Cheryl Chambers

Cheryl Chambers
Southside Flyers
PositionHead Coach
LeagueWomen's National Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1968-04-18) 18 April 1968 (age 56)
NationalityAustralian
Career information
Playing career1984–1997
PositionGuard
Coaching career2001–present
Career history
As player:
1984–1985Melbourne East
1986–1988Coburg Cougars
1989–1995Bulleen Boomers
1996–1997Melbourne Tigers
As coach:
2001–2009Bulleen Boomers
2005–2007Australian Opals (assistant)
2010–2013Australian Gems
2013–2016Melbourne Boomers (assistant)
2016–2019Sydney Uni Flames
2017–presentAustralian Opals (assistant)
2019–presentSouthside Flyers
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Cheryl Chambers (born 18 April 1968) is an Australian basketball coach and retired professional basketball player. She currently is head coach for the Southside Flyers in the WNBL.

Career

WNBL

Chambers played 261 games in the Women's National Basketball League (playing for the Melbourne East, Coburg, Bulleen Boomers and Melbourne Tigers) and is a Life Member of the WNBL. After her playing career, Chambers went on to coach the Bulleen Boomers from 2001 through to 2009. In her time there, she won the WNBL Coach of the Year Award twice in 2004–05 and 2008–09 respectively.

Following on from stints with Australia's U-19 national team, Knox Raiders in the SEABL and an assistant coach position back with the Melbourne Boomers under Guy Molloy, Chambers returned to the league after an eight-year hiatus from a head coaching role.[1] During her time in Sydney, Chambers would win a WNBL Championship and again take home the WNBL Coach of the Year.[2][3]

In 2019, Chambers signed as head coach to the newly rebranded Southside Flyers back in her home city of Melbourne.[4]

Coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %

WNBL

Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Bulleen 2001–02 17 4 13 .235 6th of 8 – – – –
Bulleen 2002–03 21 6 15 .286 6th of 8 – – – –
Bulleen 2003–04 21 11 10 .524 6th of 8 – – – –
Bulleen 2004–05 21 16 5 .762 2nd of 8 2 0 2 .000 Lost Preliminary final
Bulleen 2005–06 21 13 8 .619 4th of 8 1 0 1 .000 Lost Semi-final
Bulleen 2006–07 21 12 9 .571 5th of 8 – – – –
Bulleen 2007–08 24 11 13 .458 5th of 10 – – – –
Bulleen 2008–09 22 17 5 .773 2nd of 10 3 1 2 .333 Lost Grand Final
Sydney 2016–17 24 18 6 .750 1st of 8 4 4 0 1.000 Won Grand Final
Sydney 2017–18 21 14 7 .667 2nd of 8 2 0 2 .000 Lost Semi-final
Sydney 2018–19 21 2 19 .095 8th of 8 – – – –
Southside 2019–20 21 17 4 .810 1st of 8 4 2 2 .500 Lost Grand Final
Southside 2020 13 11 2 .846 1st of 8 3 3 0 1.000 Won Grand Final
Career 268 152 116 .567 19 10 9 .526

References

  1. ^ "FLAMES SECURE DISTINGUISHED COACH CHERYL CHAMBERS". susf.com.au.
  2. ^ "Sydney University Flames win first WNBL championship since 2001, beat Dandenong Rangers". smh.com.au. 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ Sod (23 February 2017). "WNBL COACH OF THE YEAR-CHERYL CHAMBERS". WNBL. wnbl.basketball.
  4. ^ "GERRY RYAN NAMED NEW OWNER OF DANDENONG TEAM, CHERYL CHAMBERS INSTALLED AS HEAD COACH". WNBL. 2 July 2019.