Coaching in Clubland

Join host Mitch Johnstone (Yarraville Club captain-coach) for season two, episode six of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association's 'Off the Long Run'. He was joined by Deer Park skipper Ricky Suvada, Yarraville Club young gun Jackson Martin, VTCA Umpires Director Darren Trewin, Sydenham Hillside coach Geoff Pretty, Grand United gun Nilan Fernando, Maribyrnong Park-St Mary's star Daniel Stavris and East Coburg's all-rounder Joey Conlin to discuss the latest happenings in the VTCA.

Join hosts Mitch Johnstone (Yarraville Club captain-coach) for season two, episode five of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association's 'Off the Long Run'. He was joined by Doutta Stars gun Paddy Willach, VTCA President Zoran Havranek, Caroline Springs female team skipper Alicia Fowler, Maribyrnong Park-St Mary's star Daniel Stavris and Footscray United coach Shafraz Mohamed to discuss the latest happenings in the VTCA.

Join hosts Mitch Johnstone (Yarraville Club captain-coach) and Mick Andreadis (Deer Park coach) for season two, episode two of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association's 'Off the Long Run'. They were joined by Maribyrnong Park-St Mary's star Daniel Stavris and Footscray United coach Shafraz Mohamed to discuss the latest happenings in the VTCA.

Greg Chappell is one of the most accomplished Cricketers Australia has ever produced. While he was a run machine, he batted with a touch of elegance and grace that few have seen before or since. The second of three brothers to play for Australia, Greg made 7 110 runs in 87 test matches at the superb average of 53.86 to go with his 24 test centuries, and also averaged over 40 in one day Cricket for good measure as well. He was the first player to manage the feat of scoring a century in both his first and last test matches, and as captain, he won 21 of his 48 Tests and lost only 13.He was equally productive in the breakaway World Series Cricket years, averaging 54 in 14 Supertests that saw some of the fiercest Cricket that Greg had encountered. In 1973, Greg was named the Wisden Cricketer of the Year and in 2000 he was named in the Australian Test Team of the Century. Greg was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2002.After retiring in 1984, Greg has since fulfilled a number of roles, including as a national selector over two stints, the national talent manager for Cricket Australia, and a television and radio commentator.In terms of coaching, he coached the South Australian Redbacks from 1998 for five seasons, before taking on the role of Indian coach from 2005 to 2007 in what was a tumultuous period in working alongside combative former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly.He is a Member of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to cricket, and just this year was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to cricket as a leading player, captain, coach and administrator at the elite level, and for his contribution to a range of charitable organisations.He has also recently released a book, titled ‘Greg Chappell: Not Out', where he dissects Australian Cricket and his career from all angles, including mental skills and the future of the game in this country. It's well worth a read.

John Buchanan is the most successful international cricket coach in history, with a staggering winning percentage of over 75% across all three formats of the game. While good enough to play seven first class games and one List A game for Queensland in 1978/79, John shifted his focus to education, work and family time over the ensuing 16 years before landing the role of Queensland coach before the 1994/95 season. John made an immediate impact, with Queensland claiming their first Sheffield Shield title after 69 years in the competition. Buck would lead the Bulls to another Shield title and two domestic one day titles in the 90's before becoming the Australian Men's Cricket team coach in November of 1999. Along with Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, he would lead the team to unparalleled success, including 16 consecutive test wins, claiming the 2003 and 2007 One Day World Cups, conquering the final frontier of India in 2004, and the memorable Ashes cleansweep of 2006/07. After finishing with the Aussie team in 2007, John would have roles as Kolkata Knight Riders coach in 2008 and 2009, as well as consultancy and director of cricket roles with England and New Zealand Cricket. Nowadays, John runs Buchanan Success Coaching, who offer leadership and management skills workshops and mentoring predominantly in the corporate sector.https://buchanancoaching.com/

Heath Scotland was recruited by Collingwood from the Western Jets with pick 44 of the 1998 draft, and played in 53 games with the Pies. He featured in the 2002 and 2003 Grand Final losses to the Brisbane Lions.Crossing to Princes Park for the 2004 season, Heath would best be known for his time at Carlton. His versatility in being able to play through the midfield as well as off half-back, as well as his sublime skills, courage and consistency, meant that he was a vital cog in the Navy Blue side for over a decade, particularly in 2012, where he won the John Nicholls medal.Following retirement, Heath then returned to local footy, including as coach of Darley in the Ballarat Football League. In his first season with Darley in 2017, he coached the club to a flag, and a few years later found himself as the Development Coach at North Melbourne before falling victim to the soft cap cuts brought on by Covid 19. Heath is currently the coach of Sunshine in the WRFL and is heading into his second season in 2022.

