Adam Caporn (born 16 March 1982) is an Australian
basketball
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coach and former player. He is the assistant coach for the
Brooklyn Nets
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of the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA). He is a former assistant coach at
Saint Mary's College of California
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, where he also played college basketball. Born in
Baldivis,
Western Australia
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, he spent six seasons in the
National Basketball League, three with the
Wollongong Hawks
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and three for the
Perth Wildcats
The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Wildcats compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Perth Arena, ...
.
Playing career
In 2000 and 2001, Caporn played basketball for at the
Australian Institute of Sport
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(AIS) before heading to the
United States
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to play college basketball for
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private Catholic college in Moraga, California. Established in 1863, it is affiliated with the Catholic Church and administered by the De La Salle Brothers. The college offers undergraduate and graduate ...
. After spending two seasons in the US, Caporn returned to Australia to play for the
Wollongong Hawks
The Illawarra Hawks (formerly the Wollongong Hawks and The Hawks) is an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Illawarra Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games ...
in the Australian NBL.
After three years with the Hawks, Caporn returned to Western Australia to play for the Perth Wildcats. Unfortunately in December, 2006, during his first season with the Wildcats, Caporn suffered a knee injury that required surgery. After the surgery he was ruled out for the remainder of the season and was replaced in the line-up by
Damien Ryan
Damien Ryan (born 20 September 1979) is an Australian professional basketball player.
Born in Gisborne, Victoria, Ryan attended Salesian College in Sunbury, Victoria.
After starring as a junior basketballer in Sunbury, he attended the Aus ...
. On 26 April 2007, the Wildcats announced the re-signing of Caporn to a new two-year deal.
Coaching career
While still playing with the Wildcats, he began serving as a part-time assistant with the Willetton Tigers in the
State Basketball League
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in 2007. He assumed his first head coaching job two years later with another State League team, the
East Perth Eagles
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. Caporn then moved on to AIS as Scholarship Coach, responsible for evaluation of prospective players and player development. In the northern hemisphere summer of 2010, he returned to Saint Mary's as an assistant.
In 2021, Caporn was named the head coach of the
Long Island Nets
The Long Island Nets are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Uniondale, New York, and are affiliated with the Brooklyn Nets. The team plays its home games at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau Count ...
of the
NBA G League
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, the development team for the
Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The ...
. On 6 July 2022, he was named assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets.
Personal life
He is married to Marcia Wallis, two-sport All American at Stanford (Soccer and Golf), and former professional player. They have a daughter Josette Anne Caporn.
References
External links
Saint Mary's coaching bio
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1982 births
Living people
Australian men's basketball coaches
Australian men's basketball players
Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Australian Institute of Sport basketball players
Perth Wildcats players
Point guards
Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball coaches
Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball players
Illawarra Hawks players