Cannon appointed NEAFL Eastern coach
The NEAFL Eastern Conference administration recently completed a comprehensive review of operations, resulting in the recruitment of Cannon to this position.
NEAFL Eastern Conference Manager Jack Masters said the league was delighted to secure the services of Cannon, a former Eastlake Premiership Captain/Coach and Mulrooney Medallist
“Guy is very much a respected football person in the NSW/ACT region and we are really looking forward to him leading the team in 2013,” he said.
To secure someone with his experience and skills is very exciting, and we’re confident his guidance will lift the standard of our side next year.”
Cannon, currently the senior assistant coach of the Eastlake Football Club, has an impressive coaching background, leading Eastlake to premiership success in 2001, and more recently coaching at state level with the NSW/ACT RAMS under 16s and 18s.
“It’s a great honour to be offered this role and I am really looking forward to getting stuck into things,” Cannon said.
“We have an enormous amount of talent at our disposal in the Eastern Conference and I think the game against Tasmania next year is going to be a great contest.
“Jack and the league have done a comprehensive review of the representative program and next year promises big things.”
The NEAFL Eastern Conference will take on the Tasmania Football League in June 2013 as part of the AFL’s National State League Representative Program introduced in 2012. The program sees all state leagues participating, with the Eastern Conference due to play a category one state league (VFL/WAFL/SANFL) every third year.
- Played 18 years of Senior Football from 1988 to 2005
- Club Captain Southern District and Eastlake 1996 – 2004
- Captain Coach Eastlake 1998 – 2002
- Premiership Captain Coach Eastlake 2001
- Winner of 8 senior club best and fairest awards
- Mulrooney Medallist 2000
- Alex Jesaulenko Trophy (Best on Ground) 1989 Grand Final
- Represented AFL Canberra 25 times
- Captain AFL Canberra 1998 – 2000
- Played 25 games with Perth Football Club (WAFL) 1994 – 1995
- Sydney Swans supplementary list player 1993
- AFL Canberra 200 game club member 2002
- Eastlake Football Club games record holder 262
- AFL Canberra Hall of Fame 2009
- Head Coach NSW/ACT RAMS State Under 16’s 2006 – 2008
- Assistant Coach NSW/ACT RAMS State Under 18’s 2009 – 2010
- GWS Academy Coach 2010
- Senior Assistant Coach Eastlake Football Club 2012 – 2013