Dan Smith was a swashbuckling and combative former New South Wales wicket-keeper batsman who played 25 first class and 30 List A games for his beloved Blues, as well as featuring for both the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers in the BBL from 2011/12 to 2013/14. At one time, Dan held the New South Wales record for the highest one day score of all time, with 179 not out in the 2011/12 season.Dan is currently the playing coach of the Sydney Cricket Club in the New South Wales Premier Cricket competition, one of the competition's benchmark clubs who won the 1st XI premiership last season. Dan himself is a legend on the Sydney grade, having racked up well over 300 1st XI games, which is a truly remarkable effort.A Cricket Australia accredited High Performance Level 3 coach, Dan has also held batting and keeping coach roles in the New South Wales underage and women's setups, as well having had an involvement in the school Cricket system.

Nick Hegarty had a decorated youth career where he played with Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday among other clubs, before eventually making over 100 appearances for Grimsby Town as a feisty midfielder in the lower rungs of the English Football league. Nick also featured for St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership before a nasty injury cut his time there short. Nick emigrated to Australia in 2012 and made an immediate impact with Hume City, making 172 appearances and scoring 52 goals. He won two Football Federation Victoria Gold Medal awards in 2012 and 2016, with the Gold Medal being given to the best player of the NPL Victoria, so it's a fair accomplishment! Nick took on the role of interim coach of Hume City in 2017 whilst still playing, before hanging up the boots to focus on his coaching role, and has recently led the club in the FFA Cup, which is a fair effort!

Evan Gulbis represented Victoria, Tasmania, the Hobart Hurricanes and the Melbourne Stars in over 100 games of professional Cricket in First Class, List A and Domestic T20 competition. An aggressive right-handed top order batsman and fast medium bowler who bowls the proverbial heavy ball, Evan boasts a highest score of 229, the second highest score from a number 8 in first class Cricket history, and was good enough to win the Ricky Ponting medal as Tasmania's best player in season 2013/14. Evan is now the coach and 1st XI captain of the Carlton Cricket Club, one of the traditional powerhouses of Victorian Premier Cricket, and he still remains as destructive as ever with both bat and ball. 

Xavier Clarke was recruited by St Kilda with pick 5 of the 2001 National Draft from St Mary's in the Northern Territory Football League. The man affectionately known as ‘X' played 105 games for the Saints from 2002 to 2009 as a dashing and highly skilled midfielder, as well as a solitary game for the Brisbane Lions in 2010, in what was a playing career unfortunately plagued by injury. After hanging up the boots, Xavier soon turned his attention to coaching, where he was the head coach of the Northern Territory Thunder in the NEAFL from 2014 to 2016, including winning the premiership in 2015. Xavier then got an opportunity to progress his coaching to the next level, having been appointed as a development coach under Damien Hardwick at the Richmond Football Club in 2017, a role he fulfilled for three seasons. Xavier would then go on to coach the Tigers VFL side in the Covid-19 interrupted seasons that have been 2020 and 2021.

Brendan Joyce has been a wonderful servant of Australian Basketball as both a player and a coach in a career spanning over 40 years. Most notably, he was the coach of the Australian Women's Basketball team from 2013 to 2016, leading the Opals to the Rio Olympics, while also previously being a long term assistant coach of the Australian Men's Basketball team team from 2001 to 2009, where the Boomers played in two Olympic games, two Commonwealth Games and several World Championships over that period.In the NBL, Brendan coached the Wollongong (now Illawarra) Hawks from 1995 to 2006, and led the club to their first championship in 2001. He also coached the now defunct Gold Coast Blaze in their start up period as a franchise, taking the Blaze immediately to the playoffs in his first year. Only recently has Brendan been appointed as the new coach of Kaohsiung Aquas in Taiwan, a challenge that he is very excited about. Brendan's playing career wasn't too shabby either, playing 289 NBL games from 1979 to 1991 as a point guard and being a two time NBL All Star team representative.

