Anna Stembridge is a former netball player and coach.

Anna played in the UK Netball Superleague for Team Bath and the Celtic Dragons. She represented Wales on the international stage before transitioning into coaching in 2008. She then served as an Assistant with Team Bath and helped them to the Superleague titles in 2009 and 2010. She also served as an Assistant for the UK National team before taking over in 2011 and leading them to 2011 World Netball Series. In 2022 she stepped down as the Head Coach of Team Bath.

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Luke Beveridge is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda in the . He retired in 1999 and, came back to play and coach for his alma mater, St Bedes. He was eventually appointed the teams Head Coach and won 3 consecutive premierships taking them team from C to A grade. After this, he spent time back in the AFL as an Assistant coach at Collingwood and Hawthorn, where both clubs won the Premiership.

Then in 2014 he was appointed as Head Coach of the Western Bulldogs and led them to the premiership in 2016. For the way he condusted himself on the day they won the premiership he was awarded the Spirit of Sport at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards.

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Our Great Coach on this episode is Brian Goorjian.

Brian is a basketball coach. He was born in California but came to Australia as a 24-year-old to teach high school and play basketball in the late 1970s. In 1984, he was the inaugural captain of the Melbourne Tigers in the NBL and then transitioned into coaching after retirement. In a career that has spanned over 20 years in the National Basketball League, he has won 6 championships: two with the South East Melbourne Magic, three with the Sydney Kings and one with the South Dragons. He also spent time coaching in China, Japan and the Philippines. He also had two stints leading the Australian national team, known as the Boomers, and he famously led them to a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

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