Dragons Choose New Coach

Dean Young was an assistant coach at the Dragons before.

Short version:

Dean Young is the new coach of the Dragons after they didn't have one for 12 hours.

Young was a coach at the Dragons before, and he will stay for the rest of 2026.

What happens next?

Young will pick his team for the game against the Roosters on Anzac Day.

The Dragons are losing a lot, and Young needs to stop this.

The Dragons didn't have a coach for almost 12 hours after they let Shane Flanagan go.

The Dragons chose Dean Young as their new coach for the rest of the year.

The CEO said, 'Dean knows this club very well.'

He also said, 'Dean has a strong connection to the Dragons and the players respect him.'

Kieran Foran also became a coach at his old club after they didn't win any games.

Young's first job is to pick a team for the important game against the Roosters.

Young doesn't have much time to make the Dragons better.

The Dragons are not doing well and might end up last in the league.

Before this, the Dragons never lost more than eight games in a row.

But Young can look at another team in Sydney to see that things can get better quickly.

Foran became a coach at Manly after they fired their old coach.

Foran's team has won three games in a row and is doing well now.

Young and Foran have some things in common.

Foran said he will have tough conversations with his players if needed.

Both Young and Foran played on their teams' last championship teams a long time ago.

Unlike Foran, Young has experience as an assistant coach.

Young was an interim coach at the Dragons in 2020.

He also worked as an assistant coach at North Queensland for three years.

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Young and another player might become the full-time coaches in 2027.

Hornby is an assistant coach at South Sydney and was an interim coach before.

The chairman said, 'Whoever becomes the coach will have a lot of pressure.'

Young might do what Foran did to help the team.

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