Power-ful plan puts Carr in driver's seat on coach ride

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Camera IconJosh Carr is chaired off after his last AFL game, another Showdown win over the Crows. (Ben Macmahon/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

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

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* 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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