Brett Ratten set to move on from Hawthorn at the end of the year

BRETT Ratten will move on from Hawthorn at the end of the season after six seasons and three premierships as an assistant coach at the club.

Brett Ratten has a laugh with Taylor Duryea. Picture: Tom Huntley

BRETT Ratten will move on from Hawthorn at the end of the season after six seasons and three premierships as an assistant coach at the club.

The former Carlton senior coach will finish the season at the club but as part of this week’s August 1 deadline his future at the club has been clarified.

Ratten has been seen as a coach with enough qualities to move back into senior coaching if a position arose at some points.

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But he will continue his coaching future at another club, with the Hawks to bring in fresh coaching talent.

Senior coach Alastair Clarkson will continue next year and is seen as almost certain to sign a contract extension past 2019 over the summer.

Ratten won 60 of his 120 games as Carlton senior coach and took the Blues into the semi-final in 2011.

Alastair Clarkson and Brett Ratten. Picture: Matt Turner.

With the club committing to Mick Malthouse at some stage in the 2012 season he was shunted out despite his credentials.

St Kilda has already told three coaches in Lindsay Gilbee, Rohan Welsh and Simon McPhee they will not be required next year.

The August 1 deadline under an agreement between clubs and the AFL Coaches Association allows coaches 100 days to find new employment until contracts run out.

The Hawks would be one of many Melbourne clubs keen to lure Sam Mitchell into their coaching ranks as he prepares to move back from West Coast.

He will break his contract to return to Victoria, although Clarkson joked last week he hadn’t got a positive reaction yet after shooting Mitchell a text last week.

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Originally published as Brett Ratten set to move on from Hawthorn at the end of the year