Jimmy returns to Avalon Airport Oval in coach in 2024 after a decorated career in the SANFL where he won three Magarey Medals, five North Adelaide Best and Fairest awards and a premiership with Norwood, among his many achievements. Werribee fans will remember Jimmy as the fierce ball winning number five who played some outstanding games in his two seasons at the club.

After his playing days, Allan joined Norwood’s coaching staff in 2018, leading the under-18s before moving up to senior midfield coach in 2020. That same year, he became the inaugural football director at Rostrevor College in Adelaide. In 2023, he returned to North Adelaide as forwards assistant coach.

In his first season as senior coach Allan took Werribee to their first premiership in 31 years and was awarded the VFL Coach of the Year. 

Hartigan returned to the club he was drafted from in 2024 after a ten-year AFL career with Adelaide and Hawthorn. The defender played three seasons with Werribee from 2010 to 2012, earning VFL state team honours in his final year, which led to his selection by Adelaide in the 2012 rookie draft. He went on to play 113 games for Adelaide and another 22 with Hawthorn back in his home state before retiring at the end of 2022.

The former AFL defender was not unfamiliar with the current Werribee playing group after providing specialist coaching with the team during the 2023 season in his first season out of retirement.

Dowling was promoted to assistant coach in 2024, overseeing the forwards following an outstanding first 12 months working with the line as a development coach in 2023. He joined Werribee for his first season in 2023 with a strong coaching background, having been named AFL Barwon Youth Football Coach of the Year before making the jump to the VFL.

Dowling served as assistant coach with Newtown & Chilwell in the Geelong Football League for several years and led their U18s to a premiership in 2022. He also has junior pathways coaching experience from his time coaching with the Geelong Falcons and Vic Country U16s.

Jarrod Young also returned to coach at his former club, where he was a teammate of Jimmy Allan’s, playing a four-year career from 2005-08 with the Tigers. After his time at Werribee, Young went on to enjoy a playing career spanning over a decade across multiple leagues, including the SANFL with Port Adelaide, where he was twice named Most Dedicated Player and once honored as Best Team Man. He also played in the NTFL and, in 2023, wrapped up his playing career by leading Inverleigh to a Geelong and District premiership before making the transition to coaching in the VFL in 2024.

Young brought in coaching experience from his time as an assistant coach at Grovedale and as a playing coach with Geelong Amateur, before overseeing the midfield group for the first time in 2024 in Werribee’s premiership year.

MacInnes led the club’s development program for a third consecutive season in 2024. With six years of involvement at the club, Hamish originally joined in 2019 as Community Development Manager, following his previous experience with AFL Victoria. In 2021, MacInnes stepped up to take on the role of Football Manager before transitioning to Development Manager ahead of the 2022 season. He also holds the matchday role of runner.

In mid-2024, MacInnes was appointed head coach of North Melbourne’s Next Generation Academy. For the remainder of the 2024 season, he balanced his duties across both the AFL and VFL clubs.