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Craig was named interim Melbourne coach after the departure of former coach Mark Neeld in June 2013.
One of the most respected coaches in Australian sport, Craig initially joined Melbourne as director of sports performance after his seven-year stint as Adelaide coach in 2011.
He has extensive experience in sports science and fitness, being an adviser to the Australian cycling team at the 2000 Olympics. He provided leadership, strategic direction and management support across all aspects of the football department’s structure, including supporting, developing and mentoring the coaching team.
Royal is in his second stint with the Demons, after being part of the assistant coaching panel under Neale Daniher, which helped the club to the 2000 Grand Final.
He rejoined Melbourne at the end of the 2010 season and spent 2011 under Dean Bailey/Todd Viney as the club’s backline coach, before becoming midfield coach under Mark Neeld.
Royal made an immediate impact in the game, as he was widely regarded as the recruit of the year in 1983. The tenacious rover represented Victoria eight times and was All-Australian in 1986. He also won Footscray’s best and fairest award in 1983.
After retiring, Royal was the reserves coach for the Bulldogs from 1996-97 and became the club’s assistant in 1998-99. Royal was then an assistant coach with Melbourne from 2000-03, before joining the Kangaroos in 2004. He then joined Terry Wallace at Richmond in 2005 and remained with the Tigers until the end of 2009. He was as assistant/director of coaching at Punt Rd.
In 2010, he was a development coach with St Kilda and was part of the club’s staff, which guided the Saints to a grand final.
Now in his second season with Melbourne, Brown is the club’s forward line coach.
Brown played 246 AFL matches with Fremantle, North Melbourne and Collingwood from 2000-11. He was originally drafted from Heyfield/Gippsland Power at No.5 in the 1999 AFL Draft.
Brown made 63 appearances with Fremantle from 2000-02, before crossing to North Melbourne, where he played 118 matches from 2003-08. At the end of 2008, Brown was delisted by North Melbourne and given a reprieve by Collingwood. He was drafted at No.73 overall, and reignited his career with the Magpies.
Brown’s versatility was an integral part of Collingwood’s side, and in 2010 he played in its two grand finals – becoming a premiership player in the replay against St Kilda. Brown finished his AFL career as a much-respected player, finishing just four matches shy of the 250 game milestone.
Brown joined the Demons just two days after playing in Collingwood’s losing Grand Final to Geelong. He quickly reacquainted with coach Mark Neeld from their Collingwood days.
Rawlings is in his second season with Melbourne, heading up the club’s backline.
A seasoned coach in his own right, Rawlings joined Melbourne following a two year stint under Michael Voss at the Brisbane Lions. Prior to that, Rawlings held the position of interim coach at Richmond, coaching the final 11 games of the 2009 season. Rawlings was also senior coach at Richmond's VFL affiliate club, the Coburg Tigers, during his tenure.
As a player, Rawlings played 148 games for Hawthorn, the Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne and retired at the end of 2006.
One of the first members to join Mark Neeld’s coaching panel, Greaves is now in his second year with the Demons.
Greaves is a highly respected coach from the Geelong region, who coached the Geelong Falcons for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. A former VFL player with Geelong, Greaves previously coached Leopold in the Geelong Football League.
Greaves, who has a physical education background, has also worked with Victorian Institute of Sport.
Satterley joined Melbourne shortly after Mark Neeld was appointed senior coach. He too is in his second season at the club.
Before joining the Demons, Satterley was senior coach at Werribee in the VFL. Before holding the senior position at Werribee, Satterley spent two years there as the development coach, overseeing the side’s first and second year players.
At TAC Cup level, Satterley held positions as assistant coach at the Western Jets, and as senior coach of the Northern Knights. As a player, Satterley spent three years with the Western Bulldogs from 1992 to 1995, later returning to the VFL to win the Liston Trophy while playing for Werribee.
In his second year with the Demons, Nichol coached the under 16 Vic Metro academy program and was an assistant coach at Oakleigh Chargers in 2011. He was also head of health, sport and physical education at Scotch College Junior School.
He had previously been an assistant coach at Box Hill in the VFL. Nichol played three matches for Western Bulldogs in 1995 and made his AFL debut against Collingwood in round 12 that year. A key position player, he played in the Bulldogs reserves premiership team as a supplementary list player in 1994. He was then drafted by the Bulldogs in the 1995 Pre-Season Draft (No.37 overall).
Nichol works closely with Jade Rawlings, Melbourne’s backline coach.
