Carter has coached the Bulldogs for the past three seasons in what’s his second stint at the helm, having also led the club in 2010 and 2011 in what were two premiership years.

The 38-year-old old coached Golden Square to last month’s BFNL grand final, but the Bulldogs came up short in what was a 32-point loss to arch-rival Sandhurst.

Carter says he welcomes the move by the club to open up all coaching positions, but is yet to decide if he will again put up his hand to lead the senior side.

“It’s a really good process to make sure we have the right people in place for all the coaching roles moving forward, so I’m really supportive of that approach,” Carter said on Thursday.

“I’m pretty strong in my view that there’s a number of areas we need to improve on next year, and it’s my personal view that we need to accelerate the development of some of our younger players and spend time on a lot more one-on-one coaching.”

Carter said commitments outside of football would have a key bearing on his coaching ambitions next year.

“I’ve got to weigh up not only whether I’m the right person for the job, but whether it’s the right balance for me with my other commitments in life,” Carter said.

“If it was a perfect world I would coach for the rest of my life because I love it and I get a massive kick out of everything to do with being a football coach.

“But there’s a process to go through over the next couple of weeks and we’ll see what comes of it out the other end.”

In his combined five years as senior coach, Carter has an 84-19 win-loss record. 

Golden Square was this year’s BFNL champion club for the second year in a row and had five teams competing in grand finals, but only the Bulldogs’ A-reserve netballers won a premiership.