WITH one short sentence, Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse has finally brushed aside all doubt about his willingness to stay at the club beyond this year.

In his regular column with The Australian, the veteran Magpie mentor committed 100 per cent to staying at the club next year.

"I will not be at any other club, in any role, next year," he said in his column on Saturday.

Malthouse - who, in a recent television interview refused to unequivocally commit to the club next year, indicating some unease about his upcoming role as director of coaching - said he had three main reasons as to why he was sticking with the Magpies, despite admitting his passion for coaching still burned as strongly as ever.

Firstly, Malthouse said, he couldn't join a rival club simply through his supreme affection for the current Magpie playing group.

"The thought of saying farewell to these lads, to compete against them, goes against every fibre of my being," he said.

The three-time premiership coach also said he despised being linked to other coaching jobs, which in turn heaped pressure on the incumbent coach of that team.

"Another reason I object to being linked with any other club is that I can sympathise with how the present coaches of those teams are feeling," he said.

"It sends a cold shiver through me when there is even a suggestion that I will replace a current coach."

Malthouse went on to say he was always going to honour the contract he signed in 2009, which would see him move into a backroom role and club great Nathan Buckley take over as coach.

"The final reason I won't be switching clubs is that I have a contract with Collingwood for a further three years after this one, in a different role to my current position. I signed it in good faith that I could continue to help in developing the team and the club beyond my reign as senior coach," he said, adding the exact nature of that role was still to be determined.

"The (director of coaching) role is one that basically needs to justify its existence. It needs to help the club move forward. It should make use of my experience and knowledge, as 28 years of coaching practice has provided me with some tips, techniques and methods to pass on.

"However, whatever the role becomes, it must provide the club with what it needs to be successful. Nathan Buckley needs to be comfortable and happy with it, as do the rest of the football department. Most of all, the Collingwood players need to be happy."