List of netball coaches in Australia

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The following is a list of notable netball coaches in Australia.

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National team head coaches

The following is a list of head coaches of the Australia national netball team.

YearsHead coachesTournaments
1956 Lorna McConchie [1] [2] 1956 tour of England, Scotland and Ceylon
1960 Eunice Gill [3] 1960 tour of New Zealand
1963 Lorna McConchie [4] [5] 1963 World Netball Championships
1967Margaret Pewtress [6] [7] [8] 1967 World Netball Championships
1971 Wilma Ritchie [9] 1971 World Netball Championships
1975 Joyce Brown [4] [10] 1975 World Netball Championships
1979 Wilma Shakespear [4] [11] 1979 World Netball Championships
1983 Joyce Brown [12] 1983 World Netball Championships
1985 Pamela Barham [13] 1985 World Games
1987–1989 Wilma Shakespear [4] [14] [15] 1987 World Netball Championships
1989 World Games
1990Margaret Corbett [16] 1990 Commonwealth Games
1990 Gaye Teede [17]
1991–1993 Joyce Brown [18] [19] [20] 1991 World Netball Championships
1993 World Games
1995–2003 Jill McIntosh [21] [22] [23] 1995 World Netball Championships
1998 Commonwealth Games
1999 World Netball Championships
2002 Commonwealth Games
2003 World Netball Championships
2003–2011 Norma Plummer [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] 2006 Commonwealth Games
2007 World Netball Championships
2010 Constellation Cup
2010 Commonwealth Games
2011 Constellation Cup
2011 World Netball Championships
2011–2020 Lisa Alexander [31] [32] 2011 Constellation Cup
2012 Constellation Cup
2013 Constellation Cup
2014 Commonwealth Games
2014 Constellation Cup
2015 Netball World Cup
2015 Constellation Cup
2016 Netball Quad Series
2016 Constellation Cup
2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February)
2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)
2017 Constellation Cup
2018 Netball Quad Series (January)
2018 Commonwealth Games
2018 Netball Quad Series (September)
2018 Constellation Cup
2019 Netball Quad Series
2019 Netball World Cup
2019 Constellation Cup
2020– Stacey Marinkovich [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] 2021 Constellation Cup

Sources: [38]

Premiership winning coaches

The following is a list of head coaches who have guided teams to premierships.

Esso/Mobil Superleague

Wilma Shakespear coaching the Australian Institute of Sport team in 1986. Shakespear coached the Australia national netball team at the 1971, 1979 and 1987 World Netball Championships and at the 1989 World Games. She also guided AIS to two premierships in 1985 and 1986. Australian Institute of Sport Coaches - Wilma Shakespear.jpeg
Wilma Shakespear coaching the Australian Institute of Sport team in 1986. Shakespear coached the Australia national netball team at the 1971, 1979 and 1987 World Netball Championships and at the 1989 World Games. She also guided AIS to two premierships in 1985 and 1986.
SeasonHead coachesTeam
1985 [39] Wilma Shakespear Australian Institute of Sport
1986 [40] Wilma Shakespear Australian Institute of Sport
1987Melbourne Blues
1989 Anne Sargeant Sydney Tigers
1990 Norma Plummer Melbourne City
1991Carol SykesSydney Pulsars
1992Margaret CorbettSydney Pulsars
1993 Patricia Mickan Adelaide Garville
1994Margaret Angove Adelaide Contax
1995 [41] Carol SykesSydney Electricity
1996 Norma Plummer Melbourne Pumas

Source: [42] [43] [44]

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

Norma Plummer coached the Australia national netball team between 2003 and 2011. She previously guided Melbourne City and Melbourne Pumas to premierships during the Esso/Mobil Superleague era before guiding Melbourne Phoenix to the inaugural Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 1997. Norma Plummer (cropped).jpg
Norma Plummer coached the Australia national netball team between 2003 and 2011. She previously guided Melbourne City and Melbourne Pumas to premierships during the Esso/Mobil Superleague era before guiding Melbourne Phoenix to the inaugural Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 1997.
SeasonHead coachesTeam
1997 [24] [45] Norma Plummer Melbourne Phoenix
1998 [46] Margaret Angove Adelaide Thunderbirds
1999 [46] Margaret Angove Adelaide Thunderbirds
2000 [47] Joyce Brown Melbourne Phoenix
2001 [48] Julie Fitzgerald Sydney Swifts
2002 [31] [49] Lisa Alexander Melbourne Phoenix
2003 [31] [50] Lisa Alexander Melbourne Phoenix
2004 [51] Julie Fitzgerald Sydney Swifts
2005 [52] Julie Hoornweg Melbourne Phoenix
2006 [25] [53] Julie Fitzgerald Sydney Swifts
2007 [27] [53] Julie Fitzgerald Sydney Swifts

