Carlton mentor joins Coast
FORMER Carlton assistant Tim Clarke has become the Gold Coast Suns’ newest development coach.
Clarke left the Blues in August after spending the past three seasons coaching their midfield and will now help mould Gold Coast’s young list.
“Tim is an exciting addition to our coaching group, and we look forward to Tim, (wife) Bec and (son) Zach moving up to the Gold Coast and becoming an important part of the Gold Coast family,” Suns football manager Jon Haines said.
“With a strong reputation throughout the AFL for developing young talent, Tim will work closely with (Suns NEAFL coach) Nick Malceski and the recently appointed Tate Kaesler to deliver a newlook development program for our players.
“Tim is a high-quality person with outstanding personal characteristics and is going to add great value to what we are trying to build.”
Clarke played 96 games for Hawthorn between 2001 and 2008 and has spent the past six years coaching.
He worked at Richmond as a development coach between 2010 and 2013 before being appointed its inaugural VFL coach in 2014.