Congratulations to our own Devils Chris Illman and Michael Bawden who have been awarded the SANFL Club Coach Coordinator of the Year and Community Coach of the Year – Male respectively at SANFL’s award night on Friday 31st October at Adelaide Oval.
A great reward for so much dedication and love given to the programs at Mt Lofty Devils.
Well done Devs 🔥
Another great coaches night during the week, where your Devils Coaches went through all the in’s and out’s of season 2025, and had a great session with our SANFL rep, setting them up up for success.
The Mt Lofty Football Club is excited to announce Oscar Kerr, Dan Peake and Hudson Spencer as our U14 Boys Coaches for the 2025 season.
In doing so, we would like to thank Brad Burch as the outgoing U14 coach for all of his time and dedication over the last three seasons in this role. He has certainly brought his own flare to the team. We are excited to keep Brad’s expertise within the club for other roles in 2025.
2025 will be an exciting year for our young Devils, as three of our passionate and talented young footballers advance to the next level of the coaching careers.
Having been involved in Assistant Coaching, mentoring and even constant figures at Auskick for a number of years, Oscar, Dan and Hudson are very excited to further develop this group of footballers.
The trio have developed their philosophy and focus for the upcoming season:
Positive outlook:
Have a positive outlook on and off the field, this includes not dropping your heads during games as well as positive attitude towards training.
Teamwork:
This starts with treating all of your team mates like family and getting around each other after every good performance/thing
Player development/setting and achieving personal goals:
The goal is to have every player achieve at least 1 of their personal goals by the end of the year.
We look forward to seeing the impact of the boys leadership in the 2025 season 💪
Give ’em Hell Devs 🔥
The Mt Lofty Football Club is excited to announce Brad Tosold as our B Grade Coach for the 2025 season.
In doing so, we would like to thank Dave Giles as the out going B Grade coach for all of his time and dedication over the last two seasons in this role. He has certainly brought his own flare to the team. We are excited to keep Gilesy’s expertise within the club for other roles in 2025.
Brad has spent the past two years as an assistant coach alongside Michael Bawden with our A Grade team, bringing valuable insights and experience to the role.
With decades of senior-level football experience under his belt, Brad’s impressive playing career includes SANFL reserves, as well as stints in Division 1 and 2 leagues in Adelaide and various Country Leagues.
For the upcoming season, Brad’s primary focus will be on fostering a team culture that values cohesion, collaboration, and mutual enjoyment of the game. He aims to build a positive environment and provide constructive feedback to help players elevate their performance.
Additionally, Brad is committed to nurturing the next generation of senior players transitioning from the U18s, equipping them with the skills and foundations needed for long-term success at Mt Lofty. At the same time, he will continue to support and develop our current B Grade players.
We look forward to seeing the impact of Brad’s leadership in the 2025 season and beyond.
The Mt Lofty Football Club is excited to announce Shaun Gould as our U18 Boys Coach for the 2025 season.
Shaun is very excited to get on the track and start working with the first year up and familiar faces of the young devils come early February!
A long time Devil with an extensive coaching background, Shaun’s passion for player development, great culture and enjoyment.
He believes there is a serious amount of hardworking talent and some new editions to the club that should make for a great 2025.
We are excited to have Shaun back for 2025 and to see the further development of his players.
The Mt Lofty Football Club is excited to announce Adrian Braddock as our U17 Girls Coach for the 2025 season.
In doing so, we would like to thank Allani Dawes as the out going U17 Girls coach for all of her time and dedication for the 2024 season in this role. Her love and care for the girls certainly did not go unnoticed. As Allani continues on in her journey, we have no doubt we will continue to see her smiling assassin face around supporting her beloved U17s, including welcoming those coming up into the senior womens program .
2025 will mark the 3rd year at the Devils for Adrian ‘Braddo’ Braddock.
He has a driving passion to develop juniors across a variety of sports, believing kids who are involved in and around sporting communities can grown into becoming leaders and strong contributors in our society.
His goals for this year are to develop the playing group throughout, creating a fun and safe environment to reach their highest potential. To have as many players gain opportunities to play at the Senior Level. To grow to have the highest representation from Mt Lofty within the SANFLW and development programs and to ultimately have been involved in or influenced Mt Lofty’s next selected AFLW player.
Adrian has a strong knowledge of Hills Football having played 200+ games across 3 clubs and have been coaching juniors over the past 10yrs.
We look forward to seeing the impact of Adrian’s leadership in the 2025 season.