Australian U17 Men’s Team Expressions of Interest – Assistant Coach

Basketball Australia is calling for Expressions of Interest for the position/s of Assistant Coach of the Australian Under 17 Men (“The Crocs”) The term of appointment will be from October 25, 2018 to September 30, 2019 and will include the FIBA Oceania U15 Championships December 3-8, 2018 and FIBA Under 16 Cup (dates TBA)

These tournaments are phases one and two in qualification for the 2020 FIBA World Cup for Under 17 Men. The appointed staff would continue through this event on pursuant on qualifying through the Asia Cup stage and a performance review.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Assistant Coach of the Australian U17 Men’s Team will be responsible for:

• Assisting in the technical preparation and planning for the team • Attendance at preparation camps and all team related events • Assisting the Head Coach in selection of the athletes for international events • Assisting the Head Coach during games; • High level competency in video analysis (preferably SportsCode) and prepare scouting material as required by the Head Coach; • All other areas which are seen by the Head Coach to be relevant to the team’s performance at International competition • Liaise, where appropriate and under the direction of the Head Coach, with the club coaches and other officials of the teams of the athletes selected for the program; • Representing the team with media as required. The assistant coach will work at the direction of the U17 Men’s Head Coach.

Desired Experience and skill set – • Demonstrated experience coaching elite youth men’s • Experience in coaching at the NBL or SEABL/QBL/WABL/Waratah etc level • Coaching experience at Australian Junior Championships • Actively coaching in the BA NPP or State Performance Programs • High level technical skills • Understanding of the style of play philosophy

Remuneration

This is a voluntary role and brings a small honorarium. Basketball Australia will pay all reasonable expenses incurred when the Assistant Coach is involved with approved team activities. This includes documented phone calls, travel and accommodation expenses.

If the Assistant Coach is injured when involved in national team activities, such injury will be covered under BA’s sports injury insurance policy.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted by Friday, October 12 to Basketball Australia Head of High Performance Coach Development Peter Lonergan at [email protected]