The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos have revealed their coaching line-up for the 2025 season.

The club will see a core group of coaches return to their same positions, led by senior coach Darren Crocker, who’ll return for his sixth season at the helm, making for one of the more stable coaching groups the club has seen for some time.

Meagan Kiely will step into the role of development coach and line coordinator, after last season being the club’s female graduate program coach.

Dan McKenzie will again take care of the forward group, Ryan Pendlebury returns as a midfield coach, while Regan Kerslake also returns as football performance coordinator. 

Senior assistant Rhys Harwood will take charge of the defenders this season while continuing as head of football performance. 

North Melbourne’s academy coach, Hamish MacInnes, will join the women’s program as the only fresh face, stepping into a development coaching role.

MacInnes joined the club last year to lead the Kangaroos’ Next Generation Academy.

North Melbourne general manager of women’s football Erin Lorenzini said the club is pleased to have a consistent coaching group lead the team into the upcoming season.

“We’re thrilled to see a stable group of coaches lead the team into season 10,” Lorenzini said.

“It’s great to see Meagan Kiely take on some extra responsibility after completing the female graduate program, and we’re pleased to welcome a familiar face in Hamish MacInnes to the ranks.

“We’re confident this group of coaches will provide great support to our players as we continue to evolve our game plan into 2025.”

2025 AFLW coaching panel

Senior coach – Darren Crocker
Senior assistant coach (defenders) & head of football performance – Rhys Harwood
Assistant coach - head of player performance & football performance coach – Nick Devereux 
Assistant coach (midfielders) – Ryan Pendlebury
Assistant coach (forwards) – Daniel McKenzie
Development coach – Tahni Nestor
Development coach (technical development) – Hamish MacInnes 
Development coach & line coordinator – Meagan Kiely 
Football performance coordinator – Regan Kerslake