KEN HINKLEY – Senior Coach

Ken Hinkley was appointed Port Adelaide senior coach in October 2012, capping a highly successful career an assistant coach with a number of AFL clubs and a coach in his own right with a number of Victorian club teams.

Hinkley – a dedicated and hard-working defender during 132 VFL-AFL games (11 with Fitzroy and 121 with Geelong) was destined serve as a senior coach at AFL level and brings priceless experience to Alberton.

His greatest success came at Geelong where he was a part of the coaching group behind the Cats’ rebuild from 2004 and their 2007 and 2009 AFL Premierships. But he added a further dimension to his coaching, moulding the young playing group during the Gold Coast Suns’ first three years in the competition.

Hinkley is highly regarded throughout the AFL for his ability to build relationships with his players and develop their talent while maintaining a non-negotiable team-first ethos and effective game style.

“It’s about being consistent and developing stability around the Club,” Hinkley said.

“You’ll need a team-first attitude to play in my side and that’s what I expect from everyone. I’ll adopt a really consistent and fair approach, but I’ll also be very demanding.

“Our playing list is certainly young and it’s going to be one that will take time to develop and we’ll need a lot of fan support and a lot of people backing us in all the way through, knowing that at some stages there will be a bump or two but expect that we’ll get there.

“I can tell our supporters one thing – that I will work my butt off to make sure that this Club and our coaching staff really come together and make sure that we’re doing everything we can to ensure that we return Port Adelaide to where it should be – a very successful footy club.”

Coaching Career

2013 – current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) senior coach

2010-2012 Gold Coast Suns Football Club (AFL) assistant coach

2004-2009 Geelong Football Club (AFL) assistant coach

• 2007 and 2009 Premierships

2002-2003 Bell Park Football Club (Geelong Football League) coach

• 2003 Premiership

2001 St Kilda Football Club assistant coach

1999–2000 Camperdown Football Club (Hampden Football League) assistant coach

• 1999-2000 Premierships

1996-1998 Mortlake Football Club (Hampden Football League) coach

Playing Career

1989-1995 Geelong Football Club (VFL-AFL) - 121 games

• 1992, 1994-1995 grand finals
• 1995 co-captain
• 1992 Best & Fairest winner
• 1991-1992 All-Australian selection

1987-1988 Fitzroy (VFL) - 11 games

ALAN RICHARDSON - Director of Coaching and Strategy

Alan Richardson is another very important component of the renewal of the Port Adelaide coaching group undertaken ahead of the 2013 AFL season.

Like Hinkley, Richardson was a rugged defender during his 114-game career with Collingwood and has brought a hard edge and demand for accountability to his coaching roles.

In his newly-created role of director if coaching and strategy, he brings further extensive assistant coaching experience to Alberton, having spent a decade with four AFL clubs, including the biggest in the AFL.

Richardson has a unique role at Alberton, serving as Hinkley’s senior assistant and also supporting the rest of Port Adelaide’s coaching panel while overseeing their professional development.

Richardson is honoured to come to bring his expertise to Port Adelaide and to assist the club’s rebuild.

“There’s always been a real respect for the club,” Richardson said.

“Obviously historically there’s enormous respect because of the success of the club. You think of Port Adelaide and you just think of premierships.

As a coach when you knock on the door to be a part of something, to be a part of the rebuild that’s a real honour.

“It’ll take a lot of hard work and from what I’ve heard of the playing group they’re certainly going to be up to it.

“It’s certainly going to take some patience, given there’s sure to be some changes to the way that we approach our footy and the way that we’ll play.

“I suppose hard work and patience would be what we’d be looking for.”

Coaching Career

2013 - current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) director of coaching and strategy

2012 Carlton Football Club (AFL) senior assistant coach,

2008-2010 Essendon Football Club (AFL) assistant coach,

2006-2007 Collingwood Football Club (AFL) assistant coach,

2003-2005 Western Bulldogs Football Club (AFL) assistant coach,

2001-2002 Coburg Football Club (VFL) coach

1997-2000 East Burwood Football Club (Eastern Football League) coach

• 1999-2000 Premierships

Playing Career

1987-1996 Collingwood (VFL-AFL) - 114 games

DARREN BURGESS – High Performance Manager

Darren Burgess returned to the Port Adelaide Football Club in October 2012, five years after his first stint at Alberton and with an enhanced international reputation for guiding and building elite athletic performance.

After developing his skills in world football - with the Socceroos and the Liverpool Football Club in the English Premier League – Burgess comes with a wealth of experience and the latest knowledge in the world of high performance.

Burgess is thrilled to be involved again with AFL football, particularly back at Alberton where he served from 2005 to 2007.

“It’s nice to work in a competition as challenging and elite as the AFL, but it’s even better when you support and are passionate about the team you are working for,” Burgess said.

“The experiences I have had while I’ve been away have been immense in terms of what I’ve learned about what goes into preparing to perform at the highest levels and the changing ways in which athletes and teams go about that.”

Career

2013 – current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) high performance manager

2010-2012 Liverpool Football Club (EPL) head of fitness and conditioning

2008-2010 Football Federation of Australia head of sports science

• 2010 World Cup with Socceroos

2005-2007 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) head of high performance

2002-2004 Parramatta Power (National Soccer League) head fitness coach

• 2004 Olympics with Australian soccer team (video analyst)

1997-2000 Sydney Swans Football Club (AFL) assistant fitness coach

1997 – 2005 Australian Catholic University lecturer in exercise science,

PhD in movement analysis in AFL and Soccer

GARRY HOCKING – Forward Coach

Coaching Career

2011 – current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) forward coach

2010 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) development coach 

Playing Career

1987-2001 Geelong Football Club (AFL) – 274 games

• 1989, 1992, 1994-1995 grand finals
• 1991, 1993-1994, 1996 All-Australian
• 1995 captain

JOSH CARR – Midfield Coach

Coaching Career

2012 – current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) midfield coach

Playing Career

2009-2010 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) - 19 games

2005-2008 Fremantle Football Club (AFL) - 83 games

2000-2004 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) - 105 games

• 2004 Premiership
• 2004 Vice-captain

SHAUN REHN – Midfield Coach

Coaching Career

2012 – current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) midfield coach

2006-2007 Brisbane Lions (AFL) midfield coach

2003-2005 West Adelaide (SANFL) coach

• 2003 grand final

Playing Career

2001-2002 Hawthorn (AFL) - 33 games

1991-2000 Adelaide (AFL) - 134 games

• 1997-1998 Premierships
• 1997 and 1998 All-Australian

MATTHEW NICKS – Defence Coach

Coaching Career

2013 – current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) defence coach

2011-2012 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) development coach

Playing Career

1996-2005 Sydney (AFL) - 175 games


 

DANIEL HEALY – Development Manager

Coaching Career

2011 - current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) development manager

2009-2010 North Adelaide (SANFL) coach

2008 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) development manager

Playing Career

2000-2005 Central District Football Club (SANFL) - 135 games

• 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Premierships
• 2001-2005 captain

1996-1999 St Kilda Football Club (AFL) - 38 games

TYSON EDWARDS – Development Coach

Coaching Career

2012 – current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) development coach

Playing Career

1995-2010 Adelaide Football Club (AFL) - 321 games

• 1997-1998 Premierships

STUART COCHRANE – Development Coach

Coaching Career

2013 - current Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) development coach

2009-2012 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) welfare and development manager

2008 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) development coach

Playing Career

1998-2002 North Melbourne Football Club (AFL) - 50 games

2003-2005 Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) - 54 games