Bryan Harper is the Coach Development Specialist at Cricket Australia and has been in this role for four years. He oversees a range of coach development programs and opportunities, and the accreditation scheme for Cricket coaches in Australia. Harps has had extensive coaching experience, having coached Victorian Premier Cricket powerhouses in the St Kilda and the Melbourne Cricket Clubs, and is a legend playing coach at Caulfield Cricket Club in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association. Harps has a physical education background and has led programs at Yarra Valley Grammar and Wesley College. Bryan also happens to be the father of current Victorian and Melbourne Renegades wicket-keeper batsman Sam Harper, and has a cracking anecdote from Sam's childhood that involves a pool fence for a wicket-keeping drill. Yes, a pool fence!

Sean Flynn is both a Ringwood Cricket Club and Victorian Premier Cricket legend. The current coach of Ringwood, Sean has been a wonderful servant of the Rams over many years. A Ringwood hall of famer and life member, Flynny played 244 1st XI games, made 5 856 runs and famously captained the club to dual 1st XI premierships in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. After his Premier Cricket playing career ended, Sean spent 11 years at Bayswater Cricket Club in the VSDCA as a playing/coach, before returning to Russell Lucas Oval for the 2020/21 season, where he is now approaching his second season as coach of the Rams.

Dav Whatmore played seven tests and one one day international for Australia, and made over 6,000 runs for Victoria, however he is best known for his monumental achievements as a coach. World renown for coaching Sri Lanka to victory in the 1996 World Cup alongside the combative skipper Arjuna Ranatunga, Dav has since gone on to establish himself as an iconic coach in the sub-continent, having also coached Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, as well as coaching Zimbabwe and Nepal, whom he was coach of at the time of recording.

Matthew Lloyd is an Australian Football Hall of Fame member. As a full-forward, he kicked 926 goals from 270 games with the Essendon Football Club from 1995 to 2009.A member of the Bombers premiership team in 2000, a three time Coleman medalist, five time All Australian and a staggering 12 time Essendon leading goal kicker, Matthew also captained the Bombers from 2006 to 2009. Since his retirement in 2009, Matthew has poured most of his energy into his media commitments, where he is on Channel 9's Footy Classified and the Sunday Footy Show, as well as on radio with 3AW. Despite his busy media commitments, Matthew has had a long standing association with Haileybury College in a coaching role, has worked closely with generation next in the AFL Academy, and also has fulfilled part time forwards and goal kicking coaching roles with his beloved Bombers.

Paddy Upton is not your typical Cricket coach. A deep thinker with four different degrees from four different universities, Paddy actually started as the strength and conditioning coach for the South African cricket team in the mid 90's under the late Bob Woolmer. However, he soon shifted his focus to mental conditioning and performance mindset, and this change in direction certainly has given Paddy a point of difference in the Cricket coaching world.Paddy was appointed Mental Conditioning and Strategic Leadership Coach of the Indian cricket team in 2008. Working alongside head coach Gary Kirsten, the Indian team attained the ICC top test team ranking for their first time in 2009, and went on to win the ICC World Cup on home soil in 2011. He was also appointed the Performance Director of the South Africa Cricket Team from 2011 to 2014, who became the first team to simultaneously hold the ICC World number 1 ranking in all 3 formats.Paddy has coached five different T20 teams in three major leagues, including being the head coach of the Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, and also the Sydney Thunder in the BBL, famously taking them from wooden spooners to champions within two seasons.Author of the best-selling book, “The Barefoot Coach. Life-changing insights from coaching the world's best cricketers”, Paddy also has comprehensive online mental and personal coaching programs aimed at both elite athletes and coaches that are world class. Find out more at www.paddyupton.com

Matt O'Connor is currently the assistant coach of the Calder Cannons NAB League boys program, and was also previously the head coach of the Cannons girls program, where he still remains involved despite the restructuring of the NAB program due to the impact of Covid.Aside from his involvement with the Cannons, Matt has also had a range of coaching roles in the EDFL with the Northern Saints, Avondale Heights, Pascoe Vale and Greenvale, and also has experience in coaching youth girls and in school football.

Julie Hoornweg is undoubtedly a legend of the Netball coaching world. Internationally acclaimed, Julie has coached England, Fiji and Wales, but is equally well known for her exploits with the Melbourne Phoenix and the Melbourne Vixens.Having coached the Phoenix to the championship in 2005, Julie was appointed the inaugural coach of the newly formed Melbourne Vixens in the ANZ championship, with a championship to follow in their second year in 2009.

