Darren Findlay signs on at Demons

PORTARLINGTON Football Netball Club has announced it has appointed Darren Findlay to be its senior coach for the next three seasons in the Bellarine Football League.

Findlay is a highly experienced senior coach and footy administrator.

He replaces Warren Findlayson, who coached at the Demons for two years.

Findlay joins Portarlington as the next stage of a career that has included stints as a reserves player for the Western Bulldogs and the North Melbourne Bulldogs in the AFL, a reserves coach at Werribee and a premiership coach at Point Cook in the Western Region Football League.

In other footy news, Nathan Storer will be senior assistant coach for 2025-26, and Cheyne Kelly and Ryan Shaw have been reappointed Under 18 coaches for 2025.

On the netball side of the Demons, Jarryd Anton has been appointed A Grade coach and club coach for 2025-26.

Portarlington will hold a “meet the coaches day” in the near future.