Coaching career
UP Tuks
In 2006, van Dyk started coaching at UP-Tuks Netball, initially with the under-19s. Between 2008 and 2011, van Dyk effectively served as an assistant coach to Elize Kotze. When Kotze became head coach of the South Africa national netball team, van Dyk, aged 27, succeeded her as head coach at UP-Tuks. [2] [3] In 2017, after finishing as runners-up in 2014 and 2016, UP-Tuks and van Dyk won their first Varsity Netball title. With a team captained by Shadine van der Merwe and featuring Marlize de Bruin and Ine-Marí Venter, UP-Tuks defeated NWU-Pukke 43–41 in the final. [5] [6] [7] In 2019, UP-Tuks and van Dyk won their second title, this time defeating Maties 48–43 in the final. [8] [9] In 2023, van Dyk guided UP-Tuks to a third title after defeating UJ Netball 63–61 in the final. [10] [11]
Gauteng Jaguars
Between 2014 and 2021, van Dyk served as head coach of Gauteng Jaguars in the Premier Netball League. Between 2017 and 2021, she guided them to five successive titles. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] In 2017, with a team coached by van Dyk, captained by Shadine van der Merwe and featuring Izette Griesel and Chrisna van Zyl, Jaguars won their first title after defeating North West Flames 49–43 in the final. [18] In 2018, under van Dyk's guidance, Jaguars retained the title. [19] [20] In 2017 and 2018, van Dyk was also head coach when Jaguars played in the Netball New Zealand Super Club tournaments. In 2018, she guided a Jaguars team to a win over Southern Steel, the 2018 ANZ Premiership premiers. [21] [22] [23] Van Dyk would subsequently guide to Jaguars to further titles in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [13] [24] [25]
Botswana
In 2022, van Dyk served as head coach of Botswana. She initially took charge of Botswana at a 2023 Netball World Cup qualifier. Under van Dyk's guidance, Botswana won the 2022 Netball Singapore Nations Cup, defeating Fiji 65–37 in final on her 40th birthday. [1] [11] [26] [27]
South Africa
In February 2024, Netball South Africa announced that van Dyk had been appointed head coach of South Africa, succeeding Norma Plummer. Immediately prior to her appointment, she was serving as head coach of the South Africa under 21 team. [11] [28] [29] [30] [31] She had previously coached the South Africa under-19 team. [32] At the 2018 Diamond Challenge and 2021 SPAR Challenge Series she had coached the President's XII. [33]
| Tournaments | Place | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 Diamond Challenge [33] | 2nd |  President's XII |
| 2021 SPAR Challenge Series [34] | 1st | |
| 2023 Netball World Cup qualification – Africa [26] | 6th |  Botswana |
| 2022 Netball Singapore Nations Cup [1] [27] | 1st | |
| 2024 Africa Netball Cup [35] | 1st | South Africa |
| 2025 Netball Nations Cup [36] | 2nd | |