[3] McIntyre pursued State Basketball League (SBL) opportunities with the Willetton Tigers but eventually joined the Cockburn Cougars, where she was the club's 1995 rookie of the year.

[14] In October 2009, McIntyre was appointed head coach of the Cockburn Cougars women's team for the 2010 State Basketball League season.

[17][18] The team made a quick start to the season before finishing seventh with 11 wins and losing to the Perry Lakes Hawks in the quarter-finals.

[30] McIntyre became the fifth female to be hired in the NBL coaching ranks behind Michele Timms, Lori Chizik, Tracy York and Chanel Pompallier.

[29] McIntyre helped guide the Kings to the NBL Grand Final in the 2021–22 season,[26] where they defeated the Tasmania JackJumpers 3–0 in the best-of-five series.

[33] As assistant coach, she helped the Kings return to the NBL Grand Final in the 2023–23 season,[32] where they defeated the New Zealand Breakers 3–2 to win back-to-back championships.

[36] In July 2023, McIntyre worked as a guest coach with the San Antonio Spurs during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

[36] After winning seven of their first 10 games of the 2023–24 NBL season, the Kings lost 13 of their remaining 19 matches, including the play-in qualifier defeat to the New Zealand Breakers.

[37] In January 2024, McIntyre was appointed an assistant general manager of the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

[41] McIntyre's personal resume includes a Bachelor of Science (hons), Graduate Certificate in Research Methods and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

[3] In 2021, she left her job of 16 years at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle,[29] where she was Discipline Head of Exercise and Sports Science.