Artwork by Bou Ovington
ABOUT US
Coaching Unlimited is a coach education program created i with First Nations coaches, national sports organisations, and university researchers.
We provide accredited training for coaches in various sports and our research-led programs also foster coaching knowledge and skills in leadership, mentoring, and community engagement.
COACHING UNLIMITED STEERING Committee
FIRST PEOPLES MEMBERSHIP
Bou Ovington (Darug/Rugby League)
Georgina Cohen (Yaegl/Netball)
Dr Paul Perkins (Wiradjuri/Boxing/Australian Institute of Sport)
UNIVERSITY MEMBERSHIP
Dr. Andrew Bennie (Western Sydney University)
Dr. Nicholas Apoifis (UNSW)
Former Members
Dr. Demelza Marlin (Anglo-Celtic/Wiradjuri)
Professor John Evans (Rugby/athletics)
Darren Allie (Gudjala; Basketball/AFL)
Marcia Ella-Duncan (Yuin, Netball)
Ali Tucker-Munro (Kamilaroi/Netball)
PROJECT SUPPORTERS
Marcia Ella-Duncan
Marcia is a descendant of the Yuin nation on the far south coast of NSW and was the Coaching Coordinator at Randwick Netball Association. She holds an Intermediate level Netball coaching accreditation, is a Netball Australia Board Member, and has recently been accepted into Netball Australia's Hall of Fame.
Jarred Hodges
Jarred is a descendant of the Kooma Guwamu people from South Western Queensland. He is a graduate of Western Sydney University and a Health and Physical Education professional. He holds a Level 3 Rugby Union accreditation and is currently working as the Manager of First Nations programs at the Sydney Swans AFL club.
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Research publications and articles
THE CONVERSATION
'Why are so few professional sports coaches from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities'
Authors: Andrew Bennie, Demelza Marlin, Nicholas Apoifis
'Here's to coaches; unsung heroes and role models for social change'
Authors: Andrew Bennie, Nicholas Apoifis
https://theconversation.com/heres-to-coaches-unsung-heroes-and-role-models-for-social-change-62958
'In Harley Windsor, Australia has its first Indigenous Winter Olympian - why has it taken so long?'
Authors: Andrew Bennie, Keith Parry
WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
News Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Sports Coaching Forum
http://logincms.westernsydney.edu.au/sports/home/news/featured_stories/aboriginal_and_torres_strait_islander_sports_coaching_forum/_nocache
Video Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Sports Coaching Forum (Courtesy of Western Sydney University)
https://youtu.be/p-WtoH6pAD8
BOOKS
Marlin, D., Apoifis, N., & Bennie, A. (2020). Aboriginal Sport Coaches, Community, and Culture. Springer https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811584800
JOURNAL ARTICLES
‘We were made to feel comfortable and … safe’: co-creating, delivering, and evaluating coach education and health promotion workshops with Aboriginal Australian peoples, Annals of Leisure Research, 2019
Authors: Andrew Bennie, Demelza Marlin, Nick Apoifis & Rhiannon L. White
'Noble athlete, savage coach: how racialised representations of Aboriginal athletes impede professional sport coaching opportunities for Aboriginal Australians' in International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2017
Authors: Nicholas Apoifis, Demelza Marlin, Andrew Bennie
'Cultural connections and cultural ceilings: exploring the experiences of Aboriginal Australian sport coaches' in Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health, 2017
Authors: Andrew Bennie, Nicholas Apoifis, Demelza Marlin, Jeffery G. Caron (McGill University)
'A Guide to Conducting Systematic Reviews of Coaching Science Research' in International Sport Coaching Journal, 2017
Authors: Andrew Bennie, Nicholas Apoifis, Demelza Marlin, et. al.
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