Patrick Hunt

Patrick Hennessy Hunt AM (born 7 March 1953) is a leading Australian basketball coach particularly in the field of player and coach development.

Coaching career Australia

Hunt commenced his coaching career in the New South Wales regional town Tamworth.

In the early 1980s, Hunt completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sports Studies from the University of Canberra.

In 2009, he was appointed to the new position of Applied Technical Advancement Coach at the Australian Institute of Sport, working with Olympic Games and World Championship calibre coaches. In 2012, he led an international coach study tour of aspiring Australian Olympic coaches to the 2012 London Olympics.

Hunt has been an extremely willing contributor to continuing coaches and leaders ongoing development and education at all levels being a guest lecturer at the University of Canberra, guest lecturer in the AIS Masters in Sports medicine program and as a supervisor and mentor in the AIS Phd Scholarship program. He has also presented extensively as a keynote speaker, lecturer and presenter at coaching, sports science and management seminars and conventions within Australia and internationally.

International In 2010, Hunt was appointed President of FIBA's World Association of Basketball Coaches. He continues to hold the FIBA positions with the World Association of Basketball Coaches and Technical Commission.

From 2011, he has been a Program Director with the NBA/FIBA Basketball without Borders Camps Program for Europe, Asia, the America's and Global Camp Program whilst also coaching in the Africa Program.

National Team Appointments In 1989, Hunt was appointed Assistant Coach to the Australian men's national basketball team (Boomers) and went to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where the team finished sixth. 2000 - Australian Sports Medal 2016 - Australian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as a coach 2017 - Basketball New South Hall of Fame inductee as a coach