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Former Port Adelaide premiership star Chad Cornes will not be part of the club’s coaching panel under new coach Josh Carr.
Port Adelaide confirmed on Tuesday that Cornes, a 2004 premiership star from the famed South Australian football family, would not continue as a member of the club’s coaching panel in 2026.
Port Adelaide great and outgoing assistant coach Chad Cornes.Credit: AFL Photos
The exit of Cornes, whose brother Kane also played in the Power’s 2004 flag and has become a noted media commentator, means that Port Adelaide will have vacancies for at least two coaches, given that senior coach Ken Hinkley’s time finishes at the end of this season when Carr, a premiership teammate of Cornes, takes over.
Chad Cornes has been part of Hinkley’s coaching panel since the 2016 season, making this his 10th season under the departing senior coach. He is the forwards coach in 2025.
Kane and Chad Cornes in their time as Power teammates in 2003.Credit: Sebastian Costanzo
Port have resisted calls for Carr to be given the senior position earlier than the arranged handover at season’s end, when Hinkley will finish after 13 seasons as head coach.
Port Adelaide general manager of football Chris Davies said the club wanted to advise Cornes as early as possible, given his tenure at the club.
“Chad has been an outstanding servant of our club as a premiership player, as a coach within our
program since returning at the end of 2015, and of course as a member of our hall of fame,” Davies said.
“Given his tenure at the club, we wanted to provide Chad with clarity as early as possible so he has
maximum time to consider his future.”
In an arrangement with the AFL Coaches Association, clubs are asked to inform assistant coaches by
August 1 if they will be contracted for the following season.
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