Cameron Joyce was appointed as SUNS Head Coach in 2021, boasting 23 years of experience across multiple disciplines in the AFL industry. In three seasons at the SUNS, the club has achieved consecutive record seasons including a return to the AFLW Finals in 2023. He previously held positions with AFL Tasmania, coaching the Tasmania Devils to its first ever NAB League Finals Series and was named as an Assistant Coach for the Allies at the NAB AFLW U19 National Championships. Joyce also held various roles with North Melbourne, West Coast and Richmond including general manager of football, list manager and development coach.

Sam Iles has a lengthy history with the GC SUNS having won the club’s VFL best and fairest award in 2020 before playing 26 AFL matches during the club’s first two seasons in the competition. Iles has overseen the development on many of the club’s local products have held several positions in the club’s Academy including Development Coach and Head of Female Pathways as well as Queensland U18 Women’s Head Coach from 2019 – 2023. Having taken charge of the midfield since 2021, Iles was elevated to Senior Assistant Coach in 2023.

Following a lengthy AFLW playing career at Adelaide, St Kilda and West Coast, which included the 2017 Premiership with the Crows, Sedunary moved into the coaching ranks at the SUNS late in 2023 as Academy Head Coach – Female Programs and now taking charge of the AFLW forwards. Sedunary has previously represented Australia in cycling at the Youth Olympics and has a wealth of coaching experience across sports including hockey, cycling and crossfit.

Thompson is a Gold Coast SUNS life member after first joining the club as an 18-year-old before the club’s 2009 TAC Cup season, going on to play 106 games across an injury-disrupted career. He has remained involved with the club since retiring in 2022 and in 2024 takes charge of the defence as an AFLW Assistant Coach for the first time. During his lengthy playing career with the SUNS, Thompson finished a career-best fourth in the 2013 Club Champion, along with the Most Improved Player and Most Professional Awards.