2023 COACHES
Our Senior Men play in the EDFL Premier Division.
Our Senior Women play in Premier Division & Division 2.
Under 18.5 Men play in Premier & Division 1.
Under 18.5 Women play Division 1.
Our Junior teams (both boys & girls) range from Under 8s to Under 16s and play in various divisions.
In 2023, Marby will field 23 Junior Teams and 8 Senior Team.
SENIOR COACHES
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Adrian McBean
Nick Bailey
SENIOR MEN'S
HEAD COACHES
Nick is a two-time premiership player at Marby and has been a senior coach at the club for a number of
years.
Adrian too is a former Marby player with a long family history at the club. He has been a senior coach in
the GFL, VAFA, and MPFL, and assistant coach at VFL level.
PHIL POURSANIDIS
SENIOR WOMEN'S HEAD COACH
Phil is a Level 1 football coach and has been at Marby since 2017. A former AFL player with the Carlton Football Club, Phil also holds a Physical Education degree and is passionate about Women’s Footy!
NICK BAILEY
SENIOR MEN'S ASSISTANT COACH
Club legend Nick Bailey has been appointed Reserves Coach. A 2 time Premiership player with Marby, Bails is also a member of the MPFC Team of the Decade. More importantly he is great communicator & has an enormous amount of footy knowledge to share.
ADAM KENNEDY
UNDER 18.5 MEN'S HEAD COACH
Adam has been part of the MPFC family for a number of years. He is taking on the U18.5 head coach role after coaching our U18.5 Division 1 last year. Having huge experience at coaching seniors and juniors he is keen to share his knowledge of the game and help develop our future seniors.
MILLY BEARDMORE
SENIOR WOMEN'S
RESERVES COACH
Milly Beardmore is returning as our Womens Reserves Coach for 2023. A skilled player with many years of experience, talented across all sports Milly is a nature communicator & has an enormous amount of footy knowledge to share.
2023 SENIOR COACHES
Premier Division Senior Men:
Adrian McBean & nick Bailey
Assistants:
Sean Hetherington
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Premier Senior Men Reserves:
Coach: Nick Bailey
U18.5 Men - Premier Division:
Adam Kennedy, Head Coach
U18.5 Men - Division 2:
TBC, Coach
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Senior Men Thirds:
TBC
Premier Division Senior Women:
Phil Poursanidis
Assistant:
Faith Considine
Reserves Division 2 Senior Women:
Coach: Milly Beardmore
Assistant:
Kate Hughes
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U18.5 Women - Premier Division
Coach: Brent Cooper
Assistant: TBA
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2024 junior coaches
In 2024 Marby will field 23 under age teams from U8 - U16, Boys and Girls.
U8 Mixed Team 1:
U8 Mixed Team 2:
U8 Mixed Team 3:
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U10 Mixed Team 1:
U10 Mixed Team 2:
U10 Mixed Team 3:
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U12 Mixed Team 1:
U12 Mixed Team 2:
U12 Mixed Team 3:
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U14 Boys Team 1:
U14 Boys Team 2:
U14 Boys Team 3:
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U16 Boys Team 1:
U16 Boys Team 2:
U16 Boys Team 3 :
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U8 Girls Team 1:
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U10 Girls Team 1:
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U12 Girls Team 1:
U12 Girls Team 2 :
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U14 Girls Team 1:
U14 Girls Team 2:
U16 Girls Team 1:
U16 Girls Team 2: