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Brad Scott has chosen the AFL over his desire to continue coaching and will help run a new-look AFL football department.
Scott will take up a senior football position at league headquarters, where he will be the face of the football department but ultimately answer to Andrew Dillon.
Former Kangaroos coach Brad Scott is taking up a senior football role with the AFL.Credit:Getty
The league’s long-time head of legal and integrity, Dillon, will continue in those roles but also oversee football as executive general manager of football.
The last time a head of football had integrity as part of portfolio was under the Adrian Anderson regime. Dillon loses game development, which is a role that will go out to market.
Scott will become the general manager of football, which will encompass list management, umpires, match review and rules.
He will work alongside Laura Kane, who has been poached from North Melbourne where she was the boss of club strategy. Kane has been appointed as the general manager of competition management.
AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon weill take on additional roles.Credit:Jason South
She joined the AFL competition committee in July and is highly regarded among the AFL’s clubs.
Dillon has been filling in as interim football boss since Steve Hocking left last month after being poached by Geelong to be the club’s chief executive officer.