Steve Edwards

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Australian Basketball Coach

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Steve Edwards is Director of Coaching and Head Coach of the South West Metro NBL1 North women's team at South West Metro Basketball Association in Brisbane, Queensland. Steve grew up in Philadelphia PA and began his working career with the US Air Force stationed initially in Korea then Japan, and travelled extensively during his service conducting several tours of duty and special operations assignments, and achieving the rank of Sergeant during his tenure.Steve came to Australia in the late 1990's and was first associated with Club and rep programs in Sydney, and more recently in Brisbane, with both the Southern Districts Spartans and South West Metro Pirates. Steve has been a state level Head Coach and Assistant Coach and has his teams have won silver medals across U14 & U16 age groups. Steve has also been Assistant coach in two SEABL Championships in 2009 and 2014 with the Spartans women's team and in this interview, acknowledges the influence of coaching mentors such as Donna Rinaldi, Joey Wright, Leonard King and Brendan Joyce.In this interview, we discuss the journey that led Steve to be in Brisbane as Coaching Director, his coaching philosophy and his non-negotiables as a coach. You can follow the progress of Steve's NBL1 North team through South West Metro's website :https://www.piratesbasketball.net.au/