Yvette McCausland-Durie is a New Zealand netball coach and former netball player.
23 Facts About Yvette McCausland-Durie
Yvette McCausland-Durie was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 1992 World Youth Netball Championships.
Yvette McCausland-Durie has worked with the senior New Zealand team as an assistant coach and with the under-21 team as a head coach.
Yvette McCausland-Durie was head coach when New Zealand won gold at the 2009 World Youth Netball Championships.
Yvette McCausland-Durie is a member of its board of trustees.
Yvette McCausland-Durie is a Maori with Ngati Awa and Ngapuhi affiliations.
Yvette McCausland-Durie was born in Whangarei and attended schools in Tangiteroria and Dargaville before moving to Rangitoto College for Year 13.
Yvette McCausland-Durie played club netball for Collegiate, Verdettes and Feilding.
Yvette McCausland-Durie's coaches included, among others, Margaret Forsyth and Leigh Gibbs.
Yvette McCausland-Durie was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 1992 World Youth Netball Championships.
Between 2004 and 2005, during the National Bank Cup era, Yvette McCausland-Durie served as head coach of Western Flyers.
Yvette McCausland-Durie first served as Central Pulse head coach between 2009 and 2011.
In 2016 Yvette McCausland-Durie served as head coach of Central Pulse's reserve team, Central Zone, in the Beko Netball League, guiding them to grand final.
In 2019, Yvette McCausland-Durie was named ANZ Premiership Coach of the Year.
Ahead of the 2022 season, Yvette McCausland-Durie was appointed Central Pulse head coach for a third time.
Yvette McCausland-Durie has worked with the senior New Zealand national netball team as an assistant coach and with the under-21 team as a head coach.
Yvette McCausland-Durie was an assistant coach to the under-21 team which won gold at the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships.
Yvette McCausland-Durie subsequently served as New Zealand assistant coach between 2016 and 2018, including at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Yvette McCausland-Durie has a Post Graduate Diploma in Sport Management, a Bachelor of Education and a Diploma of teaching.
Yvette McCausland-Durie is a co-founder of the Manukura School based in Palmerston North.
Yvette McCausland-Durie is a member of its board of trustees.
Yvette McCausland-Durie previously taught in Auckland and at Palmerston North Girls' High School.
Yvette McCausland-Durie wrote her thesis on Maori netball player retention issues.