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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editAward 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
edit- 1999 - Scholarship Coach of the Year - Yvette Yin Luo (Badminton)
- 1999 - Award for Services to Coaches - Ron Tindall (WA Coaching Foundation)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Phillips, Murray (2000). From the sidelines : a history of sports coaching in Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press. ISBN 0868404748.
- ^ "Australian Coach Awards 1999". Sports Coach (Summer): p. 2000.
- ^ "Australian Coach Awards 1990-1997". Australian Sports Commission website archived. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "11th Australian Coach Awards". Coaching Australia. 2 (4): 3. 2000.