Cornes to exit Port’s coaching panel after Hinkley’s departure

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.

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