VFL club Port Melbourne are expected to announce Brendan McCartney as senior coach on Monday, with football hall of famer James Hird to play a supporting role.
Essendon great James Hird is expected to join new coach Brendan McCartney in a director of coaching role at VFL club Port Melbourne afterPort Melbourne will make the announcement on Monday after Adam Skrobalak coached the club to a win over the Northern Bullants in his final match in charge on Saturday. Two sources who wished to remain anonymous as the club had not yet released their decision publicly confirmed the new appointments.
McCartney then became Western Bulldogs senior coach in 2013 before continuing his coaching career as an assistant at Melbourne. He then became a coach at North Ballarat, where he has worked the past four seasons, and has been working part-time at Collingwood for the past two years. He has also coached at Western Heights’ College in Geelong.
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