Coaching Staff

Head Coach, Michael Coysh

Nickname: Mick or Coyshy
Position: Full Back
Member Since: 2005? I could be a year off!
Age: 30+
Where you from?: Barnawartha Nth, Australia
Occupation: Teacher
Favorite AFL Club: Essendon Bombers
Favorite N.C. Tigers on field moment: Kicking first goal at Nationals!
Pre match ritual: Eat banana's, get fluids, stretch thoroughly and work on individual skills
Post match ritual: stretch, get fluids and relax.
How did you get into Footy?: Old man coached, older brother played, you do the math...
Best Footy related skill: Hitting my target with either hand or foot.
Best non Footy realted skill: Being there for my family.

Assistant Coach, Stuart Gill


Nickname: Gilly
Position: Beggars can’t be choosers
Member Since: 2009
Age: Not as young as I remember
Where you from?: Mildura, Australia
Occupation: Software Product Manager
Favorite AFL Club: Collingwood Magpies
Favorite N.C. Tigers on field moment: My massive goal from 6 inches out
Favorite N.C. Tigers off field moment: Any social event I can get to
Pre match ritual: Stretch
Post match ritual: Over analyze match until I have drank enough that I can’t think straight
How did you get into Footy?: Grew up around it
Best Footy related skill: Foot and hand delivery of ball when I remember to execute the fundamentals
Best non Footy realted skill: Living vicariously through Castro’s nights out – no matter how distorted the stories
Favorite quote: "Funk is the problem, and funk is the solution "