Potter and Farah had a rocky relationship during Potter's final stages at the Tigers in the 2014 season. It is understood there is no bad blood between the pair. The Knights have been linked to Farah after they released rake Adam Clydsdale to Canberra this week.

Potter has not coached in the NRL since being dumped after two years as Wests Tigers coach at the end of last year. Ironically, Brown was a front-runner to fill the void left by Potter at the Wests Tigers before the club opted to appoint Jason Taylor for this season.

Potter has spent a large chunk of this year coaching in Fiji, specifically working with the nation's under-20s side. He also spent time working as an assistant coach to the NSW under-16s side earlier this year.

Brown is yet to finalise a host of positions on his coaching staff since being announced as Newcastle's coach for the next three years. Danny Buderus will be another one of Brown's assistants after the ex-Newcastle captain took over as interim coach from the sacked Rick Stone for the final six games of the season.

St George Illawarra's high performance manager Mark Andrews is expected to reunite with Brown at the Knights. Andrews was the assistant strength and conditioner during Brown's final two years at St George Illawarra before Andrews followed Brown to Huddersfield.