Staff
The original coach was Adrian Lam, who arrived in Cairns in August 2007, but was released a month later to take up a coaching position at the Sydney Roosters. He was replaced by former Canberra Raiders NRL player Andrew Dunemann (2008-9) with former North Queensland Cowboys player David Maiden and Troy Cummings as Assistant Coaches. Dunemann resigned at the end of 2009 and Maiden was promoted to Head Coach with former Canberra Raiders and PNG international David Westley as Assistant Coach. Maiden left at the end of 2012 and was replaced by former Super League player Jason Demetriou (rugby league) as head coach with Ben Rauter as Assistant Coach.
Foundation captain was former North Queensland Cowboys and St. George Illawarra Dragons player Chris Sheppard. Sheppard was the first player signed to the team (July 2007) and was captain and operations manager for the first three seasons. He retired after leading the Pride to Premiership victory at the 2010 Grand Final. Former North Queensland Cowboys player Ty Williams is the current captain (2011-2013). The side has also been captained by Chey Bird, Ben Laity, Ryan Stig, Mark Cantoni and Brett Anderson when Sheppard and Williams were unavailable due to injury and/or representative commitments.
The foundation Chief Executive Officer was Dennis Keeffe. He was replaced in 2010 by QRL Northern Division chairman John Moore. From 2011 to 2013 former team captain Chris Sheppard was CEO.
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—Jean Gump, U.S. pacifist. As quoted in The Great Divide, book 2, section 10, by Studs Terkel (1988)
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—George Grosz (1893–1959)
“In the far South the sun of autumn is passing
Like Walt Whitman walking along a ruddy shore.
He is singing and chanting the things that are part of him,
The worlds that were and will be, death and day.
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His beard is of fire and his staff is a leaping flame.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)