The former Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes coach will take charge of the Bushpigs next season and is thrilled to make his return to coaching at a club he admires and a campus where he works.

"I'm very excited," Cohalan said.

"They're a club I've always had an interest in because I think they're a great club for what they do for the community, especially the university community and the students that move to the region."

Cohalan has spent four years working in student services at CSU. He has had the last two years off football after taking MCUE to three Riverina League finals series from 2016 to 2018.

He can't wait to be back coaching.

"The thing I love most is being around a club environment and also to have the opportunity to hopefully have an impact on some young men's lives, on and off the field... to hopefully teach them the values of hard work, fairness and giving your effort in everything you do," he said.

"I want to teach them the fundamentals of footy and be a really hard team to play against and a hard team to beat. I think we can base our footy on effort every week, and if we're getting beaten we're not getting beaten because of lack of effort.

"I want to instil a real hard edge, work ethic and have us as fit as we possibly can be."

Cohalan believes CSU is at an ideal stage, with a good mix of Wagga-based locals to complement students and the annual university new faces.

Two of those established players are already locked in as right hand men with Wayde Archibald assistant coach and Lachy Moore looking after fitness and pre-season.

"They're both really good blokes and really good players," Cohalan said.

"Lachy's got a lot of the strength and conditioning knowledge being a personal trainer and owning his own business and Wayde obviously has a very good football brain and a very good resume. I'm very happy to have them both on board."

Cohalan says their game style is likely to wait until they see how their list shapes up early next year (in the hope things are back to normal).

His enthusiasm for coaching is clear, given he and wife Laura welcomed their second child, son William, just last week. He said it will take some balancing but he wouldn't have taken the job without full backing at home.

"Once we made the decision that I'm going to coach next year, I can assure you I'm 100 per cent in. But it wouldn't be possible without Laura's support at home. So I'm definitely glad to be back into it."

CSU president Cam Humphries was thrilled to welcome Cohalan to 'Pig Park'.

"It's definitely a positive, building on what Pat Noonan has left at the club. I think with his guidance and leadership we can really develop," Humphries said.

"A lot of fellas are pretty excited to see what it brings and I think we can keep taking forward steps from here."

The Bushpigs just missed out on finals in 2019 after a last round loss to Coleambally. That was after Noonan took the club to an elimination final in his first year in 2018. It their first post-season appearance since 2011.

Cohalan's appointment leaves Barellan and Marrar as the only clubs still to confirm their 2021 coaches.

The Two Blues are looking for a successor to Sean Browning.

Shane Lenon is set to be reappointed at the Bombers however their coaching structure is still to be finalised.

There's no change at North Wagga (Cayden Winter), East Wagga-Kooringal (Matt Hard), Temora (Jake Wooden), Coleambally (Curtis Steele and Luke Hillier) and the Northern Jets (Josh Avis).

At The Rock-Yerong Creek, Heath Russell has joined Brad Aiken as co-coach.

CSU locked in their netball coach last week with Kirsty Lowe recommitting to the Bushsows.