After being confirmed as the Parkes Spacemen coach for 2017, Dennis Moran says his aim is a Group 11 premiership.
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Moran was captain-coach last season but he and his side struggled.
Moran missed the bulk of the season due to injury while the Spacemen, coming off three successive grand final appearances, finished fifth on the ladder.
After allowing as much time as possible to fully recover from injury, Moran expects to make a return on the field and to make “massive improvements”.
“I’m disappointed with last season, I owe it to the boys,” he said after being confirmed as coach.
“This year will be a bit different, we need to make sure everyone is buying into what we’re doing.
“To be a leader off the field, not just on the field is the goal too.
“The town’s been great to the club and hopefully we can come away with a premiership [next season].”
George Wright will be make his coaching debut in 2017 when he takes on the reserve grade role.
Wright has been a regular in both firsts and reserves at Parkes and he had a clear goal for his side.
“To win the competition,” he said.
“We’ve got a good bunch of players so we’ll see how we go.”
In other coaching appointments, Luke Clarke and Todd Jayet are taking on the 18s job while Natalie Gardiner and Joe Spicer will coach the premiership winning Spacecats League Tag side.