{"id":121875,"date":"2021-08-31T04:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T04:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=121875"},"modified":"2021-08-31T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T07:00:10","slug":"pies-make-call-on-buckleys-coaching-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=121875","title":{"rendered":"Pies make call on Buckley's coaching successor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood<\/a>'s coaching sub-committee has opted for triple-premiership Lion Craig McRae as the club's new coach.<\/p>\n

AFL.com.au has reported that Nathan Buckley<\/a>'s successor will be confirmed as soon as this week, when the appointment is approved by the Magpies board.<\/p>\n

McRae and Richmond<\/a> assistant coach Adam Kingsley were the only remaining contenders to take on the top job by last weekend, but AFL.com.au has reported that Kingsley has since been told he was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Sydney<\/a> assistant and ex-Adelaide<\/a> coach Don Pyke<\/a> had already bowed out of the race, while former St Kilda<\/a> and Fremantle<\/a> mentor Ross Lyon<\/a> had previously opted against chasing the position, citing "instability" at the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

McRae joined Hawthorn<\/a> as an assistant coach under Alastair Clarkson<\/a> at the beginning of the 2020 pre-season, following stints with Richmond, Brisbane<\/a> and Collingwood.<\/p>\n

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The 195-game AFL great's move to Hawthorn came under then-footy boss Graham Wright<\/a>, who departed for Collingwood in January and headed up the Magpies' search for a new coach.<\/p>\n

McRae retired from the game after Brisbane's 2004 grand final defeat to Port Adelaide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The South Australian served as a development coach at Richmond between 2007 and 2009, before spending 2010 in the same role at Brisbane and joining Collingwood as development chief for five years.<\/p>\n

McRae was appointed to coach Richmond's VFL side ahead of the 2016 season and steered his charges to a premiership in 2019.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old in 2020 coached Hawthorn's forward line for the club's top-tier side.<\/p>\n

McRae has been tasked with leading Collingwood back to premiership contention, after the proud club plummeted to a 17th-placed finish in 2021.<\/p>\n

That followed a grand final appearance in 2018, a preliminary final berth in 2019 and a semi-final showing in 2020.<\/p>\n

St Kilda legend Robert Harvey has served as Collingwood's interim coach since the departure of Buckley in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Nathan<\/p>\n

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Collingwood's coaching sub-committee has opted for triple-premiership Lion Craig McRae as the club's new coach. AFL.com.au has reported that Nathan Buckley's successor will be confirmed […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121877,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121875\/revisions\/121877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}