Simone McKinnis is a former Australia netball international and the current head coach of Melbourne Vixens in Suncorp Super Netball.
20 Facts About Simone McKinnis
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Simone McKinnis captained the Melbourne Phoenix team that won the 1997 Commonwealth Bank Trophy.
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Simone McKinnis was head coach when Vixens won the 2014 ANZ Championship and the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball titles.
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In 1992, McKinnis was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and in 2010 was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.
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The Simone McKinnis family spent time in Western Australia and New South Wales before eventually settling in Geelong.
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Simone McKinnis later played for the Melbourne Club at Royal Park.
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Simone McKinnis started in Melbourne Green, alongside Roselee Jencke, before progressing through Reds and Golds and eventually Melbourne Blues.
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In 1995 and 1996, Simone McKinnis played for Melbourne Pumas in two successive grand finals, finishing as winners in 1996.
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In 1997 and 1998 Simone McKinnis captained and played for Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.
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Between 1986 and 1998 Simone McKinnis made 63 test appearances for Australia.
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Simone McKinnis 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.
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Simone McKinnis began her senior coaching career with Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, serving as assistant coach to Joyce Brown and then Lisa Alexander.
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Between 2003 and 2007 Simone McKinnis served as head netball coach at the Singapore Sports School.
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Between 2007 and 2010 Simone McKinnis served as head coach at the Australian Institute of Sport.
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Simone McKinnis guided AIS to two successive Australian Netball League grand finals in 2008 and 2009.
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Between 2008 and 2009 Simone McKinnis served as head coach of the Australia U21 team.
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Between 2010 and 2011 Simone McKinnis served as head coach of Tanzania.
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Simone McKinnis subsequently guided them to third place at the 2010 Netball Singapore Nations Cup.
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Simone McKinnis subsequently guided Vixens to the 2014 ANZ Championship and the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball titles.
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Simone McKinnis was named the Joyce Brown Coach of the Year after Vixens were minor premiers in 2017 and again in 2020 after a second premiership.