Cockburn Cougars have appointed Daniel Nelson to the position of WSBL Head Coach.

Daniel has come to W.A from Dublin, Ireland where he has recently enjoyed successful coaching spells at National level with Templeogue basketball club and St Vincent's basketball club and at International level with the Irish U16 Women's National team in the European Championships.

Coach Nelson recently lead Templeogue BC to the Under 18 Men's National Cup title in January 2011 adding the National Varsity title and 5 state championships Daniel had already enjoyed. Daniel is currently coaching with the Perth Wildcats in a Development Assistant Coaches role.

"I am delighted to sign with Cockburn, I am looking forward to starting the next chapter in my basketball journey and I'm glad it's going to be with likeminded people" said Nelson.

"What attracts me to the Cougars is the desire within our club to pursue SBL excellence but more importantly to pursue that excellence in a sustainable manor, a manor in which the development of our players and coaches both SBL and junior is key."

"We have an exciting team that proved they are right there within striking distance and I am very great-full to Dr Fleur McIntyre and her staff Simon Daff, Nick Barry and all those who have put the hard work in to get us to this stage. I am looking forward to getting a solid preseason underway and getting ready to launch our campaign come March''

Cockburn Cougars welcome Daniel and look forward to the exciting fresh new approach he will bring to the women's program.

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