North Melbourne legend and AFL games record holder Brent Harvey is set to put on the boots and take a more active role in the club's training, reports The Age.
With clubs having to cut staff to fit the new 25 person limit, Boomer will expand from the match-day runner and mentor role that originally saw him return to Arden St earlier this year.
Harvey will no longer be the runner but will participate in training and focus on keeping players who miss AFL selection match-ready for the Kangaroos.
This comes as The Age has confirmed four coaches: forwards coach Brendan Whitecross, backs coach Jared Rivers, ruck coach Will Minson and academy coach Michael Firrito have been stood down by the club and will receive JobKeeper payments.
A source within the club has confirmed veteran coach Gavin Brown will fill in the roles with senior assistant Jade Rawlings.
"There was some reshuffling required in the footy department and the coaching department wasn't the only area that was hit," Rawlings told SEN's Sportsday.
"We couldn't not provide them with their physios and doctors and conditioning staff so we really prioritised that area and unfortunately we didn't get all our staff back.
"We still think we have a good area there in the coaching department. We have some staff we think are enough to provide for our players.
"Availability is going to be really key throughout this period. Now we've got them back, having our physios, massage, docs and our conditioning staff readily available is going put us in the best position for [a] successful season."
