Nathan Brown will not be the coach of the Newcastle Knights in 2020 according to the Newcastle Herald.

The club and Brown have agreed to ‘part ways’ at the end of the 2019 season.

Newcastle has slid unceremoniously from a top four contender earlier in the season and now sit outside the top 8 in 10th.

2019 was the final year of Brown’s current deal with the club publicly backing an ‘evergreen contract’ which would see Brown’s ongoing future based on performance.