Coaches and Team Staff
■ Coaching Staff

Mike Wells
Head Coach | 2024 to PresentMike Wells will lead the club in the NBL25 season after a decorated coaching career in the NBA. Wells has three decades of coaching experience in the US, including 26 years in the NBA and multiple roles with Team USA. The 54-year-old was assistant coach at NBA franchise Charlotte Hornets last season, and has also had stints with Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. Wells started his coaching journey as an intern with the Rockets in 1994 and was a member of the coaching staff when Houston won their second consecutive NBA championship in 1995. With 26 years’ experience in the NBA, Wells has also had coaching stints at George Mason and the University of South Florida.

Marko Marinovic
Senior Assistant Coach | 2024 to PresentMarko 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 PresentWilliams 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.

Luke Cann
Assistant Coach | 2025 to PresentCann was part of the Brisbane Bullets coaching staff while also being an assistant for the Australian Under 17 national side, “the Crocs” before arriving in Adelaide as an assistant coach ahead of the NBL26 season. He also has experience leading his own side, having been the head coach of the Logan Thunder in the NBL1 North for eight seasons prior to his move to South Australia.

Igor Cvjetkovic
Development Coach | 2024 to PresentIgor Cvjetkovic has been at the Adelaide 36ers as a Development and Assistant Coach since the NBL24 season. Cvjetkovic held the role as Development Officer at SA Country Basketball before joining the Adelaide 36ers family. He has also been assistant coach with the New Zealand Under 17 women’s side and NBL1 Central club Southern Tigers in 2024.

Jakob Dorricott
Development Coach | 2024 to PresentHaving 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. Previously to life in Adelaide, Dorricott lived in Newcastle, NSW.
■ Basketball Operations Staff

Matt Weston
GM of Basketball Operations | 2024 to PresentMatt 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 PresentJared "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.