No design on coaches assistants

GOLD Coast boss Graham Annesley says a coaching coordinator or head of football will not be part of the club’s immediate hiring plans.

While he admitted it could happen at some stage, the Titans chief executive said a head coach would be the first person hired to replace the sacked Neil Henry.

Current and former Australian coaches Mal Meninga and Tim Sheens are among those being touted for advisory roles to mentor a young coach.

Annesley did not rule out eventually increasing personnel in the football department, but the first move was clear.

“We’re looking for a head coach and once we have that, certainly it will be part of the discussions (to add to the coaching staff),” he said.

“Those sorts of decisions can come over time.”

The club has come under fire for the handling of Henry’s sacking and how his apparent rift with fullback Jarryd Hayne was played out in public.

Former Gold Coast players Scott Sattler and Mat Rogers believe the club’s dramas would have been better managed and even avoided if the head coach had more support.

Craig Fitzgibbon, Jason Taylor, Geoff Toovey and Ben and Shane Walker are all being floated to fill the coach role.