Geelong’s dual premiership hero Mitch Duncan will join West Coast as an assistant coach immediately after retiring as a player.

The 34-year-old last month announced his decision to call time on his career, following his likely last game in the VFL.

Duncan will not officially hang up the boots until the end of the Cats’ AFL campaign but he has already settled on his next move.

The 305-game veteran will return home to Western Australia to join the Eagles, 7NEWS Perth’s Ryan Daniels reported.

Duncan will join alongside Sam Radford, who arrives from 10 years on Melbourne’s coaching staff, as senior coach Andrew McQualter overhauls his coaching staff.

Former interim Jarrad Schofield, Luke Webster and Ryan Turnbull have all departed West Coast.

Schofield has been appointed senior coach a

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