Meet The Team

Executive Director 

Emily Attard

• Association Level Coach (Level 2) 

• Victorian Ivor Burge Women's Assistant Coach

• Australian Peals Guest Coach​

• Emily also plays for Coburg Giants (BigV) 

Administration

Danielle Attard

Danielle has been involved in basketball for over 40 years and has a large amount of knowledge and experience across all fields .

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Danielle is our go to for NDIS, uniforms and any administration questions.

Bacchus Marsh & Senior Head Coach

John McVie

Coach John joined our team in 2020 excited to dive into a new section of basketball!

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• John has coached both domestic and squad basketball at Bacchus Marsh and has an extensive pool of knowledge that he brings to our team!

• John also holds his Club Coaching (Level 1) Accreditation.

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Senior Girls Head Coach

Zoe Attard

Zoe had an extensive basketball background behind her along with being a Community Club Coach. 

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 Zoe has a strong passion for basketball and wants to make as much of a difference as possible in the basketball community

Coach BM

Morgan Thomas

Coach Morgan has been involved in sport his entire life and wants to give back to what sport has given him.

He joined the Specialised Hoops Team in 2021 as he has a keen interest in getting kids active and involved with sport, and what it can bring to a young person’s life.

Coach Cobblebank

Leivi Lane

Leivi wants to help make a difference in peoples life, by doing something they love and prove that if you follow your dreams and believe in yourself anything could happen.

Coach Cobblebank

Mollie Van Der Linden

Mollie coaches and plays domestically in Baccus Marsh and would love to be a teacher with children with Special Needs when she graduates as she enjoys teaching and watching everyone learn and improve each week!

Coach Cobblebank

Benn Tyson

Benn enjoys working with each participant and seeing each and everyone of them grow and devleop every week. 

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Coach Cobblebank 

Kyla Wardley

Kyla Wardley has been playing basketball since she was 4 years old from both domestic and representative levels at Sunbury Jets and Dimond Valley Eagles. 

Kyla also coaches and referees at both levels as well and is extremely passionate about helping people learn and enjoy sport!

Coach BM

Jess Harris

Jess really likes being part of Specialist Hoops because she likes being able to help out and teach participants new skills!

Coach BM

Brock Raibow

Brock likes to volunteer his time to Specialist Hoops as he has been fortunate enough to have a number of positive experiences through sport and had some fantastic coaches and would love to pass on and help others achieve similar experiences through the program.

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Sport has no boundaries when it comes to physical abilities, it is all about having fun, making new friends and creating lasting memories!

Coach BM

Bailey Wilson

Bailey loves being at Specialist Hoops because he gets to see all the participants having heaps of fun and it is such a positive environment for everyone!

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Everyone always has a smile on their face and I've enjoyed getting to know everyone and seeing them improve each week!

Coach BM

Jett Walker Collin

coming soon...

Coach BM

Billy Feben

coming soon....

Coach Cobblebank

Damiene House

coming soon....

Coach Cobblebank

Shannon Jones

• Captain of the St Kilda FC Blind team in the Victorian Blind Football League.

• Runs Blind AFL Clinics through AFL Vic and also am an Inclusion Coach at the St Kilda FC SaintsPlay program that is an Auskick program aimed at Autistic children and children with a ID.

• Extensive experience in the inclusion field.

• Ambassador for Blind Sports Victoria