Dean Solomon played 158 games for the Essendon Football Club from 1998-2006, and was an integral part of the incredible Bombers 2000 premiership team, who produced the best season for any team in VFL/AFL history. Known for his uncompromising attack on the footy, Solly played a further 51 games for the Fremantle Dockers from 2007-2009 before retiring due to a degenerative knee injury. Solly assumed a development coaching role with Fremantle in 2010, before moving to the newly formed Gold Coast Suns as an assistant coach in 2011. Solly would spend a decade at the Suns, and also took on the caretaker coach role for the last three games of 2017 after Rodney Eade's departure.

Gary Ayres is a five time VFL/AFL premiership player, two time Norm Smith medalist and former captain of his beloved Hawks, and of course an Australian Football Hall of Fame member. A tough and uncompromising defender, Gary also won the Hawks best and fairest in 1986 and is a three time All Australian. After hanging up the boots in 1993, Gary's focus quickly turned to coaching, where he served a rapid fire apprenticeship as an assistant to Malcolm Blight at the Geelong Football Club in 1994, before quickly assuming the role of senior coach the following season and leading the Cats to a grand final appearance in his debut year at the helm. After five years at the Cats, Gary would move on to the Adelaide Crows for the 2000 season and coach them in 107 games, then having a quick stop over at Windy Hill as an assistant coach under Kevin Sheedy from 2006-2007, before landing at stand-alone VFL club Port Melbourne, where his record is truly remarkable. Two premierships, including the perfect 2011 season, and 11 finals appearances from 13 years, means that Gary now leaves behind an amazing legacy at the Borough. 

Neil Gray is certainly a jack of all trades, and master of many. Neil has held a variety of coaching, leadership, managerial and developmental roles across a myriad of sports, including Cricket, Gridiron, Lawn Bowls, AFLW and Basketball. From 2018 to 2020, Neil was the Coaching and Program Director at the Essendon Maribyrnong Park Cricket Club in Victorian Women's Premier Cricket. Prior to his time at EMP, Neil was the Pathway Program & Coach Development Co-ordinator at Cricket Victoria and an assistant coach and lower XI captain at the Camberwell Magpies in Victorian Men's Premier Cricket. Neil has also been a spin bowling coach with the Victorian Women's Cricket team, an analyst for the Melbourne Renegades WBBL, and a statistician for the Richmond VFLW team. 

Andrew Sturgess is into his second season as the senior coach of the Coburg Football Club in the VFL. Prior to this appointment, he was an assistant coach at the Lions in 2017 under Peter German and then in 2018 under Leigh Adams, before having a stint at Bundoora in the Northern Football League in 2019 as the main man. In our chat with Andrew, we talk about what it's like being such a young coach at VFL level, the challenges of coaching a standalone club, and the pillars of his coaching philosophy.

Affectionately known as ‘Plough', Terry Wallace was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2018. In a truly remarkable playing career, Terry played 254 VFL/AFL games for Hawthorn, Richmond and Footscray, also kicking 123 goals in the process. As a tenacious inside midfielder, Plough won two best and fairests at the Hawks, including in the 1983 premiership year, as well as winning two best and fairests with the Dogs in the late 80's. After his playing days were over, Terry soon embarked on an impressive coaching career, firstly as the senior coach of the Western Bulldogs from 1996 to 2002, where Plough took the Doggies to consecutive preliminary finals in 1997 and 1998, to then coaching Richmond in 99 games from 2005 to 2009. Following the end of his coaching career, Plough then forged a niche in the media as ‘the list manager', and only called time on his 43 year involvement in playing, coaching and media work after the 2020 season.

Pedro Collins played 32 test matches and 30 one day internationals for the West Indies from 1999 to 2006. A left arm swing bowler, Pedro took 106 test wickets and three five wicket hauls, and famously dismissed Sachin Tendulkar three times in the same test series. Aside from playing for his native Barbados, Pedro also had county Cricket stints with Surrey and Middlesex. Since retiring from all forms of Cricket in 2012, Pedro has made some serious inroads as a coach, being the head coach of the Combined Campuses and Colleges team in the Caribbean List A cricket competition, as well his role as an assistant coach with the Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League.

