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ROSS LYON was appointed as the club’s senior coach for the next four years.

The 44-year-old father of three has been the senior coach for the past five seasons at St Kilda, where in 121 games he took the Saints to four finals’ series and three grand finals in two years (including the 2010 drawn grand final).

At 63 per cent, Lyon has the highest winning percentage of any current AFL coach up to the end of 2011 who has coached for more than one year.

His tenure at St Kilda followed assistant coaching roles at Sydney (2004-2006), Carlton (2000-2003) and Richmond (1996-1999).

As a player, Lyon notched up 127 games with Fitzroy over 10 years before a knee injury ended his career in 1995 after a further two games for Brisbane.

TODD CURLEY joined the Fremantle Dockers as an assistant coach in 2009.

He made his league debut with WAFL club West Perth in 1991 and was drafted by Collingwood, who he joined in 1994.

He played three games with the Magpies before returning to West Perth in 1995 where he was a key member of the premiership side, the Falcons’ first in 20 years.

Todd received an AFL lifeline from the Western Bulldogs at the end of 1995.

He played 115 games for the Dogs before being delisted in 2001. Over that time, he established himself as one of the most reliable defenders in the AFL.

Todd returned home to WA and finished his playing career with West Perth as club captain. In total he played 147 WAFL games.

After spending four years as an assistant coach at the Falcons from 2002 to 2005, Todd was named league coach for the 2006 season, a position he held until the end of the 2008 season.

MICHAEL PRIOR joined Fremantle at the end of 2007 as the club’s skills coach.

He played a total of 90 AFL games, including 81 with Essendon after being selected number 3 in the 1992 National Draft.

Michael moved to West Coast in 2001 and played nine games in two years before retiring at the end of the 2002 season.

He was East Fremantle assistant coach in 2005 and East Perth Colts coach in 2006 and 2007, winning a premiership in 2006.

He was appointed an assistant coach at Freo at the end of the 2010 season.

PETER SUMICH, 43, a dual premiership player, has been an assistant coach with West Coast for the past 11 seasons.

With more than 20 years as a player and a coach at the elite level, including premiership success, Peter will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Fremantle Football Club.

He played 150 games for West Coast from 1989-1997 including the Eagles’ 1992 and 1994 premiership sides and was seven times the club’s leading goal kicker.

Peter also played 112 games for South Fremantle in the WAFL, and was coach of the Bulldogs from 2001-2002.


SIMON LLOYD was appointed as an assistant coach at the club at the end of the 2010 season.

He previously managed the Fremantle Dockers’ Development Academy since 2009 and is still a major contributor in that department.

Simon has a wealth of AFL experience, having worked at Hawthorn and Collingwood in key development, leadership and coaching roles before joining Fremantle.

He was at Collingwood from 2005 to 2008 as high performance manager and club psychologist.

Simon was previously at Hawthorn between 1998 and 2004, filling a number of roles including club psychologist, player development manager, development coach and assistant coach of the club’s VFL side Box Hill.

MARK STONE was appointed as stoppages coach for the 2012 season.

The 44-year-old father of two has been stoppages coach at the Sydney Swans for the past four seasons.

Prior to that, Mark was stoppage and opposition analyst at West Coast from 2003 to 2007.

He was also an assistant coach at South Fremantle in the WAFL from 2001 to 2002 and senior coach of the Wagga Tigers (1999-2000) in the Riverina Football League.

At the Swans, Mark's responsibilities as stoppages coach included strategic planning and implementation.

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