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<\/p>\nThe future continues to look bright for the re-building Newcastle Knights, who've locked in coach Adam O'Brien until the end of the 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O'Brien's existing contract was due to expire at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n
The rookie head coach, who was previously an assistant at the Roosters and Storm, enjoyed a fruitful debut season in 2020, steering Newcastle to their first finals appearance since 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The six years in between were utterly barren for the Knights, failing to finish higher than 11th in that period and collecting three consecutive wooden spoons from 2015 to 2017.<\/p>\n
"I've been really pleased with our overall progression since I joined the club back in November 2019," O'Brien said.<\/p>\n
The Knights are hoping to continue on an upwards trajectory in 2021, signing Origin forward Tyson Frizell and keeping the bulk of last year's squad together.<\/p>\n
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"I'm really pleased with the people we have under the roof," O'Brien said.<\/p>\n
"We've brought in several key staff members to complement our existing team, some great recruits, and key retentions – and we have an ongoing strategy designed to ensure our list remains highly competitive. I'm really proud they chose us, just like our members."<\/p>\n
The 43-year-old hopes to remain up north for years to come.<\/p>\n
"From day one, Sharyn and I knew Newcastle was for us \u2013 it's like where we both grew up on the South Coast of NSW. We were a good fit for Newcastle, and Newcastle is a good fit for us," he said.<\/p>\n
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"We both love the community, we enjoy life outside of work and this extension allows us to bed down our new home and build deeper roots."<\/p>\n
Newcastle CEO Philip Gardner said the contract resolution was 'an ideal outcome for everyone', and will allow them to build on last year's success.<\/p>\n
"Adam is an outstanding coach and an outstanding person, and everyone at the Club is delighted that he will be our Head Coach for a further two seasons," Gardner said.<\/p>\n
"Adam's continued growth and evolution as a coach confirms he is the right person to lead the Newcastle Knights now and into the future.<\/p>\n
"We are absolutely thrilled to know that he will be here until at least 2024, and hopefully many more years after that."<\/p>\n
Another key part of the club's future is close to being dealt with, as Mitchell Pearce is reportedly close to inking a one-year extension, according to multiple<\/a> sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old halfback stepped down from the captaincy<\/a> after some off-field issues in the off-season, but is still seen as the man to steer Newcastle around the field and hopefully to a top four finish.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The future continues to look bright for the re-building Newcastle Knights, who've locked in coach Adam O'Brien until the end of the 2024.\u00a0 O'Brien's existing […]<\/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\/38925"}],"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=38925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38927,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38925\/revisions\/38927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}