PORT Adelaide premiership coach Mark Williams has walked away from the AFL scene for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, choosing to accept a coaching position in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Williams will coach Premier B club AJAX in 2017 as part of a new position as director of coaching and development for Maccabi Victoria, the roof body for Jewish sport in the state.
In a major career change for an AFL lifer, he will work across 20 clubs, managing coaching and playing programs and fast-tracking the development of elite athletes across a number of sports.
Maccabi Victoria is one of the largest grassroots sporting organisations in Victoria, with more than 4000 members.
By Ashley Browne on the AFL website.