Outgoing Glenelg president Nick Chigwidden admits there is a slight sense of anxiety surrounding coach Mark Stone.

The Tigers broke a 33-year premiership drought this season with Stone at the helm and his success has no doubt attracted the attention of possible suitors.

The Adelaide Crows recently appointed Matthew Nicks as replacement for Don Pyke and with a new head coach usually comes the need to install fresh backroom personnel.

Stone’s name has been thrown up as a possible addition to Nick’s coaching staff but Chigwidden would be loathe to lose him to the “hovering” Crows given what he’s achieved at Glenelg.

“We’d obviously be a bit nervous about it because I think he’s shown this year what a good coach he is in the way that he’s turned our squad around in the last two years,” he said on SEN SA Breakfast.

“Adelaide are still sort of sitting there, I suppose hovering.

“Mark and myself and the whole footy department have a really good relationship. I know Mark is really keen to stay at Glenelg but obviously if a bigger offer came, it’s a bit like the playing group nowadays, you can’t stop these guys from going ahead.

“The longer it takes you feel a bit more secure. It would be disappointing if something happened this late in the year and Mark left us.

“But we’re pretty confident he’ll be at The Bay and leading us again next year.”

Stone has previously worked at West Coast, Fremantle and Sydney and is believed to be open to a return to the AFL system but most likely only as a senior assistant and not a line coach.

He admitted last month he does have AFL aspirations but told The Advertiser he has no plans of returning to a "minor role".

Chigwidden also confirmed that the Bays would be looking to sign former players Billy Stretch and Matthew Allen who have recently been delisted by Melbourne and West Coast respectively.

Listen to Chigwidden's chat on SEN SA Breakfast below: