The Yarraville Seddon Eagles have welcomed experienced coach Emily Fox for the 2024 season.
Fox has taken the reins at the Eagles as they launch their campaign into next year’s Western Region Football League women’s season.
Fox comes with a wealth of experience, including in the Victorian Football League, where they played and coached and Williamstown. They also played and coached at the St Kilda Sharks in the South Eastern Women’s Football League and coached Melbourne University in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Now they are ready and excited to come back to their local community and coach the Eagles.
“I’m really excited to be a part of this club, it’s obviously got a great history in the Yarraville Seddon area,” Fox said.
“Now being a local for years, I’m really looking forward to seeing what next steps the club can take, especially for the women’s program.”
With pre-season now well underway, Fox and the club have big plans for their women’s program.
“We’ve been running around at our home away from home at McIvor Reserve for a few weeks now,” Fox said.
“We’re really excited to get more numbers down to training, we’ve got a really good group coming in so far, but we’re hoping to run two teams in 2024.
“Our training sessions are really focused on building connection and community and all those benefits in terms of skills and fitness just comes from that.
“I was really fortunate enough to spend a couple of years at Williamstown and that experience and that understanding of what people need and desire from their football is something that has become really important to me and my philosophy as a coach.
“There are aspects of what we are doing that may not have been seen quite often in community football, but I certainly think that it’s going to be better and our players will enjoy a new way to approach their training.”
The Eagles finished one spot out of finals this season with four wins from their 16 matches, while Fox is bullish on their side for next season, they said the wins and loss ratio won’t define them.
“I think the biggest thing we’re trying to do is get all of the players to recognise their opportunities to rise and grow,” Fox said.
“If everyone is feeling more comfortable with that, then hopefully the Ws will come, but we’re definitely not putting a ceiling on where we want to be this year.
“Ultimately in the long term we see ourselves being a very successful team for a long time.”
Anyone interested in playing next season can contact the club at gabby.menabue@outlook.com.
Harper Sercombe
