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Cassie Dover was the 2019 QBL Coach of the Year, coaching in her first QBL season for the Gold Coast Rollers womens team. The team made the finals playing through some tough opponents but going down to a talented Southern Districts team. Cassie grew up on the Gold Coast, and represented Queensland in her junior playing days, and toured in 2004 with the Qld Academy of Sport team, and was a member of the gold medal winning 2006 Qld Under 20 womens team at the National titles. Casiie started her WNBL career with the Dandenong Rangers in 2008/09, and was a development player under Head Coach Dale Waters. She was a member of the Townsville Flames QBL championship team that won the QBL and went on to win the ABA National title in 2007 and 2008. She played for the Townsville Fire in the WNBL in 2009/10 under Head Coach Peter Buckle, with that team losing in the semi-fnal that year against Canberra.In this interview, Cassie talks about her playing career in the WNBL, her approach to coaching and the many elements that helped the team make it into the 2019 Grand Finals series. Cassie is an active junior coach on the Gold Coast, and talks about her approach to coaching juniors and the emphasis on competing and putting in their best effort. You can follow Cassie's team through the Gold Coast Basketball Association website: https://goldcoastbasketball.com.au/Footnote: This interview was recorded 15/03/2020, two weeks prior to the cancellation of the 2020 NBL1 North season, due to COVID-19.