What club do you coach for?
Echuca Football Club
When did you become coach for Echuca?
Andrew: 2018
Simon: 2018
What is your age and place of birth?
Andrew: 33, Echuca.
Simon: 40, Shepparton.
What is your nickname?
Andrew: Tecca (short for Texas Walker Ranger)
Simon: Smeagle
When was your first senior game?
Andrew: 2003
Simon: 1997
What are your football honours (player and coach)?
Andrew: First Indigenous player to have played 200 games at Carlton. Top Carlton goal-kicker 2011. Echuca best and fairest 2018.
Simon: Winning the 2002 premiership with Echuca Football Club.
What is your occupation?
Andrew: Manager/director of Gravity Shack in Echuca.
Simon: Owner of Echuca Backpackers Hostel
What is your favourite food?
Andrew: Japanese food
Simon: Pizza
What are your favourite hobbies?
Andrew: Fishing and caravanning. Spending some time off-road.
Simon: Horseracing.
What is your favourite holiday spot?
Andrew: Internationally – Fiji. Nationally – Mooloolaba.
Simon: Manly, Sydney.
What is your favourite movie or TV show?
Andrew: Sons of Anarchy
Simon: Pulp Fiction
Who is your favourite singer/band/musician?
Andrew: Shout out to my brother, singer/songwriter Benny Walker.
Simon: Old school Screaming Jets or Kings of Leon
Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
Andrew: My dad taught me everything from intensity to mindset. He has always been fair and honest, gives great opinions, and has been a huge influence to this day.
Simon: All of my coaches from throughout the years. I think each player takes little bits and pieces, the good and the bad, from all of their coaches.
