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Port Adelaide Confirms Chad Cornes Exit Ahead of Josh Carr Takeover

The early decision paves the way for at least two coaching vacancies as Josh Carr prepares to step into the senior role.

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Josh Carr will take over as Port Adelaide coach at the end of this season.

Overview

  • Port Adelaide informed Chad Cornes, a 2004 premiership player and South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee, that his assistant coach contract will not be renewed for 2026.
  • Josh Carr, Cornes’s former premiership teammate, is set to officially assume the senior coaching role at the end of the 2025 season.
  • Ken Hinkley will conclude his 13-year tenure as senior coach at season’s end, creating at least two open positions on the football department panel.
  • General manager of football Chris Davies said the club moved early under AFL Coaches Association guidelines to give Cornes maximum time to consider his future.
  • Cornes departs after ten seasons on Hinkley’s coaching staff, underscoring Port Adelaide’s deliberate succession planning ahead of the 2026 campaign.