Jamie O'Loughlin

Jamie O'Loughlin

O'Loughlin with the Perth Wildcats in 2017
Coaching career	2006–present
Career history
As a coach:
2006–2009	Geelong Supercats (asst.)
2010–2014	Geelong Supercats
2014–2017	Perth Wildcats (asst.)
2017–2021	Cairns Taipans (asst.)
2018–2021	Cairns Marlins
2022	Mandurah Magic
Career highlights
2× NBL champion (2016, 2017) SEABL champion (2010) ABA national champion (2006)
Medals Men's basketball Representing   Australia FIBA U16 Oceania Championship 2011 Canberra Team competition 2013 Melbourne Team competition FIBA U17 World Cup 2012 Lithuania Team competition 2014 Dubai Team competition Universiade 2019 Napoli Team competition

Jamie O'Loughlin is an Australian professional basketball coach.

Coaching career

A native of Geelong, Victoria,^{[ citation needed ]} O'Loughlin's coaching career started in 1999, when he was the Club Director of Coaching for Geelong's Christian College.^{[ citation needed ]} He also coached under age teams at Basketball Geelong.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2006, O'Loughlin joined the Geelong Supercats of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) as an assistant coach. He became head coach of the Supercats for the 2010 season, where he won the SEABL championships. ^[1]

Between 2009 and 2011, O'Loughlin ran team camps for the Australia national under-17 basketball team, and in 2011 he coached the under-16 team at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship. After leading the team to the Gold Medal, he rejoined the under-17 team and traveled to the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship with them, where they reached the Silver Medal. O'Loughlin continued coaching both the under-16 and under-17 teams until 2014, during which he won another Gold Medal (with the under-16 team) and another Silver Medal (with the under-17 team).^{[ citation needed ]}

O'Loughlin moved to Perth in 2014 and joined the Perth Wildcats of the NBL as an assistant coach. ^[2] The Wildcats won championship in 2015–16 and 2016–17.

O'Loughlin moved to Cairns in 2017 and joined rival NBL club the Cairns Taipans as the second assistant coach under coach Aaron Fearne. ^[3] After his first season with the Taipans, O'Loughlin joined the club's QBL feeder team, the Cairns Marlins as the head coach in 2018, and guided the club to the grand final against the Townsville Heat. The Marlins lost both games of the series.

In July 2018, O'Loughlin was promoted to first assistant of the Taipans under new coach Mike Kelly. ^{[4] [5]}

O'Loughlin was named as an assistant coach in the UniSport Australia Emerging Boomers squad in 2019, and traveled to Napoli, Italy to compete in the 2019 Summer Universiade. ^[6] He joined head coach Rob Beveridge and helped the team finish the games with a bronze medal. ^[7]

In May 2022, O'Loughlin took over as head coach of the Mandurah Magic men's team for the rest of the 2022 NBL1 West season. ^[8]

In April 2025, O'Loughlin was appointed as the WAIS wheelchair basketball head coach. ^[9]

References

1. "Club History". Geelong Supercats. Geelong Supercats. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
2. "Perth Wildcats appoint new assistant coach". wildcats.com.au. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
3. "Taipans announce new AC Jamie O'Loughlin". Taipans.com. Cairns Taipans. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
4. "Cairns Taipans sign first assistant coach Jamie O'Loughlin" . cairnspost. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
5. "AC Jamie O'Loughlin signs two-year contract". Taipans.com. Cairns Taipans. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
6. "O'Loughlin named to Emerging Boomers coaching staff". Taipans.com. Cairns Taipans. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
7. "Emerging Boomers claim bronze with emphatic win over Israel". Basketball Australia. Basketball Australia. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
8. "ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING: AARON TRAHAIR" (PDF). mandurahmagic.com.au. 3 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
9. "We're excited to announce Jamie O'Loughlin as our new WAIS Wheelchair Basketball Head Coach". facebook.com/InsideWAIS. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.