Newcastle’s A-League Ladies resurgence has hit an enormous velocity bump with coach Gary van Egmond departing to take up a job with the Chinese language Soccer Affiliation.
Van Egmond had led the Jets to a 5-2-5 begin to the season, with sixth-placed Newcastle firmly within the finals race.
He had additionally signed daughter and Matildas star Emily van Egmond to a short-term visitor stint that helped the Jets discover type, earlier than including gun Philippines striker Sarina Bolden to the combo.
Former Socceroos defender van Egmond is known to be taking on a job overseeing China’s ladies’s youth nationwide groups.
Van Egmond gained an A-League Males championship with Newcastle in 2007-08 and likewise spent a number of years as a Matildas assistant coach.
“With our ladies’s workforce drawing file assist and constructing nice momentum on the half-way mark of the competitors, Gary has made a giant contribution to the workforce and we’re dissatisfied that he’s leaving the membership at this level,” Jets chairman Shane Mattiske stated in a press release.
Assistant coach Ryan Campbell will instantly take the reins as interim head coach, with the Jets now working a course of to verify the appointment of van Egmond’s everlasting successor.
Newcastle return to motion towards Sydney FC on January 21.