NSW COACHES SELECTED TO ELITE PROGRAM

Basketball Australia / Coaches / High-Performance
Written by Jaylee Ismay
28 June, 2021

Media Release: Basketball Australia 

Basketball NSW is excited to share that there are five NSW coaches included in the next intake of the Basketball Australia Elite Female Coach Advancement Program.

The Elite Female Coach Advancement Program (EFCAP) was introduced last year and has been designed to provide female coaches in the pathway with professional development and education, along with mentoring and peer support.

Congratulations to Lauren King (Ballina Basketball Association)Lauryn Curtin (City of Sydney Basketball Association), Liz Mills (Norths Basketball Association), Rebecca Dudic (Illawarra Basketball Association) & Renae Garlepp (Norths Basketball Association). 

This is the second intake for the program and features eighteen coaches from various levels of the sport, who will engage in a series of on-line and face to face development opportunities during the next 12 months.

Basketball Australia is committed to improving the numbers and depth of female coaches in the country and this program provides valuable technical, tactical and leadership development for the participants.

In announcing the next intake of coaches, Basketball Australia Director of High Performance Coach Development Peter Lonergan said the group was diverse and included coaches working at all levels of the sport across Australia.

“We are excited to have our second EFCAP coaching group in place and to have such a diverse range of coaches involved in this valuable program,” he said.

“To have coaches who are working with elite junior athletes, to WNBL assistant coaches and NBL1 mentors provides us with a great mix of talented female coaches and we look forward to working with the group over the next 12 months.”

Included in the program is Liz Mills, who recently led the Kenyan Men’s National team to qualification for FIBA AfroBasket as head coach. The new intake also includes 2008 Beijing Olympian Emma McDonald, along with Chemist Warehouse WNBL Life Members Deanna Black, Nat Hurst and Sam Woosnam.

Media Release: Basketball Australia