Rob Beveridge

Rob William Beveridge (born 15 January 1970) is an Australian professional basketball coach. After coaching the under-19 Australian Emus at the 2003 World Championship to a gold medal win, he began his National Basketball League (NBL) coaching career in 2007 with the West Sydney Razorbacks. The club re-branded as the Sydney Spirit and then folded; Beveridge subsequently joined the Perth Wildcats in 2009 and won an NBL championship in 2010. After four years, three grand finals and one championship, he left the Wildcats and joined the Illawarra Hawks in 2015. He led the Hawks to a grand final appearance in 2017 and left after four seasons.

Early life Beveridge was born in Canberra, ACT, where he attended Canberra High School, Hawker College and the University of Canberra. Growing up, he participated in athletics, soccer and basketball. and was a fan of the Canberra Cannons in the NBL. He received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Sports Studies in 1992 and a Graduate Diploma in Elite Sports Coaching in 1993 before beginning a career as a coach. During this time, he served under mentor Adrian Hurley and good friend Guy Molloy.

In 1997, Beveridge became the inaugural coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) basketball program.

Between 2005 and 2010, Beveridge coached the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in the United States. He also served as the Nike Basketball Camp director from 2005 to 2013.

WNBL and Waratah League In 1994, Beveridge served as an assistant coach with the Perth Breakers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) under head coach Guy Molloy.

In 2001 and 2002, Beveridge coached the Norths Bears in the Waratah League, guiding them to back-to-back grand final appearances and an ABA National Finals appearance in 2002. Following the Sydney Kings' withdrawal from the NBL, the Razorbacks re-branded as the Sydney Spirit for the 2008–09 season. However, the Spirit quickly fell into financial difficulty and were saved from collapse mid season thanks to a rescue package from the NBL. Beveridge and the players all took significant pay cuts. He went on to lead the Spirit to 11 wins. He introduced a defence-oriented playing style for the 2009–10 NBL season which helped the Wildcats finish the regular season in first place with a 17–11 record and reach the NBL Grand Final. In the grand final series, the Wildcats defeated the Wollongong Hawks 2–1 to win the championship.

On 12 October 2011, Beveridge signed a two-year contract extension with the Wildcats. After back-to-back grand final defeats to the New Zealand Breakers in 2011–12 and 2012–13, Beveridge parted ways with the Wildcats on 29 May 2013.

Shanghai Sharks (2013–2014) In December 2013, Beveridge accepted a short-term role as head coach of Chinese club the Shanghai Sharks.

Illawarra Hawks (2015–2019) On 22 June 2015, Beveridge was appointed head coach of the Illawarra Hawks. After leading the Hawks to a semi-final appearance in the 2015–16 NBL season, he re-signed with the club for a further four years in March 2016. In the 2016–17 season, Beveridge guided the Hawks to the NBL Grand Final, where they lost 3–0 to the Perth Wildcats in the best-of-five series. In January 2019, he coached his 300th NBL game. It was reportedly an ugly split, with Beveridge describing his final season with the Hawks as the "worst environment" of his life.

During the 2019 off-season, Beveridge narrowly missed out on the Sydney Kings head coach vacancy. He subsequently served as a talent scout for the Washington Wizards in the 2019–20 NBA season.

New Zealand NBL and NBL1 West Southland Sharks (2021–2022) In October 2019, Beveridge was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2020 New Zealand NBL season. However, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was initially postponed which was followed by the Sharks withdrawing from the 2020 season.

Beveridge returned to the Sharks for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season and guided the team to a top-four finish despite various injuries and illness setbacks. He returned to the Sharks for the 2022 season He parted ways with the Sharks in November 2022.

Rockingham Flames (2023) In December 2022, Beveridge was appointed an assistant coach of the Rockingham Flames women's team for the 2023 NBL1 West season.

Indonesia In December 2023, Beveridge was appointed head coach of Pelita Jaya of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) for the 2024 season. He guided the team to five wins in six games before the club shifted him to the position of technical director in early March. The team went on to win the IBL championship. He toured with Pelita Jaya in December 2024 when the team played exhibition games against NBL1 South teams in Melbourne.

Beveridge parted ways with Pelita Jaya in April 2025, midway through the 2025 season.

National team Beveridge was part of the Australian national team program from 1999 to 2006. He was an assistant coach with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, where the team won silver. He took control of the "fledgling" team just six days before the opening game of the tournament and guided them to the bronze medal game, where they lost to New Zealand.

In July 2019, Beveridge served as head coach of the Australian Emerging Boomers, helping the team win bronze at the World University Games in Italy.

In April 2025, Beveridge joined the Indonesia men's national basketball team structure as head coach of the junior boys team.

In October 2019, Beveridge was inducted into the Basketball NSW Hall of Fame. As of 2017, Beveridge's parents as well as his wife's family all lived in Canberra.

Beveridge and his wife Suellen have two sons, Jaydon and Noah, and a daughter Annie.

Jobs In October 2021, Beveridge was appointed high performance manager of the Rockingham Flames. He worked remotely for the Flames in 2022 while coaching in New Zealand.

In July 2026, Beveridge joined Basketball WA as a technical advisor with the Performance and Pathways program.