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AFLW champion Daisy Pearce will start as head coach at West Coast Eagles in 2024.<\/p>\n
In a mark of Pearce\u2019s influence, AFLW West Coast described the appointment of the 35-year-old as one of the \u201cbiggest recruiting coups\u201d of the club\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
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Premiership player, coach and broadcaster Daisy Pearce <\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n Pearce was the first player on the Demons\u2019 AFLW list and the team\u2019s inaugural captain. She is a three-time club best and fairest, three-time All-Australian and four-time AFLW best captain.<\/p>\n After announcing her retirement from the game in January, Pearce took a position as assistant coach at Geelong in the men\u2019s competition, while continuing as a broadcaster for Channel 7.<\/p>\n She will replace West Coast\u2019s former senior coach Michael Prior, who finished up in the role after a poor season in which the Eagles finished 17th on the ladder. He remains at the club as head of community and game development.<\/p>\n \u201cThe decision to leave Geelong was a difficult one, and I want to thank the club for everything they have done for me over the last 12 months,\u201d Pearce said on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel a great sense of responsibility for shaping the right environment and adding to the good foundations that are already here to develop this emerging list of players. I can\u2019t wait to get started by playing a role during the remainder of the sign-and-trade period and at next week\u2019s draft.\u201d<\/p>\n West Coast boss Trevor Nisbett predicted his club\u2019s players would be \u201cabsolutely delighted\u201d at the news of Pearce\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are obviously thrilled to have someone of Daisy\u2019s standing joining our club,\u201d Nisbett said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a tremendous fillip for our women\u2019s program … she comes to us at an ideal time to assist in the growth and development of our team.\u201d<\/p>\n