Australian Coach Awards

Australian Coach Awards were established by the Australian Coaching Council in 1990 to promote best practice in coaching and those coaches that stood out amongst their peers. [1] The awards finished after the Australian Coaching Council became part of the Australian Sports Commission's Sport Education Unit on 1 July 2000.

Individual Coach of the Year

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Year Coach
1990 Craig Hilliard Athletics
1991 Terry Gathercole Swimming
1992 John Carew Swimming
1993 Charlie Walsh Cycling
1994 John Carew Swimming
1995 Charlie Walsh Cycling
1996 Wayne Roycroft Equestrian
1997 Peter Fortune - Male
Jackie Byrnes - Female
Athletics
Athletics
1998 Gennadi Touretski - Male
Donna Ray-Szalinski - Female
Swimming
Cycling
1999 Doug Frost - Male
Lesley Bowrey
Swimming
Tennis
2000 Peter Fortune - Male
Carolyn Lieutenant - Female
Athletics
Equestrian

Team Coach of the Year

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Year Coach Sport
1990 Tim Sheens Rugby league
1991 Ju Ping Tian Gymnastics
1992 Noel Donaldson Rowing
1993 Charlie Walsh Cycling
1994 Richard Charlesworth Field hockey
1995 Charlie Walsh Cycling
1996 Richard Charlesworth Field hockey
1997 Richard Charlesworth - Male
Norma Plummer - Female
Field hockey
Netball
1998 Richard Charlesworth - Male
Jill McIntosh - Female
Field hockey
Netball
1999 Richard Charlesworth - Male
Jill McIntosh - Female
Field hockey
Netball
2000 Richard Charlesworth - Male
Marg Angove - Female
Field hockey
Netball

Young Coach of the Year

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Year Coach Sport
1990 Ellen Randell Rowing
1991 Shaun Panayi - Male
Fiona Bird - Female
Diving
Gymnastics
1992 Steve Evans - Male
Fiona Bird - Female
Rowing
Gymnastics
1993 Glenn Beringen - Male
Carrie Graf - Female
Swimming
Basketball
1994 Michael Piper - Male
Jennifer Banks - Female
Swimming
Wheelchair Athletics
1995 Michael Doyle - Male Rowing
1996 Steve Rippon - Male
Carrie Graf - Female
Athletics
Basketball

Domestic League Coach of the Year

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Year Coach Sport
1997 John Buchanan Cricket
1998 Wayne Bennett
Malcolm Blight
Rugby league
Australian football
1999 Chris Anderson Rugby league
2000 Kevin Sheedy Australian football

Eunice Gill Coach Education Merit Awards

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Award in honour of Eunice Gill who played a major role in coach development including Chairperson of the Australian Coaching Council from 1982 to 1986. [1]

Year Coach
1990 Adrian Hurley, Magda Mayer, Jess Jarver, James Pappas, Frank Johnston, Eric Worthington
1991 Reinhold Batschi, Marlene Matthews, Paul Broughton, Frank Pyke, Margaret Corbett, Ron Tindall, Keith Holman
1992 Jack Pross, Ron Smith
1993 John Boas, Patrick Hunt, Don Cameron, David Parkin, Kay Cox, Paul Quinlan
1994 Val Beitzel, Nigel Champion, Dennis Coffey, Brian Cook, Brian Douge, Kay Haarsma, Tony Rice, Paul Webb, Jeff Wollstein
1995 Joyce Brown, Roger Flynn, Edwin Johnson, Alan Launder, Wendy Piltz, Sean Scott, Peter Spence, Peta Whitford
1996 Cary Thompson, Angela Calder, Kelli Chilton, Chris Nunn
1997 Neil Craig, Anne Green, Ralph Richards, Lawrie Woodman
1998 Peter Corcoran
1999 Deidre Anderson, Judy Bosler, Bill Sweetenham
2000 Neil Barras, Neville Bleakley, Wayne Goldsmith, Kerry McGough

Other Awards

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  • 1999 - Scholarship Coach of the Year - Yvette Yin Luo (Badminton)
  • 1999 - Award for Services to Coaches - Ron Tindall (WA Coaching Foundation)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Phillips, Murray (2000). From the sidelines : a history of sports coaching in Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press. ISBN 0868404748.
  2. ^ "Australian Coach Awards 1999". Sports Coach (Summer): p. 2000.
  3. ^ "Australian Coach Awards 1990-1997". Australian Sports Commission website archived. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ "11th Australian Coach Awards". Coaching Australia. 2 (4): 3. 2000.


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