan stepped down at Brisbane. The Collingwood great and Geelong assistant was also in the mix for Melbourne and Tasmania\u2019s roles.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Buckley is reportedly in the mix for Brisbane\u2019s coaching vacancy (Photo by Morgan Hancock via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Lions chairman Andrew Wellington, chief executive Sam Graham, footy boss Danny Daly, coaching mentor Phil Smyth, director Leigh Matthew, club great Simon Black and sports psychologist Matti Clements make up Brisbane\u2019s coaching selection panel to find the candidate to try and steer the club to a record-equaling fourth-straight premiership.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Herald Sun also reports Fagan is meeting with clubs this week including Collingwood, Carlton and Melbourne about senior roles in their footy department for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>But the triple premiership coach is yet to make a call on his next landing spot after moving back to Melbourne to be closer to family, with his decision expected to be finalised in about a fortnight.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after SEN\u2019s Sam Edmund said earlier this week he\u2019s heard whispers Fagan could land at the Magpies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hearing something. So, I\u2019m not reporting this, I\u2019m just hearing this&#8230;. this is going to come as a shock to a lot of people. But I\u2019m hearing Chris Fagan might end up at Collingwood,\u201d Edmund said on SEN radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich you would have thought might be the last place he ends up. But that\u2019s what I\u2019m hearing, I\u2019m hearing Chris Fagan ends up at Collingwood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is set to be among the shortlist of contenders for Brisbane\u2019s senior coaching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-936279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936279","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=936279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}