{"id":206383,"date":"2025-11-25T08:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=206383"},"modified":"2025-11-25T08:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:38:36","slug":"stinear-departs-after-10-memorable-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2025\/11\/25\/stinear-departs-after-10-memorable-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Stinear departs after 10 memorable seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MELBOURNE premiership coach Mick Stinear <\/em><\/strong>announced he would be stepping down from the Dees after a decade in the role. One of only two foundation coaches remaining in the league – with Brisbane’s Craig Starcevich<\/em><\/strong> – Stinear won a premiership and guided the Dees to a top four finish in an incredible eight seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stinear coached his 100th game in the semi-final against Adelaide, which meant the Dees mentor ended his career at the elite level with 101 games and countless memories in the red and blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he said he would undoubtedly miss the role, it was now time to focus on his family knowing he had given everything he could to the Dees’ program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the right decision for my family and I after 10 amazing years at the club,\u201d Stinear said on Melbourne’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe demands of coaching at this level are enormous, and while I have absolutely loved every minute of my time at Melbourne, I walk away knowing I have given everything I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been surrounded by quality people every step of the way. The connection within this group is what makes Melbourne special, and that is something that I will miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo build something from scratch and to top it off with a premiership in 2022 is something I will always be extremely proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melbourne Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Guerra<\/em><\/strong> thanked Stinear for his tenure and highlighted the impact the inaugural Dees coach had on the club as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMick has been an exceptional leader of our AFLW program and has played a critical role in shaping the team into what it is today,\u201d Guerra said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo build a program from its inception and achieve the sustained success Mick has including a premiership is a testament to his character and his commitment to the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe thank Mick for everything he has given to the club. He leaves a significant legacy, and we wish him, Rachel, Fitzroy and Jack nothing but the very best for the next chapter. They will always be welcome at Melbourne.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melbourne becomes one of four clubs in the hunt for new senior coaches after Adelaide’s Matthew Clarke<\/em><\/strong>– announced prior to the season – and Sydney’s Scott Gowans<\/em><\/strong> both stepped down, while Geelong parted ways with Dan Lowther<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MELBOURNE premiership coach Mick Stinear announced he would be stepping down from the Dees after a decade in the role. One of only two foundation coaches remaining in the league – with Brisbane’s Craig Starcevich – Stinear won a premiership and guided the Dees to a top four finish in an incredible eight seasons. Stinear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":204262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3115,19766,8,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aflw","category-melbourne","category-news","category-womens"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206386,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206383\/revisions\/206386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}