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Queensland Reds lose another coach after Damon Emtage quits
August 28, 2009 02:16pm
QUEENSLAND Reds coach Phil Mooney must look for a second assistant after backs coach Damon Emtage quit his post on Friday.
Emtage's decision, after opting to return to his teaching career to spend more time with his young family, leaves Mooney without any of the lieutenants he started 2009 with.
Reds forwards coach Mark Bell and manager Brendan Morris were axed by Mooney and the Queensland Rugby Union while high-performance manager Ben Whitaker also quit after the team finished second last in the Super 14.
It was the sixth straight season the embattled Reds have finished in the bottom three of the ladder.
QRU chief executive Ken Freer and chairman Peter Lewis have also resigned from their jobs in the fall-out of the defection of vice-captain Berrick Barnes to NSW.
Emtage announced his decision at a team meeting on Friday, citing a job offer at Brisbane Grammar School as too good to refuse.
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