It is with great pleasure that the North Heidelberg Sporting Club announces the appointment of Jason Heatley as the club’s senior coach for the next two seasons.
Jason brings a wealth of knowledge & experience to the role having coached at various clubs after a successful playing career at AFL level with initially West Coast before plying his trade at St Kilda.
His local playing career included seasons as a century goalkicker with North Heidelberg in 1992 & 2001 (senior coach) as well as being a member of the Division 1 premiership side in 2005.
Post playing, Jason to date has a successful coaching history with time at Warrnambool & Wantirna South before returning to the NFNL & coaching Northcote Park between seasons 2012-2014 & saluting with a premiership in his first year. In the same season, he was named Northern Region Coach of the year.
In recent years a further premiership followed with Heidelberg in season 2016 where he had the position of co-coach before accepting a role with Doncaster in the Eastern Football League.
We believe it is an exciting time for the club as we look to make our mark in Division 1 of the premier community competition in the state. Having a person of Jason’s caliber & the credentials is further testament to the progress the club has made since our return to the top division over the last two seasons.
At the same time, the NHSC extends a big thank you in appreciation to Brent Harvey for his terrific contribution as Senior coach where he stepped up to the role at short notice late in pre-season. The great work by Boomer & his coaching team ensured we consolidated our position where we finished a creditable third in 2019 after the continued improvement & development of our playing list. We can confirm that Boomer will still be running around in a Doggies jumper in 2020.