Power-ful plan puts Carr in driver's seat on coach ride
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JOSH CARR WILL BE PORT ADELAIDE'S NEXT AFL SENIOR COACH
JOSH CARR
* DOB: April 29, 1980 (44)
* 2000-10: Port Adelaide player 2000-04 and 2009-10, Fremantle 2005-08, total 207 games; 2004 Port premiership player; boasted a 10-0 record in Adelaide Showdowns
* 2011-15: Power assistant under senior coaches Matthew Primus and Ken Hinkley
* 2016-19: North Adelaide senior coach (SANFL); 2018 premiership coach
* 2019-22: Fremantle assistant under senior coach Justin Longmuir
* 2023: Returned to Alberton as assistant to Hinkley; pulled out of applying for the Richmond senior coaching role at the end of that season
* February 12, 2025: Confirmed as Hinkley's replacement in a succession plan, becoming Port's fifth full-time senior coach in 2026
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