Australian Coach Awards were established by the Australian Coaching Council in 1990 to promote best practice in coaching and those coaches that stood out amongst their peers. The awards finished after the Australian Coaching Council became part of the Australian Sports Commission's Sport Education Unit on 1 July 2000.
Individual Coach of the Year Year Coach 1990 Craig Hilliard Athletics1991 Terry Gathercole Swimming1992 John Carew Swimming1993 Charlie Walsh Cycling1994 John Carew Swimming1995 Charlie Walsh Cycling1996 Wayne Roycroft Equestrian1997 Peter Fortune - Male Jackie Byrnes - Female Athletics Athletics1998 Gennadi Touretski - Male Donna Ray-Szalinski - Female Swimming Cycling 1999 Doug Frost - Male Lesley Bowrey Swimming Tennis2000 Peter Fortune - Male Carolyn Lieutenant - Female Athletics Equestrian
Team Coach of the Year Year Coach Sport1990 Tim Sheens Rugby league1991 Ju Ping Tian Gymnastics1992 Noel Donaldson Rowing1993 Charlie Walsh Cycling1994 Richard Charlesworth Field hockey1995 Charlie Walsh Cycling1996 Richard Charlesworth Field hockey1997 Richard Charlesworth - Male Norma Plummer - Female Field hockey Netball1998 Richard Charlesworth - Male Jill McIntosh - Female Field hockey Netball1999 Richard Charlesworth - Male Jill McIntosh - Female Field hockey Netball2000 Richard Charlesworth - Male Marg Angove - Female Field hockey Netball
Young Coach of the Year Year Coach Sport1990 Ellen Randell Rowing1991 Shaun Panayi - Male Fiona Bird - Female Diving Gymnastics1992 Steve Evans - Male Fiona Bird - Female Rowing Gymnastics1993 Glenn Beringen - Male Carrie Graf - Female Swimming Basketball1994 Michael Piper - Male Jennifer Banks - Female Swimming Wheelchair Athletics1995 Michael Doyle - Male Rowing1996 Steve Rippon - Male Carrie Graf - Female Athletics Basketball
Domestic League Coach of the Year Year Coach Sport1997 John Buchanan Cricket1998 Wayne Bennett Malcolm Blight Rugby league Australian football1999Chris Anderson Rugby league2000 Kevin Sheedy Australian football
Eunice Gill Coach Education Merit Awards Award in honour of Eunice Gill who played a major role in coach development including Chairperson of the Australian Coaching Council from 1982 to 1986. Year Coach 1990 Adrian Hurley, Magda Mayer, Jess Jarver, James Pappas, Frank Johnston, Eric Worthington1991 Reinhold Batschi, Marlene Matthews, Paul Broughton, Frank Pyke, Margaret Corbett, Ron Tindall, Keith Holman1992 Jack Pross, Ron Smith1993 John Boas, Patrick Hunt, Don Cameron, David Parkin, Kay Cox, Paul Quinlan1994 Val Beitzel, Nigel Champion, Dennis Coffey, Brian Cook, Brian Douge, Kay Haarsma, Tony Rice, Paul Webb, Jeff Wollstein1995 Joyce Brown, Roger Flynn, Edwin Johnson, Alan Launder, Wendy Piltz, Sean Scott, Peter Spence, Peta Whitford1996 Cary Thompson, Angela Calder, Kelli Chilton, Chris Nunn1997 Neil Craig, Anne Green, Ralph Richards, Lawrie Woodman1998 Peter Corcoran1999 Deidre Anderson, Judy Bosler, Bill Sweetenham2000 Neil Barras, Neville Bleakley, Wayne Goldsmith, Kerry McGough
Other awards 1999 - Scholarship Coach of the Year - Yvette Yin Luo (Badminton) 1999 - Award for Services to Coaches - Ron Tindall (WA Coaching Foundation)
See also Australian Institute of Sport Awards Australian Sport Awards
References
External links Australian Coach Awards 1990 - 1997