Wiley to lead Sharks until at least 2019

The East Fremantle Football Club is pleased to announce a Contract Extension for its League Coach, Rob Wiley. The EFFC Board unanimously agreed to extend Wiley's tenure by another year as League Coach, which now makes it a four year term and until the end of the 2019 season. The club believes it is in a good position to fulfil its ambition of becoming a strong and competitive club in the very near future. This is in line with the Clubs' Five Year Strategic Plan and it is in no doubt that Wiley is the right person to lead the playing group and meet this challenge.

The EFFC has contributed a considerable amount of time and resources into improving its talent development programs during the past two years and we are now starting to see strong performances in our 16s and 18s programs this year. The EFFC is committed to developing our local talent (metropolitan and country zones), which will be the core of our senior team for the future. Given Wiley’s proven experience in junior development, the club strongly believes he is the right person to develop the young talent and lead this process.

“I am very appreciative of the support and faith that the EFFC club as shown in me. We are under no illusion of where the club is at the moment and in what direction we need to take,” Rob Wiley said.

I look forward to working with the other coaches and the club in developing players to play at a consistently high level in the coming years.”

Over the next few years, the WAFL will be implementing change and the EFFC will be proactive in ensuring a bright future for this 119 year old club on and off the field through new facilities as well as a strong player development and recruiting program.

The timing of this extension and announcement is critical in that it only further endorses our strong belief that the club is heading in the right direction. This is an unequivocal message to all EFFC members & supporters that the club has a clear plan for our future and we are excited that Rob Wiley has again committed to being part of this exciting process.