Melbourne premiership coach and Sydney assistant Simon Goodwin won't be pursuing the North Melbourne vacancy.
The Kangaroos sounded out Goodwin after a successful season with the Swans, following a long tenure at the Demons, that included delivering the drought-breaking premiership in 2021.
North Melbourne is on the hunt for a new senior coach after sacking Alastair Clarkson earlier this month.
According to AFL Media, Roos football boss Todd Viney - who appointed Goodwin to the Demons as a succession plan alongside Paul Roos - sounded out the former Crow to gauge his interest.
Goodwin has stated his interest in returning to the senior coaching caper, but after his difficult departure from Melbourne last year, and subsequent move to New South Wales and the Swans, he isn't ready yet.
"That's the reason I wanted to stay in coaching," Goodwin said on the 3AW in June. "I love coaching and there's no doubt I want to be a senior coach again at some stage.
"I think we are always evolving and learning and growing and I wanted to be a part of a great organisation in Sydney and the way they do things and how stable they are as a footy club and how successful they have been over a 20-year period.
"I wanted to come up and immerse myself in that. I'm really fortunate for that.
"I'm open to any conversation that comes my way. Clearly, it might be a recency bias because I have just left the game and obviously some time out. I'm not in any rush to get back in.
"I'm here to learn and grow and be a part of a good footy club. If those opportunities arise and people want to be in contact I'm sure I'll take their call."
"I'll be pretty particular about the club and people I want to get involved in, it takes a lot of good people to build a really strong football team and I will just sit for those opportunities to arise."
Goodwin was sounded out by Essendon when they were searching for a Brad Scott replacement, but ultimately remained at the Swans, with Mark McVeigh winning the role.
The former Demons coach's decision comes shortly after fellow premiership coaches Adam Simpson and John Longmire opted out of the process.
Simpson had been linked to Arden Street given his long-standing relationship with the club, playing over 300 games, captain and a premiership player for the Shinboners.
Longmire was in a similar boat, having played for the Kangaroos, but he chose not to apply for the vacancy.
Aside from Nathan Buckley, who has yet to make a call on his coaching aspirations after missing out on Tasmania - and is contracted at Geelong for 2027 - North Melbourne is expected to go down the first-time coach path.
Jaymie Graham, Daniel Giansiracusa, James Kelly, Murray Davis and Roos assistant Xavier Clarke are all names tipped to be part of the process.
Graham was close on the Blues and Bombers roles, while Kelly and Davis went deep into the Essendon position.
