CHIEFS COACHING TEAM EXTEND STAY
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- Created on Monday, 12 December 2011 11:22
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 11:10
- Published on Monday, 12 December 2011 11:22
Exeter Rugby Club chief executive Tony Rowe is delighted to have signed up the Chiefs coaching staff until 2015.
Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter, assistant coach Ali Hepher, team manager Robin Cowling, skills coach Ricky Pellow and academy coach Rob Gibson, have all penned new three-year deals with the Aviva Premiership outfit.
With the Chiefs currently third in English rugby’s top flight, Rowe was determined to keep hold of the coaching team which secured promotion to the Premiership and then an eighth place finish last season - Exeter's first term in the top flight.
Rowe said: “I’m so pleased that I’ve finished negotiating an extension on all their contracts because I really wanted to keep them all.
“It’s a fantastic coaching team and as you try to progress, the most difficult thing is to get hold of a good coaching team. But I’ve got one and I’m the first to acknowledge the effort they have put in.
“They were untested in the Premiership and apart from Ali, who Rob recruited himself, I was instrumental in putting that group together. It’s an awesome group and I consider it quite a coup to have kept them all.”
Chiefs beat Newport Gwent Dragons 18-6 at Sandy Park yesterday to top their European Amlin Challenge Cup pool.
New deal: Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter (image courtesy pinnacle photo agency uk)
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