Christina Polatajko was recently awarded the AFL Coaches Association Women's Coaching Pathway Scholarship. Currently the assistant coach of the Hawthorn VFLW team after a brief stint with Carlton's VFLW side, Christina has been involved in women's footy for over 15 years as both a player and coach. A passionate Physical Education teacher and the AFL Academy Head Coach at Diamond Valley College, Christina served her coaching apprenticeship at the VU Western Spurs Women's Football Club, including leading them to the flag in 2019. She's also an assistant coach of the School Sport Victoria under 15 female team, and was given the Peta Searle Coach of the Year award in 2019 by AFL Victoria. 

Jamie Maclaren is a current Socceroo and an undoubted superstar of the A-League. 'Macca' has already accomplished a lot despite only just turning 28. A three time A-League golden boot winner and the second highest goal scorer in A-league history with 104 goals behind Besart Berisha, Jamie is a driven and highly motivated athlete who has been instrumental in Melbourne City's recent success. Having played in England, Scotland, Germany and of course Australia, Jamie has come across many different coaches at various levels and opens up on the influence that his coaches have had along the journey, as well as his own coaching ambitions. 

Omar Phillips played two tests for the West Indies in 2009 against Bangladesh during a time when there was a player strike. Despite the late call-up, Omar quickly acquitted himself and scored 94 on debut. He played a total of 57 first class games for Combined Campuses and Colleges and Barbados, as well as 18 List A games and 5 T20 games.Omar then made the move down under, where he has been the senior coach of the Strathmore Cricket Club since 2018. He quickly established himself as a gun player, leader and coach in local Cricket, and made an immediate impact at the club having won the Senior Division premiership in season 2018/19. He also has a growing private coaching business and thoroughly enjoys seeing young people improve.

Picked up by the Fremantle Dockers in the 1997 national draft, Brodie Holland played 36 games as a small forward before heading back over the Nullarbor to join Collingwood for the start of the 2001 season. Soon, Brodie quickly established himself at the Pies, playing 119 games in a variety of roles, including as a small forward and a tagger in the midfield. Brodie finished runner up in the Copeland Trophy in 2005 to fellow former Docker James Clement, before eventually finishing his playing career in 2008. He then made an instant impact as a coach at suburban level, guiding Maribyrnong Park to back-to-back premierships in 2009 and 2010. In 2018, Brodie joined the Caroline Springs Football Club, where he is now in his fourth year as the senior coach. 

A legend of South African Cricket, Gary Kirsten played 101 test matches and 185 one day internationals for the Proteas. His remarkable international playing career spanned over a decade, making over 7,000 test runs at an average over 45, and notching up 21 test centuries with a highest score of 275. Following his retirement in 2004, Gary was appointed the coach of the Indian Cricket team late in 2007. He would go on to lead India to the top of the test rankings and to World Cup champions on home soil in 2011. Gary would then  coach South Africa and take them to the top of the test rankings, before moving on to coach in T20 leagues around the world, including the IPL and BBL. Gary has also developed CoachEd, an online Cricket coaching course providing learning opportunities, professional development and accreditation to coaches all around the world.

In his role as senior coach, Karl Mayne has been a driving force in establishing Brunswick Cricket Club as a benchmark club in the Subbies competition. Karl was also previously the coach of Carlton-Brunswick Strikers Cricket Club in Victorian Women's Premier Cricket, and has held coaching roles in the Youth Premier League with the Central Highlands and North West Wizards regions. In our chat with Karl, we talk about optimising time at Cricket training, establishing strong club culture, and the many challenges that local Cricket coaches encounter.

Kaushal Silva played 39 test matches for Sri Lanka from 2011 to 2018, and made three test centuries, including one against Mitchell Starc,  Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and co in 2016. A gritty and determined top order batsman, and more than capable wicket-keeper, Kaushal played 209 first class games and made just shy of 14 000 runs. Kaushal was the playing coach of the Greenvale Kangaroos in Victorian Premier Cricket and he's also launched a new Cricket coaching program that focuses on the holistic development of young athletes.

A forthright, uninhibited and at times polarising figure, Grant Thomas played 83 VFL games for St Kilda, North Melbourne and Fitzroy from 1978 - 1985, but is undoubtedly best known for his time as the coach of the St Kilda Football Club from 2001 to 2006. Thomas coached 123 games for a 51.2% winning record, is one of three coaches to coach St Kilda to three straight finals series (including preliminary final appearances in 2004 and 2005), and has coached the third most games in St Kilda history after Allan Jeans and Alan Richardson.

