2025 Coaches

Football Coaching Panel

Shannon Keam: Shannon hails from Dimboola and began his coaching career as a young playing coach, leading his home club to a grand final in his first year. He then continued on as a playing coach at Robinvale 2006-07, Moama 2009-11 and Cohuna Kangas 2012-14. Shannon had a significant impact on these clubs setting a high standard of performance and leading them all to Grand Finals. The hard work paid off when Shannon lead Moama to their first premiership in the Murray FNL in 2010. Shannon also played football in Adelaide & Darwin with St Marys FNC. Following retirement as a player, Shannon has continued coaching junior football with Moama and the NSW Giants in a development coaching role. LG Bombers warmly welcome Shannon, Brooke & family to the bomber hangar.

Jake Van Dongen: Jake brings plenty of experience and professionalism to the role. Jake is a LG Bomber Senior premiership player and has previously held the role of selector at the club in 2016-17 where they played in grand finals both years.

Joel Donehue: Joel ‘Deo’ will assume the role of development coach where he will work closely with the younger players within our senior ranks providing them with the knowledge and feedback to excel at senior level. Deo has played 87 games for LG bombers and is also a LG Bombers Senior premiership player. He also coached our Under 17 footballers to back-to-back flags which highlights his ability to get the best out of the youth of the club.

Matt Pollock: Matt ‘Wigs’ Pollock is thrilled to be taking on the reserves coaching role for 2024. Wigs has an impressive playing and coaching history. He is a dual LG Bomber Senior premiership player and coached our Under 17 footballers to back-to-back flags. Wigs has played 150 games for Echuca Bombers and has represented both GVFL & HDFNL at interleague level. He brings a huge amount of football experience to the role and will be pushing to get the very best out of the reserves this year. He is hoping to push the team up the ladder as well as building strong player relationships and giving players the tools to improve their individual games.

Daniel Tuohey: Daniel or ‘Tuohey’ as he is usually known as, started his playing career in Pyramid Hill where he played all his junior footy. He moved to Leitchville Gunbower when he was 18 and has been here ever since. Tuohey played 117 games of seniors and reserves. His major footy achievements include representing LVFL at Interleague level for under 17s, playing in grand finals for Pyramid under 17s and Leitchville Gunbower reserves and was also a Reserves Best & Fairest winner for Leitchville Gunbower. After having 2 sons Tuohey decided to help out with the Auskick for a season before taking on the coaching role in 2018. After 4 years at the helm there and the boys moving to the under 12s, he took on the under 12 coaching job in 2022 and is keen to continue his coaching this year. Tuohey’s’ main motivation for coaching is helping kids with their development and watching them improve.

Netball Coaching Panel

Madi Curran: Madison joined the club in 2022 and has embraced the club. She has already added so much, both as a terrific, skilled and team focused netballer and as a mentor to younger players. Madi has previous experience coaching juniors in Tyntynder and in Swan Hill and has also coached basketball. She has co-coached and had mentoring from some of the best in the business. Madi has represented her community in state and regional teams and attended netball academies. She is passionate about junior development and is keen to develop the girls to ensure they are well equipped to step into senior netball. After finding their feet, the 17’s narrowly missed out on a finals series in 2023 and she is ready to go for a ripper 2024 season!