Clive Raak will continue through the year as the main man in charge of the Hepburn senior side with Segifili Asa Leausa stepping back from his joint coaching position.
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It's understood Asa Leausa has decided to hand up the role due to a busy working life with his new fitness business.
The key defender and premiership player will continue on-field duties for the Burras as Raak controls the team from the sidelines.
"He's just very time poor and we've just been lucky enough to have Raaky in the position he is in to pick up that slack," Hepburn president Jason Dooley said.
Asa Leausa held the senior coaching position on his own in 2018 and was joined by Raak as a joint-coach during the off-season.
The club's 2017 under-18 premiership coach said he'd taken an "unofficial back step from the main coaching role due to work".
"The F45 Ballarat Gym that I part own has exploded since moving locations which has resulted in my time being restricted," he told The Courier.
Raak was senior coach at Hepburn between 2013 and 2015 and won a premiership in his first season in the role.
At the end of 2015, he stepped down and was replaced by Jason Olver for two years. Olver then handed over the reins to Asa Leausa, who took Hepburn to an elimination final in 2018.
Hepburn scored its third win of the season on Saturday, beating Skipton by 18 points. Asa Leausa was one of the best players for the side.
That has left the Burras in third spot on the Central Highlands Football League ladder.
Hepburn will come up against Bungaree this coming weekend before travelling to take on Springbank in the round before the AFL Victoria Community Championships.
