Fitzroy is excited to announce the appointment of Nick Mitchell as the Senior Assistant Coach for 2015. Nick joins the club with a strong history in the VAFA having played at St Bernards, Old Geelong Football Club and recently in the West Brunswick 2014 premiership team. Nick also brings a wealth of coaching knowledge and experience having been Assistant Coach at St Bernards, where he took over the Senior Coach position with seven rounds to go and avoiding relegation as well as Senior Coach at Old Geelong. During 1994-1995 Nick played nine games with Fitzroy in the AFL. We look forward to Nick's contribution to the senior coaching team in 2015.

The Club is also excited to welcome back Tim Bell as the U19 coach for 2015. Tim is a Life Member and former player with the University Reds; he is also the inaugural Fitzroy Reds U19 coach taking numerous teams to finals and winning a number of U19 Premierships for the club, the last being in 2010 which saw the club move up into the Under 19 Premier competition. Tim also has experience with the Calder Cannons U15 development squad an din 2011 was Senior coach at Fitzroy. We look forward to Tim's contribution to the club's coaching team.