The club's coaches offer plenty of variety across the eight junior teams, with a mixture of new appointments and coaches from previous seasons.
"The junior committee has worked hard to attract a fantastic blend of coaches that bring a wide variety of experience and knowledge to their roles," Moama Junior Football Club president Ben Hearn said.
"The things they all have in common is energy, passion and a focus on developing all of the players in their respective teams.
"We have been fortunate to grow the club significantly over the past five years, increasing from two junior teams to eight, catering for the large increase in population in our local communities."
The Magpies will field an under-13s and an under-15s team for the first time this season, with Matt Barden and Darcy Robinson to coach the two sides.
Barden continues his coaching journey with Moama, after coaching the under-12s Black side in 2021.
Barden has an extensive record of playing and coaching senior football at Blighty, Tatura and Echuca.
Robinson will bring a wealth of experience to the under-15s coaching gig after spending the past four seasons as the senior coach of Mathoura.
Robinson is a former junior Magpie, having played in the under-12s, 14s and 17s at the club. As well as coaching at Moama this seasn, he is also also playing senior football for Strathmerton.
Tim Sparey, Luke Teasdale and Rhys Morgan will take charge of the under-10s teams.
Teasdale is a Moama stalwart, having grown up and played all of his football at the club, and has been involved in a variety of roles.
Sparey has spent the past 20 years at Mathoura, with the exception of two years at Wakool, which included playing in a senior premiership. During his time with the Timbercutters he coached thirds and reserves, captained the seniors and won two senior best-and-fairests.
Morgan also has extensive playing experience. He played more than 350 senior games at Koo Wee Rup and Buln Buln before finishing his playing career with Echuca United after his family moved to Echuca-Moama.
Matt MacKay has committed to a fourth-straight year of coaching the Moama youth girls team.
He has coached the youth girls since their inception in 2019 and has developed the team to become one of the strongest in the competition.
This year the side will compete in the Northern Country Women's League.
Jamie Horkings and Marcus Maher will lead Moama’s two under-12s teams.
Horkings is a long-term Moama person who played junior and senior football at the club. He has been heavily involved with Moama Auskick as head co-ordinator and was the MJFC junior co-ordinator in recent years.
Maher was involved as an assistant and stand-in coach in the under-10s last season. He spent all of his junior and senior footy career with the Euroa Magpies.
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