ANZ Championship

Noeline Taurua guided Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic to the 2012 ANZ Championship and Sunshine Coast Lightning to the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles Noeline Taurua DNZM (cropped).jpg
Noeline Taurua guided Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic to the 2012 ANZ Championship and Sunshine Coast Lightning to the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles
SeasonHead coachesTeam
2008 [54] Julie Fitzgerald New South Wales Swifts
2009 [55] Julie Hoornweg Melbourne Vixens
2010 [56] Jane Woodlands-Thompson Adelaide Thunderbirds
2011 [57] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds
2012 [58] [59] Noeline Taurua Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
2013 [60] Jane Woodlands-Thompson Adelaide Thunderbirds
2014 [61] Simone McKinnis Melbourne Vixens
2015 [62] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds
2016 [63] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds

Suncorp Super Netball

SeasonHead coachesTeam
2017 [64] Noeline Taurua Sunshine Coast Lightning
2018 [65] Noeline Taurua Sunshine Coast Lightning
2019 [66] [67] Briony Akle New South Wales Swifts
2020 [68] Simone McKinnis Melbourne Vixens
2021 [69] [70] Briony Akle New South Wales Swifts
2022 Dan Ryan West Coast Fever

Australian Netball Awards

Between 2011 and 2016, Roselee Jencke guided Queensland Firebirds to five ANZ Championship grand finals, winning three premierships in 2011, 2015 and 2016. Firebird Coach during ticker tape parade Brisbane-2 (28530984020).jpg
Between 2011 and 2016, Roselee Jencke guided Queensland Firebirds to five ANZ Championship grand finals, winning three premierships in 2011, 2015 and 2016.

Netball Australia Coach of the Year

SeasonPlayerTeam
2004 [51] Julie Fitzgerald Sydney Swifts
2005 [52] Julie Hoornweg Melbourne Phoenix
2006 [25] Julie Fitzgerald Sydney Swifts
2007 [27] Julie Fitzgerald Sydney Swifts

Australian ANZ Championship Coach of the Year

SeasonWinnerTeam
2008 [71] Julie Fitzgerald New South Wales Swifts
2009 [72] Julie Hoornweg Melbourne Vixens
2010 [28] Jane Woodlands-Thompson Adelaide Thunderbirds
2011 [29] [57] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds
2012 [73] Julie Hoornweg Melbourne Vixens
2013 [60] Jane Woodlands-Thompson Adelaide Thunderbirds
2014 [74] [75] [76] Simone McKinnis Melbourne Vixens
2015 [77] [78] [79] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds
2016 [80] [81] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds

Sources: [82]

Joyce Brown Coach of the Year

In 2014 Netball Australia introduced the Joyce Brown Coach of the Year award in honour of Joyce Brown.

SeasonWinnerTeam
2014 [74] [75] [76] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds
2015 [77] [78] [79] Lisa Alexander Australia
2016 [83] Not presented
2017 [84] Simone McKinnis Melbourne Vixens
2018 [85] [86] Stacey Marinkovich West Coast Fever
2019 [87] Briony Akle New South Wales Swifts
2020 [68] Simone McKinnis Melbourne Vixens
2021 [88] [89] Briony Akle New South Wales Swifts
2022 [90] Stacey Marinkovich Australian Diamonds
2023 [91] Stacey Marinkovich Australian Diamonds
2024 [92] Tania Obst Adelaide Thunderbirds
2025 [93] Simone McKinnis Melbourne Vixens

Sources: [82]

Foxtel ANZ Championship All Star coaches

SeasonWinnerTeam
2011 [29] [94] [95] [96] Roselee Jencke Queensland Firebirds
2012 [73] [97] Noeline Taurua Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
2013 [98] [99] Jane Woodlands-Thompson Adelaide Thunderbirds
2014 [100] [101] Julie Fitzgerald Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
2015 [102] Stacey Rosman West Coast Fever
2016 [103] [104] [105] Robert Wright New South Wales Swifts

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