Russell Barnes played 255 games and won four premierships, including three of them as captain, in Ormond's golden era during the late 80's in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. His coaching career has been equally as significant, having coached a raft of clubs in the Ammos since 1994. Home is where the heart is however, and Barney is back at his beloved Ormond where he is the Director of Coaching as well as the reserves coach.

Shannon Young is the senior coach of Richmond Cricket Club in Victorian Premier Cricket, and won a club championship with the Tigers in 2015/16. Aside from coaching the players of the calibre of Cameron White, Dan Christian and Allan Wise, he has played a pivotal role in the development of the likes of Jake Fraser-McGurk, Wil Parker and Mitch Perry, part of generation next with Victorian Cricket. The founder of his own coaching business in Young Gun Cricket, Shannon is renowned as an innovator and someone who is willing to challenge the norm in clubland.

In an amazing career, Chris Rogers played 25 test matches for Australia, scoring 5 centuries at a shade under 43 as a determined left-handed opening batsman. He also plundered over 25 000 first class runs in his time in Australian and English first class Cricket.Now the coach of the Victorian male team, Chris is charged with the responsibility of leading the group through a rebuild, with plenty of investment in exciting talent.In our chat with Buck, we talk about his takeaways from playing under coaches like Greg Shipherd and Darren Lehmann, balancing technical versus cultural responsibilities as a coach, and the current state of the youthful Victorian squad.

Callum Appleyard is an emerging coach in Victorian Premier Cricket. He's been an assistant coach at Greenvale Kangaroos, Essendon and now Footscray, and prior to that he was captain/coach of the West Coburg Cricket Club in the VTCA for six seasons. He also had the opportunity to support the Australian test team last summer and look at how data is used to support players at the elite level. In our chat with Cal, we talk about using data to drive improvement, upskilling yourself through professional development, and the role of the assistant coach in clubland. 

Adam Contessa played 45 games for the Western Bulldogs from 1997 to 2001 in what was a very strong era for the Doggies under Terry Wallace. After his playing career, Adam has forged a successful career as a coach in local footy, in a variety of roles with Bundoora, Airport West, Pascoe Vale and Sunshine, and he has been a gun local Cricketer with the mighty Yarraville Club Cricket Club, winning two competition medals and countless premierships. In our chat with Adam, we talk about successful culture, the importance of preparation and planning as a coach, and how to manage opportunities for fringe players.

Commonly regarded as one of the very best thinkers of the game in modern footy and arguably the best coach outside of the AFL system, we chat to Mick McGuane in this episode of Coaching in Clubland. A 1990 Premiership player, two time Copeland Trophy winner and All Australian in 1992, Mick has since forged an impressive coaching career, particularly with his beloved Keilor Football Club.

Former Australian baseballer and 1988 Seoul Olympian Grant Weir joins us to discuss the differences between Australian and American coaches, the processes he's used as a Major League Baseball talent scout, and the keys to being an effective coaching consultant.

Western Bulldogs AFLW premiership player Lauren Spark joins us to discuss pathways for female coaches, attributes that are transferable for dual sport athletes, and her plans post playing career.

After taking over 100 wickets for Australia across three different formats, and once being the number four ranked bowler in the ICC one day bowling rankings, Clint McKay is making waves as a coach, including with his role for the Melbourne Stars. We discuss the different coaches Clint played under at domestic and international level, the differences between being a specialist and head coach, and his future ambitions in coaching.

After a distinguished first class Cricket career with South Australia, Shane Deitz has coached in all corners of the globe. The current coach of the Netherlands Women's national team, Shane also coached in New Zealand and Bangladesh, and put Vanuatu Cricket on the map. 

Robert Shaw has done it all when it comes to coaching. The former Fitzroy Lions and Adelaide Crows senior coach, and right hand man to Kevin Sheedy, provides fascinating insight into his journey and experiences in the VFL/AFL at three very different clubs.

Welcome to the Coaching in Clubland podcast hosted by Mitch Johnstone. Coaching in Clubland is an Aussie podcast designed for current and aspiring coaches from all levels across a range of sports to share their experiences about the caper. We discuss the rollercoaster that is the coaching experience - the highs, the lows, the joys and the pitfalls.