The pair both led their outfits last season, with Simmonds also coaching alongside Robert Stewart in 2019-20, the female side's first summer in the competition, while Coyle took the reins from Andrew Gower.

After stepping back last year, Richard Bennett also returns, taking over from chairman Chris Mitchell in an appointment that pleased Cricket Tasmania's head of pathways Ali De Winter.

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"All three individuals have played significant roles in the development of the Greater Northern Raiders in its short three-year history and had a tremendous impact," he said.

"Furthering their involvement in the program by providing even more support to them will only serve to benefit more participants within the pathway."

Bennett's role will have him overseeing a committee packed full of cricketing experience in the Greater Northern community.

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Shane Wootton, Craig Elliott, Rob Eastoe, Lynne Hendley and Leigh Beardwood make up the committee, with only the latter joining the Raiders environment for the first time.

The announcements come after the news that Cricket Tasmania will take ownership of the Greater Northern Raiders program, running it as a part of their high performance structure and hiring a full-time high performance coach.

Cricket Tasmania conducted a Raiders review in the off-season, resulting in support for the program but with more investment securing its long-term future in the North.

"There might be a trend to centralise high performance programs, but from our recent review of the Greater Northern Raiders, the support for the program from the Northern stakeholders was overwhelming," Cricket Tasmania's Simon Insley said.

"You only have to look through the history of Tasmanian state representatives to appreciate how vital a Greater Northern pathway is.

"By further resourcing our pathway through to the Greater Northern Raiders, we are confident that we will develop both male and female players to represent the Tigers and Hurricanes on the national stage.

"By retaining these players and coaches in the North, there are benefits to the community competitions as well, with these players and coaches able to return and contribute to local cricket when they aren't competing in the program."