North Melbourne and Alastair Clarkson have parted ways after four seasons together, even with one year remaining on his deal.
Clarkson returned to Arden Street ahead of 2023, and coached the club on 82 occasions for 20 wins.
Surprisingly, the Kangaroos rose from consecutive three-win seasons to nine this year, and were closing in on a Wildcard Round slot, but fell short.
Here are 13 names who could be a part of the North Melbourne conversation...
Interestingly, a lot of these names were part of the Carlton and Essendon coaching process.
Xavier Clarke
Clarke has been with North Melbourne since the end of 2023 as an assistant under Alastair Clarkson.
The former Saint was the senior coach of the NT Thunder in the 2014 NEAFL season, and joined Richmond as a development coach two years later.
Clarke continued his education at Punt Road, taking on the VFL top job in 2020 and applied for the vacancy left by Damien Hardwick, which was won by Adem Yze. He also led the Indigenous All Stars in the 2025 exhibition game.
He has been vocal about his ambitions to become the first Indigenous coach in the AFL era.
