Gold Coast closes in on Rodney Eade to coach the club. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: News Limited
RODNEY Eade is on the verge of a return to senior coaching with the Gold Coast.
The Suns headhunted the former Sydney and Bulldogs coach and are now in negotiations with him over a three-year deal to return to coaching after a stint as head of football at Collingwood.
The panel formed to select Guy McKenna's replacement met in Melbourne on Monday where Eade was confirmed as the preferred candidate on a three-man shortlist that also includes highly rated Suns assistant coaches Dean Solomon and Andrew Lovell.
Should the Suns fail to lure Eade out of Collingwood – the position would go to one of the duo who were encouraged to apply for the position and impressed during two rounds of interviews.
Eade did not formally apply for the position and did not present during the preliminary rounds but met with Suns officials over the weekend.
It is understood a second meeting took place on Monday in Melbourne. It is believed Hawks premiership assistants Brendon Bolton and Luke Beveridge and former Adelaide coach Neil Craig were the other candidates to make it through to the second round of interviews.
Suns CEO Andrew Travis confirmed the selection panel had met on Monday and said an appointment would be made in the coming days.
Hawthorn assistant Brendon Bolton was high on Gold Coast's pecking order. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: News Corp Australia
He confirmed the six-man shortlist had been whittled down to three but refused to reveal any names.
"We are down to the final few,'' he said.
Suns chairman John Witheriff said the panel was given the discretionary powers to choose the next coach but the decision would have to be ratified by the board.
A board meeting will be called for later this week.
"I am expecting after today's meeting the committee will have a reasonably clear view of who they want to consider for the position,'' he said.
Meanwhile, McKenna is set to join the AFL in a player development role. He is in talks with the league over a job with the AFL's Australian Institute of Sports program.
He will move to Melbourne in the coming weeks and has placed his Robina house on the market.
The move rules McKenna out of the race for the vacant position at the Bulldogs, who are looking for a replacement for sacked coach Brendan McCartney.
It was announced on Monday that McCartney has joined Melbourne as a development and strategy coach.
The 54-year-old made his name as a development coach at Geelong under Mark Thompson, he then joined the former Cats boss at Essendon before being appointed to the Bulldogs in 2012.
His three-year tenure at the Western Bulldogs ended abruptly when he resigned the day after former skipper Ryan Griffen informed the club he wanted to be traded to Greater Western Sydney.
with Sam Landsberger
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