Xavier College is thrilled to announce that Mr Dale Amos will join the College taking up the appointment of Head of Football with the recent departure of Matt Egan to the Geelong Football Club.
Dale joins Xavier College after an extensive and distinguished AFL coaching career beginning in 2004 at South Barwon Football Club before being appointed as the Head VFL Coach of the Geelong Football Club. Dale then progressed to be the Assistant Coach of Geelong. Most recently, Dale has been the Assistant Coach of the Carlton Football Club.
The College is pleased to appoint an individual of such calibre to carry our program forward. Dale brings an extremely strong focus on educating young people and clearly demonstrates a capacity and desire to teach elements of leadership and culture both within the football program but in other aspects inside and outside of the classroom. Dale sees his appointment, while having a specific remit in Football, as a holistic one which transcends sport.
Michael Ilott, the Director of Senior Campus, notes Dale's broader strengths as an holistic educator of young people:
“Coming off a premiership year for our First XVIII and a highly successful campaign across our junior teams, the College is incredibly pleased and affirmed to appoint Dale to this position to carry our football program forward. Dale brings an extremely strong focus on educating young people and clearly demonstrates a capacity and desire to teach elements of leadership and culture both within the football program but in other aspects inside and outside of the classroom. His appointment, while having a specific remit in Football, is a holistic one which transcends sport”.
“We are excited that Dale is joining our team and feel he will have a major impact on the operations and leadership cultures across all the sports we offer at Xavier College”.
“I am humbled and motivated by the opportunity to support Xavier’s students to not only become better AFL footballers but continue to be well-rounded individuals as a result of an inclusive football program”.
Read more about last year's championship year in Xavier football here.
