Richmond has appointed former SANFL star Greg Mellor as its development coach.

Mellor will be responsible for the development of the Tigers’ first and second-year players, as well as the Club’s players competing at VFL level with Coburg.

The 39-year-old played 198 games for West Adelaide, captaining the club from 1997-01 and twice representing the SANFL in State football.  He was named captain of West Adelaide’s Team of the Decade (2000-09).

For the past three years, Mellor has been head coach of West Adelaide’s Centre of Excellence (under 18s).  Before that, he was an assistant coach at West Adelaide to triple Hawthorn premiership player Andy Collins.

Mellor’s coaching CV also includes a year as an assistant coach with the SA under-18 National Championships team in 2005, and guiding Rostrevor Old Collegians to a premiership in 2003 in the SA Amateurs competition.

He is a qualified level 3 AFL coach and a school teacher, having taught PE, English and SOSE for the best part of two decades.

Mellor will start his role at Richmond in a couple of weeks.blog comments powered by Disqus