May 19, 2022
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Jackomas has also had a little taste of being the Hawk’s head coach after he covered Brian Goorjian’s absence earlier this year when he came down with the coronavirus.

In his one-off game as an NBL head coach Jacomas impressed fans by delivering a win against reigning champions Melbourne United.

With his new position only being announced a week ago, he joins Dan Boyce on the podcast to discuss his unorthodox journey to becoming an NBL head coach, his relationships with the Hawks players, and thoughts on what the team need to improve on heading into NBL Free Agency.

He also shares his experiences as part of the Australian Boomers bronze medal-winning team last year and moments he’ll never forget.

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Podcast topics include;

The way he found out he would be replacing Brian Goorjian as the Illawarra Hawk’s new coach (2:00)
How he went from cleaning aeroplanes and pizza shops to working the NBL sidelines (4:00)
Meeting Brian Goorjian for the first time and funny ‘Goorj’ stories (6:00)
Experiences coaching in China alongside Goorj (7:30)
His response to those who think he doesn’t have enough experience to coach in the NBL (19:00)
His relationship with the Hawks players (22:30)
What do the Illawarra Hawks need to change or keep within their roster for 2022/23 (26:00)
NBL Next Stars, the positives and negatives and how the Hawks will utilise the program for this season (33:00)
What he will do differently to Brian Goorjian as the Hawks head coach (40:00)
His hardest moment along his coaching journey (45:00)
His experiences being part of the coaching staff for the Bronze Medal winning Boomers squad in Japan (49:00)

All of this and a whole lot more…

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