‘We’re not looking backwards’: McVeigh announced as Essendon’s new coach
Mark McVeigh has been appointed Essendon coach, winning the race for the top job at the Hangar ahead of club great James Hird.
McVeigh beat out other candidates for the Bombers position in Jaymie Graham and Murray Davis.
McVeigh played 232 matches at Essendon after being chosen with pick No.9 in the 1998 national draft. After retiring in 2012 he moved back to NSW where he became an assistant coach at the Giants, and served as the club’s interim coach after Leon Cameron stood down in 2022.
He coached 13 matches for four wins with his former teammates James Hird and Dean Solomon in the coaches’ box alongside him. He then moved to the Sydney Swans, where he coached as an assistant under John Longmire and Dean Cox.
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