Simone McKinnis
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| Full name | Simone Cecile McKinnis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
4 October 1965 Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing position(s): WD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980s | Herne Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990s | Melbourne Blues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Melbourne City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Melbourne Pumas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | → Adelaide Garville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Melbourne Phoenix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1998 | Australia | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2007 | Singapore Sports School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | AIS Canberra Darters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Australian Institute of Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Australia U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Tanzania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Melbourne Vixens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | → Victorian Institute of Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simone McKinnis is a former Australia netball international and the current head coach of Melbourne Vixens in Suncorp Super Netball. As a player she was a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1991 and 1995 World Netball Championships, the 1993 World Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. She also captained the Melbourne Phoenix team that won the 1997 Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She was head coach when Vixens won the 2014 ANZ Championship and the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball titles. In 1992, McKinnis was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and in 2010 was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.