#24 Jared Rivers: AFL coaching and playing insights applied to community football

Jared Rivers played 194 games of AFL football for both Melbourne (03-12) and Geelong Fc (13-15). In 2004, he was the AFL rising star winner. Post football he was an assistant coach at Collingwood Fc and coached their VFL side between 2017-2019. In 2020, he was an assistant coach at North Melbourne before moving on to be the Head Coach at Collegians Fc in the VAFA. In this episode, we get great insights from a coach who has coached in the AFL and now has first hand experience back in community football. We cover a whole range of things from his junior days in SA and how he managed to get drafted, coaches he admires, coaching mistakes, key principals for better and more consistent football, books and documentary recommendations and plenty more! Enjoy