Perry Lakes Hawks Basketball Association is delighted to announce the appointment of Glenn Ellis to the position of Head Coach of the LadyHawks WSBL team for the 2009 season.  The former Stirling Senators legend is looking forward to taking over the reigns of this very successful program from Rick Morcom and believes that the mix of experience and youth in the team can be developed further ensuring a strong program for years to come.  Apart from the spread of talent in the team and the clear rapport that Glenn already has with the players, an added bonus for him is the opportunity to coach wife Kelly in the WSBL program.  Kelly has become an extremely popular member of the LadyHawks squad and her strong team ethic and mentoring of the younger Hawks players are valued highly by the club.  To retain Kelly and gain Glenn is a bonus.

We also believe that the club’s arrangement with Glenn has created a precedent in inter-club cooperation.  Glenn has very strong historic ties with Stirling Senators as we all know and last year, along with brother Mike, he set up a very active development program with Senators.  The two clubs have agreed that it is in the interests of junior basketball in WA that Glenn retains an involvement with that program and Glenn will continue in his role as a WABL Development Coach at Stirling, with particular emphasis on skills development with their junior boys.

The Hawks look forward to an exciting, successful and enjoyable season under Coach Ellis.