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WESTERN Bulldogs legend Chris Grant is set to join the club's board.
After playing a key role in the appointment of new coach Brendan McCartney, Grant has agreed to a formal role as football director.
The move will have to be ratified at the club's annual meeting in December, but that is a done deal given Grant's popularity with the Bulldogs faithful.
Grant's function will be similar to the role played at Hawthorn by Jason Dunstall, another club legend who successfully juggles a football board position with commitments in the media.
The Dogs have essentially been without a football director since chief executive Simon Garlick left the board to cross to administration.
Grant joining the board is a major coup for president David Smorgon, who has faced major pressure from agitators for the first time in recent months.
Smorgon has another two years to run in what will be his final term as the top at Whitten Oval.
Grant comes into the mix as long-term board member Henry Jolson, QC, is retiring in December.
A former captain, Grant played 341 games for the Dogs in an 18-year career, but has had a low-key involvement with the club since retiring in 2007.
Grant was a commentator on ABC radio and had a role at Channel 10 this year.
Joining the selection panel that picked McCartney was a sign Grant was ready to step up to a key role at the Dogs.
Gaye Hamilton, chairman of SpiritWest advisory board and a Victoria University advisory board member, will stand again for her position as the Bulldogs' community director.
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