Norwood has announced the signing of Terry-Jo McNamara as Head Coach of its NBL1 Central Women’s team for 2022.
McNamara took over as interim Head Coach last season and led the team to a 7-2 record, just missing out on finals basketball on the points spread.
McNamara will be joined again by Matt Turnbull, who will take on the role of Lead Assistant Coach in 2022.
McNamara has an illustrious playing background.
She started in juniors for the Broken Hill Broncos, also representing SA Country at U16 and U18 levels.
McNamara then started playing the premier league equivalent in 1993 as a 17-year-old for Sturt.
In 1995, she then made the Australian National U20 team.
This was followed by being the Merv-Harris Medal winner in 1996 and the Halls Medal as well as an All-Star Five appearance in 1997.
McNamara's 14-year career also included stints with South Adelaide and the Southern Tigers (previously Noarlunga).
She has been involved heavily in coaching in Norwood's junior program over the past four years and has been an NBL1 Assistant from 2019 to midway through last year when she took over Head Coaching duties.
McNamara had this to say about re-signing: "I feel privileged and excited by the opportunity to continue working with the Norwood Flames NBL1 Women’s Program in 2022.
"We are looking at building a really competitive team, who I think can contend for finals basketball."
Turnbull is continuing his role as Assistant Coach for the NBL1 Women, after being instrumental in the secnd half of the season improvement in 2021.
He has been involved with the girls' district program in either an Assistant or Head Coach role for the past nine years, varying from Division 1 and down in all age groups.
Turnbull has really thrived with player development and enjoys seeing players develop their knowledge, fundamentals and skills, both in life and basketball.
He is a loyal Norwood member, playing for the Club from U10s through to NBL1 Central (formerly Premier League).
Turnbull said: "I really enjoyed working with Terry and the playing group and I’m looking forward to continuing the momentum we have built into 2022."
