North Mackay AFC is pleased to announce the appointment of David Harding as the Senior Coach for North Mackay Australian Football Club for the 2014 Season.
David is well known and respected in the AFL community and offers our Club vast experience with Coaching at a Senior and State levels.
Coupled with his role in Junior development of our Sport, we welcome David’s appointment and wish him a successful season in developing all our Juniors and Senior Grades.
David’s appointment is effective immediately and we look forward to viewing and working with his plan.
David's previous coaching history is as follows -
- Started coaching at the start of season 1991 at the Maroochydore Roos AFL Club on the Sunshine Coast. 1991 to 1998 coached various junior grades for the club Under 10s all way through to Under 18s.
- 1999 David was appointed one of 3 Head Coaches of the Inaugural Sunshine Coast Development Program (Suncoast Power) which consisted of Under 14s, 16s & 18s. This team was developed as part of the AQLD Talent pathway. This Program is still part of the AFLQ Talent Pathway. 2001 saw David take over whole program and run it for the next 6 years.
- State under 16s Mid-Field coach 2002 to 2006 in which QLD won 3 Division 2 National titles.
- Lions Development Coach on the Sunshine Coast 2003 to 2006. David’s role was to develop and work with the Lions Reserves team using players from the Suncoast Power as Top-up Players. David held this role for 3 years. During this time had 8 players from Sunshine Coast drafted to the AFL.
- 2008-2009 appointed Senior Coach of the newly formed Nambour Hinterland Football Club. During the 2 years David coached the club they won both the 2008 & 2009 premierships. From this the club won another 2 premierships. 4 in a row something David is very proud of is that the club was left in great shape and the foundation was built to grow and become even stronger.
- 2008 named Sunshine Coast Coach of the year
- 2008 named AFLQ senior coach of the year.
- 2010 to present Development Manager for AFLQ in Mackay.
- Coached numerous representative junior and senior teams in QLD.
David will report directly to our newly appointed Football Manager, Steve Stewart.
Please welcome David into our Club and offer all the assistance to David to ensure our Club, Juniors and Seniors benefit from his experience.
Last Modified on 21/11/2013 11:15