Bello comes to the role after spending the previous five seasons as the Box Hill FC Development League coach, taking them to the 2011 premiership.
He was also a playing assistant coach at Nunawading in the Eastern Football League and has had stints as an assistant with the SANFL Under-16 Country Youth Championships with both Central Districts and West Adelaide football clubs.
Bello has been a football development officer at Central Districts in the SANFL and is a five-time premiership player with the club. He was also a SANFL state representative in 2001 and 2002.
He has claimed three senior best and fairest awards – two with Central Districts in premiership years and one with Box Hill Hawks in the VFL after a three-year playing stint at the club between 2008 to 2010.
Bello currently has a full time role in Marketing and Communications.
He replaces Anthony Allen who coached the Knights for three years between 2010 to 2012.
