“Not. Going. Anywhere.”
Melbourne Storm has made an announcement on the future of coach Craig Bellamy.
The 64-year-old, who has been at the helm at the Storm since the 2003 season, will coach on for the 2025 season - his 23rd in charge.
The three-time premiership coach has been pondering his future with the club for some time and has decided to remain for the next NRL campaign.
“I’ve always maintained that I will only continue coaching if the coaches, players and club think I still have something to offer,” Bellamy told melbournestorm.com.au.
“As I said last season, my focus now is helping individuals learn and grow. If we can help players and coaches improve, the team will improve.
“We have a really settled list now and I have seen this group of players grow on and off the field over the last couple of seasons. They have already shown some great improvement in the first few rounds this season, but there is a lot more ahead for them and I am excited about what that might look like.
“Making this decision, I also wanted to make sure it wouldn’t hold back any of our coaches who equally make this club a great place to work at.
“Our coaching group is very settled now and, in my opinion, all of them could step up at any time and coach at NRL level today.”
Bellamy currently has the Storm sitting second on the NRL ladder with seven wins from eight matches.
They meet Cronulla in a top-of-the-table clash at AAMI Park on Saturday night.
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— Melbourne Storm (@storm) May 9, 2024