Former Protea netball captain Dr Elsje Jordaan has been appointed head coach of the national netball team until the World Cup in Liverpool in 2019.
Jordaan, who captained the Proteas at the Netball World Cup in Jamaica, coached the Golden Fireballs to third place at the recent Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League. She also recently took the South African team to the Junior Maccabi Games in Israel, where they finished third.
Her appointment comes into effect on the 1st of January, 2018, but she will travel with the team to the Quad Series in Australia and New Zealand, and the Test series against Fiji later this month. She will also remain coach of the Fast5 team.
Netball South Africa Director of Coaching Anneline Lewies said Jordaan would work with consultant coaches Norma Plummer and Nicole Cusack, who have contracts with NSA until 2019.
Jordaan said she was very excited about her appointment adding: “I am also very happy that I will be working with Norma and Nicole. I have worked with them before and I get on well with them both. I don’t feel threatened by them.”
“They will be mentoring me and I can learn so much from them, particularly from Norma, who coached Australia to two World Cup gold medals. I will be sitting between then on the bench when the team is playing, and will be able to get their input.”
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