Sandgroper Sports
Watty, Scotty & Anth are Three sports mad Western Australians who are keen to profile West Aussie sportspeople, their lives and experiences in sport and outside of sport. We love hearing great human stories and we know that many others in our community do too. Sandgroper sports proudly focusses on Western Australians and takes the form of a casual discussion, where we discuss with our guests their lives in WA, what it's like being a WA athlete, what life is like outside of sport and what they think makes our state unique. Our podcasts are real life, authentic, conversations with our guests discussing how they got to where they are today, the ups and downs of their careers and what it means to be from WA.
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WAFL SERIES - WEST PERTH COACH DARREN HARRIS
Darren Harris is the reigning WAFL premiership coach of West Perth Football Club – who has a very interesting story to tell about life inside and outside of WAFL and AFL football.
Darren is WAFL royalty having won WAFL premierships with West Perth as a player, captain and coach. He is a fairest and best winner, Simpson Medallist and State Captain.
He is also a very successful coach having worked at various levels including Victorian Country Leagues, TAC Cup, WAFL (West Perth and Claremont) and in the AFL as an assistant coach at both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton.
Darren talks to us about the highs and lows of his life from growing up to adulthood, in his career in football, as a teacher and an executive coach He also discusses how he has overcome some challenges to achieve success.
Darren is humble and personable with some great anecdotes that will make you laugh, surprise and intrigue you.