Coaches Awards
Coaches Awards
Coaches form a vital part of the basketball experience for our players, often dedicating many hours each week preparing for both training activities and game day.
Often parents double up and volunteer for these roles or our older players gain some early experience and coach a younger team.
We recognise our coaching group in awarding three categories of “Coach Award” each year:
BEST FIRST YEAR COACH
Presented to the most outstanding coach in their first year with the club. This person may be an experienced coach, or coaching for the first time. The award recognises dedication, organisation and planning, and excellent communication.
- 1990 JOHN PITSIKAS
- 1991 PHIL BLAND & CHRIS BOWERS
- 1992 BILL MEDHURST
- 1993 ROSS DUCKHAM
- 1994 KRISTY DUCKHAM & CATHERINE PROPERJOHN
- 1995 KEN JORDAN
- 1996 MICHAEL GARLEPP
- 1997 LEE JELINEK
- 1998 SUE JACOB
- 1999 KATRINA ANNAN & LAUREN GLENDINNING
- 2000 ROSS MOORE
- 2001 GEORGIE KELLY
- 2002 KERRY CLARKE
- 2003 JOHN WHALE
- 2004 DANIEL HARLOE & TRAVIS HAYTO
- 2005 BEVAN PASCOE
- 2006 MELISSA MELBOURNE
- 2007 CHRIS REYNOLDS
- 2008 GEORGIA CLARKE
- 2009 DANIEL CRISP & JACKSON SIMKOVIC
- 2010 PETER TAZEWELL
- 2011 ANDREW IMISON
- 2012 ANTHONY WILLINGE
- 2013 KYLE SNOKE & BRENDAN O’BRIEN
- 2014 LISA KINNELL
- 2015 HEATH DAVIES
- 2016 PAUL CASSIR
- 2017 NICK FLOYD
- 2018 ANNIKA RENKEMA & DAVID STURLEY
- 2019 TOM SALAMONE
- 2020 JORDAN WEST
- 2021 DARCY FLOYD
- 2022 FLETCHER FLYNN
- 2023 Rowan Collis
Senior Coach
Presented to a coach who has shown great dedication to the task. It may be awarded to recognise excellence in team performance, but has often been awarded to coaches whose team has shown great improvement over the year or who achieve above and beyond their expectations. This coach should demonstrate very good communication, planning and organisation of team activities.
- 1983 GRAHAM LUCK
- 1984 PETER WODZIANSKI
- 1985 PETER WODZIANSKI
- 1986 IAN SIMPSON
- 1987 JOHN PIERCE
- 1988 JUDY HARVEY
- 1989 PETER BENNETT
- 1990 PETER WODZIANSKI
- 1991 CHRIS BOWERS
- 1992 BLAIR DONCON
- 1993 JOHN PITSIKAS
- 1994 DANIEL WALKER
- 1995 JOHN REILLY
- 1996 MICHAEL AGAPITOS
- 1997 JOHN PITSIKAS
- 1998 JOHN WHALE
- 1999 GLENN DAWSON
- 2000 PAUL YOUNG
- 2001 GEOFF METCALF
- 2002 JULIE SMITH
- 2003 JOHN WHALE
- 2004 JOHN WHALE
- 2005 JO PIERCE
- 2006 STUART LUCK
- 2007 SIMON CAMPBELL
- 2008 PETER WODZIANSKI
- 2009 SIMON CAMPBELL
- 2010 VINCE VEIRAITIS
- 2011 MARK OBERMAN
- 2012 PETER TAZEWELL
- 2013 SCOTT VIDLER
- 2014 JARLETH DORAN
- 2015 SCOTT MARSDEN
- 2016 TONY SKILLICORN
- 2017 CLARK WILMOT
- 2018 LOUISE SMITH
- 2019 TODD MELVILLE
- 2020 JAQUI FRY
- 2021 STEPHEN TANGNEY
- 2022 ERINNE WHEATLAND
- 2023 Paul Trainor
JUNIOR COACH
Presented to a coach under 23 years of age, who takes on the task of coaching with dedication. The award recognises a young person who puts their experience back into the club with effort.
- 1987 SARAH WADDINGHAM/KATE SIMKOVIC
- 1988 NICOLE SKELTON
- 1989 MARCUS TREVOUR
- 1990 NICKY NESDALE
- 1991 GAVIN CROSTHWAITE
- 1992 GAVIN CROSTHWAITE
- 1993 KANE SIMPSON
- 1994 CRAIG HARMAN
- 1995 CRAIG HARMAN
- 1996 SPIRO AGAPITOS
- 1997 MUSTAFA YILDIZ
- 1998 MATT ARCHER
- 1999 KATRINA ANNAN/LAUREN GLENDINNING
- 2000 RYAN HARVEY
- 2001 ANDREW STEERS
- 2002 ALEX DULLARD
- 2003 DANIEL SCHEPIS
- 2004 ACACIA MCBAIN
- 2005 MONIQUE VAUGHAN
- 2006 TRAVIS HAYTO
- 2007 JASMINE LUCK
- 2008 TRAVIS HAYTO
- 2009 GEORGIA CLARKE
- 2010 EMMA LOCKWOOD
- 2011 JORDAN CROCKET
- 2012 RILEY PEARCE
- 2013 GEORGIA CLARKE/ZAC DE CINQUE
- 2014 ISAAC KRAUSS/JAMES MCCORMICK
- 2015 PHOEBE SNEDKER
- 2016 ERIC TRAN
- 2017 MICHAEL HUMPHRYSON/LACHLAN HYNES
- 2018 RILEY BURNETT
- 2019 DYLAN STEIN
- 2020 BAILEY VANDERZANDEN
- 2021 TOM LYNCH
- 2022 EDDIE FARQUHARSON & MICHAEL HUMPHRYSON
- 2023 Harry Hansen-Knarhoi