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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Brian Goorjian, Shane Heal, Adrian Hurley, Lindsay Gaze, Danny Morseu, Trevor Gleeson, Scott Fisher, Phil Smyth, Bruce Palmer, Mike Ellis, Brett Brown, Tom Maher, Mark Dalton, Cheryl Chambers. Excerpt:Dr Adrian Hurley OAM (born 21 April 1944) is a former Australian basketball coach and a former player. He is now retired and is presently President of Basketball NSW and serves on advisory committees for Basketball Australia and the National Basketball League. Playing career Hurley began his basketball career in Wollongong in the early sixties. He won a number of State junior titles and played on the NSW Open team that won the Australian Championships in 1967. He played for NSW for 5 years and captained the 1970 NSW team. In the early seventies he moved to the USA where he coached basketball in Eugene Oregon. At this time he completed his PhD in Education. Coaching career On returning to Australia he lectured at Wollongong Institute of Education and commenced coaching the Illawarra Hawks in State and Australian Championships. He coached Illawarra to a number of State titles during this period. Hurley began his National Basketball League coaching career with the Illawarra Hawks in 1980. In 1981 he moved to Canberra as the foundation basketball coach of the Australian Institute of Sport. He served as Head Coach at the AIS from 1981 to 1992. From 1983 to 1992 he was a Vice President of the World Coaches Association and President of the Oceania Region Coaching. During his time at the AIS he was assistant coach of the Australia national basketball team at the 1982 FIBA World Championships and the 1984 Olympic Games. He was appointed as the head coach of the Australian Men's team in 1985 and coached the Boomers at the 1998 and 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1986 and 1990 FIBA World Champ... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mark Price, Brian Goorjian, Shane Heal, Adrian Hurley, Lindsay Gaze, Cal Bruton, Trevor Gleeson, Conner Henry, Alan Black, Scott Fisher, Phil Smyth, Mike Ellis, Al Westover, Brett Brown. Excerpt:Dr Adrian Hurley OAM (born 21 April 1944) is a former Australian basketball coach and a former player. He is now retired and is presently President of Basketball NSW and serves on advisory committees for Basketball Australia and the National Basketball League. Playing career Hurley began his basketball career in Wollongong in the early sixties. He won a number of State junior titles and played on the NSW Open team that won the Australian Championships in 1967. He played for NSW for 5 years and captained the 1970 NSW team. In the early seventies he moved to the USA where he coached basketball in Eugene Oregon. At this time he completed his PhD in Education. Coaching career On returning to Australia he lectured at Wollongong Institute of Education and commenced coaching the Illawarra Hawks in State and Australian Championships. He coached Illawarra to a number of State titles during this period. Hurley began his National Basketball League coaching career with the Illawarra Hawks in 1980. In 1981 he moved to Canberra as the foundation basketball coach of the Australian Institute of Sport. He served as Head Coach at the AIS from 1981 to 1992. From 1983 to 1992 he was a Vice President of the World Coaches Association and President of the Oceania Region Coaching. During his time at the AIS he was assistant coach of the Australia national basketball team at the 1982 FIBA World Championships and the 1984 Olympic Games. He was appointed as the head coach of the Australian Men's team in 1985 and coached the Boomers at the 1998 and 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1986 and 1990 FIBA World Championshi... ... Read more