Our Great Coach on this episode is Salliann Briggs.Salliann has represented England Women's cricket at U17, U19 and U21 level. Captaining the teams on international tours.In 2013 she retired and began coaching, quickly progressing to Head Coach for both the England Women U15 and U19 squads.Then in 2016 she began coaching Loughborough Lightning in the Kia Super League in the UK, taking them to the semi-final in her first year.In March 2018, she moved to Australia as she was named as the head coach for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women’s Big Bash League and the Tasmanian Tigers in the Women’s National Cricket League.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Joe Prunty.Joe is an American professional basketball coach with 22 years’ experience in the NBA. He was a High School coach who joined the San Antonio Spurs as a an assistant video coordinator in 1996, progressing quickly to be an Assistant Coach under the legendary Head Coach Greg Popovich in 2000. In his time with the Spurs they won 3 NBA championships.Joe has also coached with Cleveland, Portland, Dallas, Milwaukee and Phoenix. He spent 4 years as the Head Coach of the Great Britain men’s basketball team.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Jan Kodeš.Jan is a former professional tennis player and coach.He won a total of 25 international singles and 31 doubles tournaments, the highlights were singles victories at the 1970 and 71 French Open and Wimbledon in 1973.In 1980 he was part of the winning Czechoslovakian Davis Cup team that featured Ivan Lendl, Tomáš Šmíd and Pavel Složil.From 1982-87 he was the non-playing Davis Cup captain. And in 1990 he was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Dorette Badenhorst.Dorette is the head coach of the South African Netball team, the SPAR Proteas.She started her coaching journey at 13 coaching grassroots tennis with her father.Whilst working as a Teacher at Auckland Park Primary School, she started coaching the schools Netball teams.At University, Dorette was selected to play for the South African Under-21 team. In 2012, she was appointed Head Coach of North West University (NWU) winning the Varsity Netball title back to back in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 NWU won the University Sport South Africa (USSA) tournament.Dorette has coached both the South African Under-19 and under-21 team.She was part of the coaching technical team as an assistant coach where South Africa placed 4th at the 2019 Netball World CupDorette was appointed as Head Coach of the SA National Netball team in October 2019If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Billy Walsh. Billy is the current head coach of the USA Boxing team. He started boxing at age seven in a Christian Brothers gym in Wexford Ireland. He went on to win seven Irish Senior titles, participated in European and World Championships and represented his country as a welterweight in the 1988 Olympics. He then transitioned into coaching and was appointed Irish Head Coach in 2003. He was the head coach for 12 years and from 2008 to 2014 the team won 7 Olympic medals, at that point it was 25% of all Olympic medals Ireland has ever won. In 2015 and again in 2016 he won the Amateur International Boxing Associations World Coach of the Year. In 2015 he was appointed head coach of USA Boxing, and was charged with returning the program to its prior glory. So far this century only 1 male and 1 female boxer has won gold at the Olympics this century, despite the fact that American boxing is the most decorated program in Olympic history and produced champions like Cassius Clay, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Leonard, Spinks, and Oscar De La Hoya. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Julia Price.Julia is a former Australian Cricketer, and now coach. She started playing cricket in 1988, and just 8 years later was debuting for Australia against England in her first Test. A specialist wicket keeper she played 84 One-day Internationals and was part of the world cup winning team in 1997 and 2005.Julie started coaching in 1999 while still playing, traveling to developing cricket nations like Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands and Argentina to coach both men and women. She retired as a player in 2012 and transitioned into full time coaching.In 2013 she coached the Tasmanian Women’s Cricket team. And then in 2018 she became the first female coach in the Men's T20 League in Australia where she was an assistant to Darren Lehmann.Then in 2019 she was appointed Head Coach of the USA Cricket team to help them prepare for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Charlie Walsh.Charlie was the coach of the Australian National Cycling team from 1980 until 2000. During that time he took the Australian team from a world rank of 25 to number 1. He coached cyclists to 10 World and 12 Olympic Games records winning 43 gold medals, 31 silver medals and 43 bronze medals. He has multiple coach of the year awards, and was recognised for his services to cycling when he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1987.Charlie is a master coach with a legendary reputation in the world of cycling.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Joanna Gamper Cuthbert.Joanna is a trained dancer, a former cheerleading athlete, a head coach, and the current Chair of the Board at SportCheer England, the National Governing Body for competitive CheerleadingShe was a founding member of ParaCheer International where she was instrumental in helping develop the Adaptive Abilities division for the sport of competitive cheerleading.In 2017, Joanna led Team England ParaCheer to their first Gold medal at the ICU World Cheerleading Championships.Joanna has spent over 15 years working extensively as an education manager for dance companies and conservatoires in the UK,She is also is a freelance consultant offering safeguarding and child protection training through Squad Safe.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Paul Roos.Paul is a former professional Australian Rules Footballer and coach.He began his professional playing career in 1982, eventually retiring with 356 games, 5 Best and Fairest awards, 7 All Australian selections and the 1986 Leigh Matthews Medal under his belt.Paul began coaching in 2002 with the Sydney Swans. It was here that he implemented his high performance dialogue philosophy, and in 2005 he coached the Swans to their first premiership in 72 years. He was the senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club from 2014 to 2016Paul was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.In 2008 he was named Australian Father of the Year in recognition of his ability to balance the needs of his family with the responsibilities of managing a high-profile sports teamHe is currently a director at Performance by Design If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is basketball coach Sandy Brondello.Sandy is a former professional basketball player and the current coach of the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.She started playing for Australia at the age of 18 and went on to represent the national team at four Olympics winning three medals. She has played Basketball for teams in America, Australia and Germany.In 2003 she began her coaching career as an assistant with the San Antonio Silver StarsShe became a Head Coach of the Phoenix Mercury in 2010 and in 2014 won the National Title and the Coach of the Year. In 2017, Sandy was appointed head coach of the Australian women's national basketball team, The Opals.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.