Rob Beveridge

The club re-branded as the Sydney Spirit and then folded; Beveridge subsequently joined the Perth Wildcats in 2009 and won an NBL championship in 2010.

[13] However, the Spirit quickly fell into financial difficulty and were saved from collapse mid season thanks to a rescue package from the NBL.

[24][25] In December 2013, Beveridge accepted a short-term role as head coach of Chinese club the Shanghai Sharks.

[9] In September 2014, Beveridge moved to the Philippines to oversee the training camp of the Alaska Aces in the lead up to the 2014–15 PBA season.

[30] In the 2016–17 season, Beveridge guided the Hawks to the NBL Grand Final, where they lost 3–0 to the Perth Wildcats in the best-of-five series.

[37][39] Beveridge returned to the Sharks for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season[40] and guided the team to a top-four finish despite various injuries and illness setbacks.

[43] In December 2022, Beveridge was appointed an assistant coach of the Rockingham Flames women's team for the 2023 NBL1 West season.

[44][45] In December 2023, Beveridge was appointed head coach of Pelita Jaya of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) for the 2024 season.

[10] He next served as head coach of the Australian Emus at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Greece, guiding the team to a famous gold medal victory while setting world records with the highest ever score and winning margin in a gold medal game in international basketball.

[3] He next served as an assistant coach with the Australian Boomers at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

[8] On 2 March 2018, Beveridge was appointed head coach of the Scotland national team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

[55] In July 2019, Beveridge served as head coach of the Australian Emerging Boomers,[56] helping the team win bronze at the World University Games in Italy.

[37] In February 2022, Beveridge served as interim head coach of the Australian Boomers for their World Cup qualifiers in Japan.

[2][3] In late May 2022, Beveridge returned home to New South Wales for his daughter's 21st birthday following a Southland Sharks game.

While in isolation, he was cleaning gutters at his house on a two-storey roof when he slipped and fell six metres, landing with his hip on a fence.