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Coaches and Team Staff

■ Coaching Staff

Trevor Gleeson

Head Coach | 2026 to Present

Trevor Gleeson will lead the club in the NBL27 season after 30-year coaching career in Australia, the US and Japan. One of Australian basketball’s most accomplished coaches, Gleeson led the Perth Wildcats to five NBL championships (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020) and earned NBL Coach of the Year honours in 2011 and 2021. He has since gathered NBA experience as an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks, strengthening his coaching credentials at the highest level. During his 14-year stint in the NBL, Gleeson also coached Townsville and the Melbourne Tigers, while his CV also includes stints as an assistant coach with the Brisbane Bullets and the Australian national team, the Boomers. Most recently, Gleeson spent two seasons in charge of Japanese B League outfit the Chiba Jets, guiding them to the playoffs in each campaign for an overall 89-41 (68.5%) record.

Marko Marinovic

Senior Assistant Coach | 2024 to Present

Marko Marinovic joined the Adelaide 36ers family as Senior Assistant Coach for the NBL25 season. Marinovic joins the 36ers with an extensive playing and coaching background in Europe and was assistant coach with the Serbian national team and won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. After a 19-year playing career, which included representing Serbia at the 2006 FIBA World Cup, Marinovic started his coaching career at Borac Čačak in 2019 and spent last season as head coach of Čačak94 Quantox in the Serbian Basketball League.

Kerry Williams

Assistant Coach | 2025 to Present

Williams has a long connection with basketball, particularly in far north Queensland, having played 105 NBL games for Cairns between 2008 and 2013. He has previously served in various roles at Basketball Queensland as well as coaching the Cairns Marlins and the Cairns Dolphins in the NBL1. He came to Adelaide after four seasons as an assistant coach for the Cairns Taipans as well as being part of the Australian Boomers coaching staff for the 2021 and 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers.

Jakob Dorricott

Assistant Coach | 2024 to Present

Having joined the Adelaide 36ers as a development coach ahead of NBL25, Dorricott previously worked for the Sturt Sabres and was involved with the NBL1 program. He has also coached in the SA Metro High Performance program. He was named the 2026 NBL1 Central Coach of the Year after guiding Sturt back into the post-season and was then promoted to be an assistant coach for NBL27 in the Adelaide 36ers program. Previously to life in Adelaide, Dorricott lived in Newcastle, NSW.

■ Basketball Operations Staff

Matt Weston

GM of Basketball Operations | 2024 to Present

Matt Weston joined the club as the General Manager of Basketball Operations in April 2024 and has over two decades experience in the game and business across the globe with stints in the NBL, Chinese Basketball Association and NBA franchise San Antonio Spurs. Weston was assistant coach at the Sydney Kings from 1998/99 to 2002/03, then moved to West Sydney Razorbacks for two seasons before taking his career to China, where he was technical director for the Chinese men’s and women’s national teams for the 2006 and 2010 FIBA World Cup and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. He then moved to the Spurs as a player scout from 2008 to 2010. Weston is also currently the general manager at NBL1 Central club Sturt Sabres.

Jared Campbell

Team Manager | 2007 to Present

Jared "Jazzy" Campbell has worked with the Adelaide 36ers basically his whole life. His first job was as an usher at the Clipsal Powerhouse when the club moved to the Findon venue in 1992, and he slowly became more and more involved with the team before taking the reins as Team Manager at the start of the 2007/2008 season. Jazzy, who has also been team manager for the Australian Boomers at several Olympic and World Cup qualifying tournaments, is the heart and soul of the 36ers and loved by everyone.

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