Simone McKinnis

Simone McKinnis
OAM

Personal information
Full name	Simone Cecile McKinnis [1]
Born	4 October 1966[2][3] Victoria, Australia[4]
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD
Years	Club team(s)	Apps
1980s	Herne Hill
1990s	Melbourne Blues
1990	Melbourne City
1993–1996	Melbourne Pumas
1994	→ Adelaide Garville
1997–1998	Melbourne Phoenix
Years	National team(s)	Caps
1986–1998	Australia	63
Coaching career
Years	Team(s)
2003–2007	Singapore Sports School
2007	AIS Canberra Darters
2008–2010	Australian Institute of Sport
2008–2009	→ Australia U21
2010–2011	Tanzania
2012–	Melbourne Vixens
2012–	→ Victorian Institute of Sport
Medal record Representing  Australia World Netball Championships 1991 Sydney Team 1995 Birmingham Team World Games 1993 The Hague Team Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team

Simone McKinnis OAM is a former Australia netball international and the current head coach of Melbourne Vixens in Suncorp Super Netball. As a player she was a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1991 and 1995 World Netball Championships, the 1993 World Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. She also captained the Melbourne Phoenix team that won the 1997 Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She was head coach when Vixens won the 2014 ANZ Championship and the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball titles. In 1992, McKinnis was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and in 2010 was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.