	{"id":166205,"date":"2025-07-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=166205"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:54:07","slug":"brown-joins-cats-coaching-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/brown-joins-cats-coaching-ranks\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown joins Cats&#8217; coaching ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Geelong Cats AFLW coaching ranks have received a huge boost, with former AFL player Nathan Brown joining the club.<\/p>\n<p>The 183-gamer for Collingwood and St Kilda has come on board as a midfield coach and will work alongside other assistants and senior coach Dan Lowther.<\/p>\n<p>Brown played 130 games for the Magpies including the 2010 premiership win, before playing a further 53 games for St Kilda.<\/p>\n<p>Since retiring, Brown has had a strong focus and passion for coaching and player development, taking on a key role at The Geelong College.<\/p>\n<p>He became the Director of Football and Performance Pathways in 2023 and oversees both female and male football programs.<\/p>\n<p>This includes providing support and management of high-performance student athletes and their parents across all sports, including leadership and culture development.<\/p>\n<p>Geelong Cats head of AFLW Dominique Condo welcomed the addition of Brown to the coaching ranks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Led by Dan, we&#8217;re really pleased to welcome Nathan and Tom [Atkins] to our program, and we are excited to see them work alongside Elise, Andrew, David and our wider football program in 2025,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nathan joins us with wonderful coaching experience and his football CV speaks for itself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has built great coaching knowledge through his time at Geelong College leading their football and pathways program and we can&#8217;t wait to see the influence he can have on our group in 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Geelong Cats AFLW coaching ranks have received a huge boost, with former AFL player Nathan Brown joining the club. 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