Henry set to make four key staff appointments

[Titan4Life]

HENRY SET TO MAKE KEY STAFF APPOINTMENTS
Joel Gould
September 25, 2014

THE REBUILDING of the Titans is in full swing with coach Neil Henry on the cusp of making four key staff appointments.

Two assistant coaches, a recruitment manager and a conditioner are the positions the Titans will be looking to fill.

A sweeping internal review of Titans operations was conducted by independent sports administrator Dave Arthur who presented his findings to the Titans board last week.

The Titans staff will be given a presentation of the findings on Friday.

The Titans have already announced they will be moving their training base to Coomera in 2016.

Henry’s task over the next three years will be to return the club to finals football and he has spoken to the board and CEO Graham Annesley about the football club’s budget moving forward.

Former assistant coach Trevor Gillmeister has left the club and Henry is keen to have a full complement of staff in place sooner rather than later.

“Within our budget I have been looking at our staffing and personnel for the football department in conjunction with (football manager) Scott Clark,” Henry tells RLW.

“We still need to look at our assistant coaches, a recruitment manager and maybe a conditioning position.

“We start training early in November so when you talk about relocating people we need to get moving with those positions.

“But there is no panic.

“There are plenty of people out here looking for full-time work in rugby league.

“I have been talking to people about positions and what we can offer.”

Henry has praised the work of Gillmeister, but adds that other key staff will remain on board.

“Gilly has been with the organisation since day one, with Carty (former coach John Cartwright), and there has been a change-up there,” he says.

“That is not to undervalue by any means Gilly’s contribution to the club over a long period of time. He has been fantastic.

“I suppose change is inevitable in organisations. There has been a change of the coach and there will be a change of some staff as well.

“Other staff will stay in place.

“It is not a massive football department.

“Ben Woolf is still coaching the NYC program. Jamie McCormack is still overseeing our elite player development and our academies. Dan Ferris is our strength and conditioning guy.

“Our medical team stays the same with our physio and doctors, so there is not a lot of change.”

Filling the recruitment manager position is vital.

The club has lost that connection with player managers and the grass roots as a result of not having the position filled.

When player managers are looking for someone to ring they need to have a hotline to a respected recruitment manager.

“Carty said publicly that being enable to fund that position and get it right is what was needed, so we are looking at filling that role and getting something sorted shortly,” Henry says.

Henry is not anticipating any structural changes within the football department that would prevent him doing his job.

“The review was mainly about looking at the organisation,” he says.

“It wasn’t focused on football.

“It was focused on the whole organisation and in particular the front office … marketing, sponsorship, ticketing and membership were thrown in the mix to have a look at how we are structured and what could be changed or improved in those areas.

“I am going ahead and recruiting and looking at staff and personnel for the football department.

“I have a budget for that, and that hasn’t changed.”

The Titans do not have as big a budget as other clubs so Henry has to work within the parameters of the funds that are available.

“We have to work within a budget that is fairly tight,” he says.

“Having three or four strength and conditioning staff and a video analyst that other clubs have … that won’t happen.

“We don’t have the latitude to be staffed as well as other clubs, but we are not disadvantaged.

“There are other clubs out there that have the same sort of issues.”


SOURCE: http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/henry-...-appointments/

[TITAN PETE]

Does this mean the head wobbler is gonnnnneeee too

[Titanic]

Does this mean the head wobbler is gonnnnneeee too

You are a bad man TP.

[Bayside Titan]

Does anyone have any idea who is in the running for any of those jobs?

[DIEHARD]

Does this mean the head wobbler is gonnnnneeee too

I really really really hope so.

[TitansFan92]

I would put my hand up for the recruitment managers position but I would have the team over the cap in the first 5mins

[Titan4Life]

@paddykilmurray: Terry Matterson reportedly set to join Neil Henry at the Titans as assistant coach @9NewsGoldCoast

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@GCTitans: BREAKING: Terry Matterson will reunite with Neil Henry at the Titans next season as assistant coach. Read more: http://t.co/wvi2gGfiyn

[TITAN PETE]

Matterson joins Titans coaching staff
By Titans Media
NRL.com
3:10pm Fri 26th September, 2014


Former Brisbane Broncos premiership winning player and 13-year professional coach Terry Matterson will reunite with Titans head coach Neil Henry on the Gold Coast next season.

Matterson, 47, who has spent three seasons at the North Queensland Cowboys as assistant coach, the first two under Henry after six years as head coach of Castleford in the English Super League, will be assistant coach. He first coached in the NRL with the Canberra Raiders as assistant to Matthew Elliott from 2002-05.

With limited resources he took Castleford to the finals for the first time in seven years before returning to Australia to join the Cowboys. In 2013 he coached the USA Tomahawks to an unexpected quarter-finals finish in the World Cup in England.

As a classy goal-kicking lock, he played 240 first grade games over 13 seasons in Australia and England and was a foundation Brisbane Broncos player in 1988.

"I'm looking forward to working with Terry again; he has had a wide depth of experience as a player and a coach and has a lot to offer the Titans," said Neil Henry.

"He has had an extensive record in Australia and England and has a great understanding of the game and he'll be a real asset to us."

[Titan4Life]

Gold Coast Titans poach Terry Matterson from the Cowboys
Chris Garry
The Courier-Mail
September 26, 2014 3:24PM

THE Gold Coast Titans have made a coaching coup, poaching highly regarded Terry Matterson from the North Queensland Cowboys.

Matterson is a former first grade coach at Castleford and has been the assistant at the Cowboys for the past three years.

He will be Neil Henry’s main assistant for the next three seasons, effectively replacing Trevor Gillmeister.

Henry and Matterson were a successful duo at the Cowboys in 2012 and 13.

When Henry was let go from North Queensland he backed Matterson to be the Cowboys head coach.

The role ultimately went to Paul Green.

Matterson still aspires to be a head coach, a position he feels he will become better equipped for by working with Henry in rebuilding the Titans.

“I’m looking forward to working with Terry again; he has had a wide depth of experience as a player and a coach and has a lot to offer the Titans,” Henry said.


“He has had an extensive record in Australia and England and has a great understanding of the game and he’ll be a real asset to us.”


TERRY MATTERSON
Coaching history:

Assistant coach, NQ Cowboys 2012-14

Head coach, Castleford Tigers 2006-11

Assistant coach, Canberra Raiders 2002-05

CEO and head coach, Norths Brisbane 2001-02

Head coach, Toowoomba Clydesdales 2000

Skills coach, Brisbane Broncos 1999

[Supergoose]

Matterson is a good appointment - just what we need.

[Titan4Life]

Matterson is a good appointment - just what we need.

Agreed. They have previously worked together so they will know each other's coaching style. This can only be a good thing. Wonder who else is on Henry's list for the coaching department.

[Titanic]

Henry/Matterson>Cartwright/Henry

[Toads]

ouch!

[Bayside Titan]

Awesome signing for us. He is the type of assistant coach we need. He has come from successful cultures in the Broncos and the Cowboys as well. We need people like him around the club that have success as a expectation. Despite being a "Blue" he also is somebody that is QLD centric in his playing and coaching career.So IMO is a small step to try and give the Titans more of a QLD feel as we have been criticised the lack of in the past.

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Henry/Matterson>Cartwright/Henry

Yeah ouch hard to please people these days. So who would you have as Head Coach / Assistant with the limited funds that we have?

[teke]

Slight off topic but I got a little giggle out of Matterson being described as a classy goal kicker.

RIP to the lost art of toe bashing