Cheryl Chambers

Australian basketball player

Cheryl Chambers
Southside Flyers
Position	Head Coach
League	Women's National Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1968-04-18) 18 April 1968 (age 56)
Nationality	Australian
Career information
Playing career	1984–1997
Position	Guard
Coaching career	2001–present
Career history
As player:
1984–1985	Melbourne East
1986–1988	Coburg Cougars
1989–1995	Bulleen Boomers
1996–1997	Melbourne Tigers
As coach:
2001–2009	Bulleen Boomers
2005–2007	Australian Opals (assistant)
2010–2013	Australian Gems
2013–2016	Melbourne Boomers (assistant)
2016–2019	Sydney Uni Flames
2017–present	Australian Opals (assistant)
2019–present	Southside Flyers

Career highlights and awards
As player: WNBL champion (1984) As coach: 3× WNBL champion (2017, 2020, 2024) 3× WNBL Coach of the Year (2005, 2009, 2017)

Cheryl Chambers (born 18 April 1968) is an Australian basketball coach and retired professional basketball player. She currently is head coach for the Southside Flyers in the WNBL.

Career

WNBL

Chambers played 261 games in the Women's National Basketball League (playing for the Melbourne East, Coburg, Bulleen Boomers and Melbourne Tigers) and is a Life Member of the WNBL. After her playing career, Chambers went on to coach the Bulleen Boomers from 2001 through to 2009. In her time there, she won the WNBL Coach of the Year Award twice in 2004–05 and 2008–09 respectively.

Following on from stints with Australia's U-19 national team, Knox Raiders in the SEABL and an assistant coach position back with the Melbourne Boomers under Guy Molloy, Chambers returned to the league after an eight-year hiatus from a head coaching role.^[1] During her time in Sydney, Chambers would win a WNBL Championship and again take home the WNBL Coach of the Year.^[2]^[3]

In 2019, Chambers signed as head coach to the newly rebranded Southside Flyers back in her home city of Melbourne.^[4]

Coaching record

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

WNBL


Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Bulleen	2001–02	17	4	13	.235	6th of 8	–	–	–	–
Bulleen	2002–03	21	6	15	.286	6th of 8	–	–	–	–
Bulleen	2003–04	21	11	10	.524	6th of 8	–	–	–	–
Bulleen	2004–05	21	16	5	.762	2nd of 8	2	0	2	.000	Lost Preliminary final
Bulleen	2005–06	21	13	8	.619	4th of 8	1	0	1	.000	Lost Semi-final
Bulleen	2006–07	21	12	9	.571	5th of 8	–	–	–	–
Bulleen	2007–08	24	11	13	.458	5th of 10	–	–	–	–
Bulleen	2008–09	22	17	5	.773	2nd of 10	3	1	2	.333	Lost Grand Final
Sydney	2016–17	24	18	6	.750	1st of 8	4	4	0	1.000	Won Grand Final
Sydney	2017–18	21	14	7	.667	2nd of 8	2	0	2	.000	Lost Semi-final
Sydney	2018–19	21	2	19	.095	8th of 8	–	–	–	–
Southside	2019–20	21	17	4	.810	1st of 8	4	2	2	.500	Lost Grand Final
Southside	2020	13	11	2	.846	1st of 8	3	3	0	1.000	Won Grand Final
Career		268	152	116	.567		19	10	9	.526

References

^ "FLAMES SECURE DISTINGUISHED COACH CHERYL CHAMBERS". susf.com.au.
^ "Sydney University Flames win first WNBL championship since 2001, beat Dandenong Rangers". smh.com.au.
^ "WNBL COACH OF THE YEAR-CHERYL CHAMBERS". wnbl.basketball.
^ "GERRY RYAN NAMED NEW OWNER OF DANDENONG TEAM, CHERYL CHAMBERS INSTALLED AS HEAD COACH". wnbl.com.au.