Scott Korczynski will coach Western Region Football League club Caroline Springs next season.
The Lakers made the announcement last week, with Korczynski getting the nod from a coaching selection panel that included two-time Hawthorn premiership player and Norm Smith medallist Brian Lake.
Korczynski brings a wealth of experience to his new role, having previously enrolled in a range of football levels.
He has worked with TAC Cup representative side Western Jets and coached at VFL club Werribee.
More recently, he helped establish the Lakeview College AFL academy program, which a number of the Caroline Springs juniors have attended.
Six members of the academy played at Western Jets this year, including captain Jaycob Hickey.
With that sort of grounding, Lakers football manager Marc Raak said Korczynski was the perfect fit.
“From the very first interview, it was clear Scott had the structures and game plan that would fill our key selection criteria,” Raak said.
“After the second interview, the coaching selection panel unanimously recommended Scott for the position of senior coach.
“The executive committee then endorsed their recommendation after meeting him.”
Korczynski’s first order of business will be to try to lift the fortunes of the Caroline Springs club into the division 2 finals series next season.
The club finished fifth this year.
Meanwhile, former Caroline Springs coach Paul Growcott has taken on the top job at WRFL division 3 club Laverton.
