Wheelchair Basketball - FRIDAY Craig

Date of Birth: 13 Jun 1972

Gender: Male

Function : Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Wheelchair Basketball	Men AUS Australia	5
	Women AUS Australia	9

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #04 AUS Australia 47 JPN Japan 73	Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #06 GER Germany 77 AUS Australia 58	Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #10 AUS Australia 81 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 39	Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #16 ALG Algeria 37 AUS Australia 83	Finished
Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #29 AUS Australia 64 GER Germany 53	Finished
Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #35 AUS Australia 38 GBR Great Britain 75	Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #40 USA United States 66 AUS Australia 38	Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #44 CAN Canada 76 AUS Australia 37	Finished
Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #49 AUS Australia 69 GBR Great Britain 70	Finished
Ariake Arena	Women's Classification Playoff 9/10 #51 AUS Australia 71 ALG Algeria 32	Finished
Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #59 JPN Japan 61 AUS Australia 55	Finished
Ariake Arena	Men's Classification Playoff 5/6 #69 TUR Turkey 58 AUS Australia 74	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Coach.:

He coached the Australian men's team to bronze at the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. He was assistant coach of the team when they won gold at the world championships in 2010 and 2014. (iwbf.org, 21 Jan 2021)

He was assistant coach of the Australian men's team that won silver at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens and gold at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (iwbf.org, 21 Jan 2021)

Award:

He was named 2016 Coach of the Year in the Women's State Basketball League [WSBL] in Australia. (websites.sportstg.com, 07 Aug 2018)

Appointment:

2017 [men] 2021 [women]

Other role:

He is head coach of both the Australian men's and women's national wheelchair basketball teams.

Previous role:

He worked as the technical coach of the Australian men's national wheelchair basketball team from 2002 to 2004, and was named assistant coach of the team in 2004. He was head coach of the Joondalup Wolves men's basketball team in Australia from 2013 to 2014, and assistant coach of the team between 2014 and 2015. He also served as head coach of the Joondalup Wolves women's team between 2016 and 2018.

General Interest

General
DUAL COACH
In January 2021 he was appointed head coach of both the Australian men's and women's national wheelchair basketball teams. He had previously served as head coach of the men's team since 2017. "I am very honoured and excited about this opportunity and thanks to Basketball Australia for allowing me to do both roles. This is a great opportunity and together with the support of the quality individuals I will have supporting me across both programmes, we will work extremely hard to achieve success throughout 2021." (iwbf.org, 21 Jan 2021; paralympic.org.au, 21 Jan 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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