Coach Graham Arnold renews his Central Coast Mariners contract until 2016 COACH Graham Arnold has re-signed with Central Coast Mariners until May 2016. Arnold, making the announcement on Fox Sports News on Friday, said the opportunity to build on his premiership winning squad was the incentive to remain in the A-League despite a couple of overseas opportunities. "I re-signed yesterday with the Mariners for another two years, on top of the other year I've got left," Arnold said. The former Socceroos coach joined the Mariners in 2010, and is looking forward to the rest of his six-year tenure with a fresh approach. "It's been a challenge," said Arnold. There was a three year plan in place to try and get to where we had to go. Now we've lost a lot of young players and a lot of our players have gone overseas to big clubs and are doing well. I've really enjoyed my time on the Central Coast and the club is going forward in the right direction with a new training facility and it's exciting times and I want to be part of it. Arnold addressed the rumours that he'd received a couple of other opportunities before opting to remain at the Mariners. "I had two opportunities to move on, on to the UK and one to China, but they didn't eventuate," said Arnold before adding that he'd only consider clubs with the 'right ambition'. Arnold, who is optimistic about the Mariners" having a shot at this year's Grand Final, revealed he's happy to have six new players up his sleeve. There's been a good turnover since last season. Another incentive for Arnold to stay on the Coast is to enjoy the benefits once the Mariners finish building their state-of-the-art training facility, which Arnold describes as 'probably one of the best in the country'. Football is a wonderful game all over the world and the A-League is getting stronger and stronger, and it's an exciting time to be a apart of, so I've committed to the club long-term.