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In 1989 football was introduced as a GPS sport. Mr Tony Clarke, the inaugural director of the sport at the College, guided football through these formative years.
Perhaps the most instrumental move by the College to boost the game was to appoint Mr Gordon Arrowsmith as 1st XI coach in 1995. Gordon, a pillar of the Queensland football community with coaching experience at a national level and acknowledged on an international scale, transformed the Nudgee College 1st XI team into one of the highest standards of schoolboy football in Australia, resulting in five premierships since 1995.
Since then, former Head of Football Paul Edwards and former Socceroo and 1st XI Head Coach, Col Bennett have guided the team to two unbeaten seasons. In 2012 Jamie Pybus will take the role of Head of Football looking to develop players to representative level, state level and beyond and, of course, aiming to put Nudgee College in the hunt for a GPS Premiership title.
Current Coaches
Col Bennett
A former Australian International player who played 55 games consecutively with the National team and was, in 2003, inducted into the Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame. Col played for Brisbane Lions in the National Soccer League being ever present across six seasons. He also played over 500 games in the PSL/NSL/Premier League in Sydney and has coached extensively at club and schoolboy level in Brisbane.
Paul Edwards
A ‘UEFA B’ licence coach and former Head of Football at Nudgee College, Paul currently represents coaches on the Football Brisbane Zone Committee and is Football Manager with Brisbane Wolves FC.
Sam Saif
Sam has worked in football youth development for over 20 years at the highest level in the EPL with Leeds United, Sheffield United and for Team England as a Scout, specializing in talent identification of Under-16 players. Sam is involved in Coach Education and he holds high level coaching awards on three continents. He is currently plying his trade with leading Brisbane Premier Club Wolves F.C. who he has guided to two Cup final victories and a Brisbane Premier League title.
Dave Harris
Dave is the U14 BJL Coach at North Star Football Club and is currently completing his coaching licences. His playing career included spells in the National Youth League and both the QLD and NSW Premier League’s.
Vince Trovata
Vince is soon to commence his B licence and joins the coaching staff at Nudgee College for the first time in 2012. He brought a Premiership win to the 1st XI at Villanova College during his time coaching between 2007 and 2010 and has been involved in coaching a number of club teams from juniors JPL/BPL to seniors QSL.
Nathan Knox
Nathan is a Nudgee College Old Boy who has seen a large number of changes to the Nudgee College Football program in the past 15 years as a player and a coach.
Jake Goodship
Jake is a ‘UEFA B’ licence coach who works full-time at Brisbane City Football Club and is Head Coach for their U12 JPL side.
Former and current players
Nudgee College Football has nurtured the talents of league players including:
• Matt Bell – Former Brisbane Strikers Captain
• Andrew Packer – Regular for Carlton in the National League and represented Australia at Under 17 level
• Damien Rogers – Australian Schoolboy International 1995 and Premier League player for Brisbane
Current players are also aiming high with their footballing future:
• Current pupils representing QAS – Scott Coulson
• Current pupils representing State – Zack Coulson, Hayden McHenery