Conor O’Shea
Conor O’Shea was capped 35 times for Ireland and represented them at the 1995 and 1999 Rugby World Cups. After his playing career ended, he became Director of Rugby at London Irish and was awarded Zurich Rugby Director of the Season in 2002. He then joined Harlequins as Director of Rugby in 2011 leading them […]
Peter Giles
Peter Giles is currently the Australian under 19 Head Coach, a role he has had since 2011.He started playing baseball in 1969, finished in 1994; and began coaching in 1995. He won a championship in 1998 with Sandringham; and then led Essendon in the Victorian State league to 6 successive championships from 2011 to 2018. […]
Brenda Frese
Brenda Frese began coaching while injured as a player at the University of Arizona, when she volunteered as an assistant coach at Pima Community College. After graduation in 1994 she started as an assistant coach at Kent State. In 1999 she was appointed into her first Head Coach role at Ball State and then in […]
Philip Sutcliffe Sr
Philip Sutcliffe is a former boxer, who represented Ireland at 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. He is the winner of four national titles in Ireland, as well as bronze medals in two successive European Amateur Boxing Championships. In 1992, he and 2 friends; Paddy Wheelan and Gary Griffin took over the derelict Crumlin Boxing Club. […]
Justin Langer
Justin Langer represented Australia in 105 Tests, and in 2009 surpassed Sir Donald Bradman for the most runs scored at first-class level by an Australian. He retired in 2009 and transitioned into coaching, first as the Australian team batting coach, before becoming the head coach of Western Australia in 2012. over the next 6 years […]
Norma Plummer
Norma Plummer played Netball for Australia and was part of the 1975 team that won the World Netball Championships. In 1996 she coached the Melbourne Pumas to win the inaugural Super League Grand Final and Victorian Open Championship. In 2003 she was appointed coach of the Australian Team, leading them to 67 victories from 89 […]
Sir Gordon Tietjens
Gordon Tietjens is the former coach of the New Zealand men’s national team in rugby sevens; the All Blacks Sevens. He started coaching the team in 1994 and had immediate success winning the Hong Kong 7’s. He then went on to win the 7’s world series on a record 12 times. Along the way the […]
Rodney Eade
Rodney Eade is a four time premiership player in the Australian Football League. After retiring he started his coaching apprenticeship, and within 5 years was elevated into his first head coach role at the Sydney Swans, taking over from the legendary Ron Barassi in 1996. In his first year he took the time to the […]