Team GWS have been busy in the last few months appointing various members to their team. First Alan McConnell was named high performance manager, followed by the highly anticipated appointment of champion coach Kevin Sheedy as senior coach. More recently past AFL players Tom Harley and Paul Kelly have also accepted roles within the side and now the team has appointed Brett Hand as their development coach.
Brett Hand has a long history of coaching and development roles throughout his career. He first had some playing and coaching experience while coaching the SANFL club Norwood, then in his first year as coach for St.Mary’s he lead them to their 26th senior NTFL (Northern Territory Football League) premiership.
From there, he went onto coaching the Northern Territory Thunder under-18 and under-16 teams in 2009 and also oversaw the Australian Football Program at Northern Territory Institute of Sport Athletes.
Hand was extremely happy with his new appointment, and will have to re-locate to Sydney next month to begin his new role with GWS. He stated “I have a real love of coaching and skills development and I couldn’t have asked for a better team to be working under, with the likes of Kevin Sheedy and Alan McConnell.”
Coach Senior Kevin Sheedy was also pleased with Hand’s appointment and said “his extensive knowledge of the local talent in NT will put us in the best position to ensure we make the most of the list concessions we have been afforded, paired with his impressive work in development and coaching.”
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