Castlemaine Football Netball Club has announced former AFL player Michael Hartley will be joining the club as senior coach for season 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hartley grew up in New South Wales before being selected by the Collingwood Football Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He spent two years with Collingwood and showed great resilience to overcome some serious injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Determined to get back on an AFL list he then went to Coburg for a further two seasons, which included selection into the VFL team of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hartley was selected 68th pick in the 2015 National Draft by the Essendon Football Club playing 44 AFL games, with his ability to defend strongly and intercept a feature as well as a booming right foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2019 he crossed to Hawthorn and played a further five AFL matches. All up he spent eight years in the AFL system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2022 Hartley played VFL with Collingwood Football Club and also developed his coaching by spending time with the AFLW program as a development coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hartley is currently playing the GVFNL with Seymour where he is acting as a playing co-coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUpon meeting with the Castlemaine football club, I was really impressed with the progress that the club had made and the club’s vision \/ strategy going forward,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope my experiences at the elite level can help accelerate the development of our playing list on and off the field.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hartley\u2019s role at the club will extend beyond the senior men; with commitment to the Magpies women’s and junior programs ensuring a pipeline of talent will be coming through over the next few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CFNC president Caleb Kuhle said Hartley\u2019s signing was a huge endorsement of faith in their broader football program and the vision they had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We look forward to announcing some resignings in the coming weeks as well as some talented additions who will undoubtedly help our young list on field,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We would like to officially welcome Michael, his lovely partner Tegan and their three kids Adeline, Fred and Tommy to the Castlemaine Football Netball Club.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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