Marsh back to coaching
FORMER Tiger Dan Marsh is dipping his toe back into a head coaching position for the first time since being axed by Cricket Tasmania.
Marsh, 44, will lead Cricket Australia’s under-16s in a series against Pakistan this month in Melbourne.
It is his first time in charge of his own team after his contract as Tigers coach was terminated in February last year with another year still to run.
“I’ve been doing some work with CA for the past 12 months in the pathway with various teams and various squads,” Marsh told the Mercury.
“It is certainly very enjoyable working with this level of player and it keeps me involved in the game, which is great.”
He said despite the obvious setback with the Tigers, he was still very keen to pursue a coaching career but probably not as a senior coach.
“At the moment things are working all right for me,” he said.
“I’m not actually too concerned with it. I’ve mapped out a few things we’ve got in the next 12 months and go from there.
“Not really [after a senior coach role], not at this stage, I would probably be more interested in an assistant role or somewhere in the [junior] pathway.”
Marsh captained Tasmania to its first four-day title in 2006-07 and said he took pride in how the Tigers bounced back from consecutive Sheffield Shield wooden spoons to make this season’s final in Brisbane.
“Absolutely, it was good to see the young blokes performing really well,” Marsh said.
“Matthew Wade made a huge difference, he was fantastic when he came down. Jake Doran’s development has been great, Gabe Bell and Sam Rainbird had great years from what I saw.
“Beau Webster and Jordan Silk had good years.
“It is good to see those blokes kicking on.
“It probably took a bit longer than we would have liked but at the end of the day they are only young players.
“It is going to take time to develop and they are developing nicely.”
New coach Adam Griffith played his whole career under Marsh and the two are close friends, but Marsh said he kept his distance when it came to the Tigers with his former strike bowler.
“I just let him do his own thing,” Marsh said.
“It seems like he’s done a great job so I just let him go. He’s got my support and he knows that.
“We’ve been in contact a little bit but certainly no advice from me.”