CHAIRMAN David Koch says Ken Hinkley will coach Port Adelaide in 2023 providing the club the best chance of success.
During his weekly segment on Seven News in Adelaide on Thursday night, Mr Koch said Hinkley was contracted for 2023 and would lead the club for an eleventh season.
“Plenty has been made of my comments on Adelaide radio on Monday morning about having to improve our football program as a whole,” Mr Koch said.
“Obviously, this season has been a major disappointment. We haven’t lived up to the expectations we set ourselves and those of our members and supporters.
“As we always do, we’ll thoroughly assess our football program at season’s end. But as the club has maintained all year, Ken Hinkley is contracted and will be our coach in 2023.”
Hinkley boasts an impressive 59 per-cent win-loss record in 221 games as coach of Port Adelaide, including taking the club to three preliminary finals, including 2020 and 2021.
“Some will argue we should make a change based on our performances this season alone and that Ken has never taken the team to a Grand Final,” Mr Koch continued.
“But we base decisions on all the information in front of us and we believe Ken as Senior Coach provides the best chance of rebounding next season, including successfully attracting new talent and football department resources to make us better.”
Port Adelaide finishes its season with games against Essendon on Sunday at Marvel Stadium and the Crows at Adelaide Oval on Saturday week.
