Jill McIntosh is a former
Australia netball international and national team head coach. As a player, McIntosh was a member of the Australia team that won the gold medal at the
1983 World Netball Championships
The 1983 World Netball Championships was the sixth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It took place from 11 to 24 June and was held in Singapore. This edition of the tournament featured 14 t ...
. She later coached Australia at the
1995
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and
1999 World Netball Championships
The 1999 World Netball Championships (also known as the Vodafone World Netball Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Christchu ...
and at the
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
and
2002 Commonwealth Games
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, guiding the team to four gold medals. In 2009 she was inducted into the
Australian Netball Hall of Fame. McIntosh subsequently worked as a coach with the
International Netball Federation
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,
Central Pulse
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and with the national teams of
Singapore
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,
Northern Ireland
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and
Jamaica
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.
Early life and family
McIntosh is originally from
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
,
Western Australia
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. She is the daughter of Betty and
Merv McIntosh
Mervyn Frederick "Merv" McIntosh (25 November 1922 – 3 May 2010) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) West Australian National Football League (WANFL). A brilliant ruckman, he was awarded the Sandover Medal as the fairest and b ...
. Her father played
Australian rules football for
Perth
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during the 1940s and early 1950s. She has six siblings. As well as playing netball, in her youth McIntosh also represented Western Australia at the
Australian Swimming Championships
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, winning medals at
butterfly
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and
medley events.
Playing career
Clubs
While still in school, McIntosh began playing netball with the Jay Dees Club. Her coaching career began at 15 when, after her team found themselves without a coach, she stepped in and began to lead them. Throughout her playing career she continued to coach the teams she played for. The main club she played for and coached was Bull Creek Netball Club. In 1989, McIntosh was a member of the Coastal Raiders team that won the inaugural
West Australian Netball League
The West Australian Netball League, also referred to as the WA Netball League, is a state netball league featuring teams from Western Australia. It is organised by Netball Western Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third ...
title.
Western Australia
McIntosh was just 14 when she first represented Western Australia at schoolgirl level in 1969. She then graduated to the under–18 team two years later. Between 1973 and 1986, she was a regular member of the senior Western Australia team that played in the
Australian National Netball Championships. The last seven of these seasons she served as captain-coach.
Australia
Between 1981 and 1986, McIntosh made 29 senior appearances for
Australia. She made her senior debut on 23 June 1981. In 1981 she was named the New Idea Australian Netballer of the Year and in 1982 she
captained Australia. McIntosh was also a member of the Australia team that won the gold medal at the
1983 World Netball Championships
The 1983 World Netball Championships was the sixth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It took place from 11 to 24 June and was held in Singapore. This edition of the tournament featured 14 t ...
.
Coaching career
Australia
In 1990, McIntosh was appointed head coach of the
Australia under-21 team. As a result, she also became a coach with the
Australian Institute of Sport, working with
Wilma Shakespear
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and
Gaye Teede. She also relocated to
Canberra. In 1991, she became
Netball Australia's national coaching director, a role which focused on coach education around
Australia.
Between 1995 and 2003, McIntosh served as head coach of Australia. During her 94
Tests
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in charge she guided Australia to 88 victories, achieving a 94% win rate. During this time she guided the team to four gold medals at the
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...
and
1999 World Netball Championships
The 1999 World Netball Championships (also known as the Vodafone World Netball Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Christchu ...
and at the
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
and
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...
.
INF
Since 2005 McIntosh has worked as a coach with the
International Netball Federation
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, focusing on coach education and development of coaches internationally. She has helped host International Coaching Seminars at both the
2011 and
2015 Netball World Cup
The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball. It was held from 7–16 August, in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating a ...
s.
Central Pulse
In July 2007, McIntosh was appointed director of coaching for
Central Pulse
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as they prepared to make their debut in the
2008 ANZ Championship.
Singapore
In 2009 McIntosh, served as head coach of
Singapore
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at the
Netball Singapore Nations Cup
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Northern Ireland ( ...
. She had worked as an advisor to
Netball Singapore
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since 2004.
At the
2011 World Netball Championships
The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Sin ...
she again worked with Singapore as a technical consultant.
Jamaica
Between 2011 and 2015, McIntosh also served three times as a technical director worked with
Jamaica
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. She was a member of Jamaica's coaching team at both the
2014 Commonwealth Games and
2015 Netball World Cup
The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball. It was held from 7–16 August, in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating a ...
.
Northern Ireland
In May 2012, McIntosh served as head coach of
Northern Ireland
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at the
European Netball Championship The European Netball Championship (also known as the Netball Europe Championships) is an annual netball competition organised by Netball Europe. The Championships or "Open" section features the INF World Rankings, highest-ranked European nations, an ...
, guiding them to a silver medal.
In July 2012, she was also in charge of Northern Ireland during a three match away series against
South Africa
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.
Jill McIntosh Medal
Since 1994, the
West Australian Netball League
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's
Best and fairest player has been awarded the
Jill McIntosh Medal. Past winners have included
Susan Fuhrmann,
Ama Agbeze
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and
Andrea Gilmore
Andrea Gilmore (born 27 October 1988) is an Australian netball and Australian rules football player with West Coast Fever in the ANZ Championship and West Coast Eagles in the AFL Women's
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.
Honours
Player
;
Australia
*
World Netball Championships
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**''Winners'':
1983
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Events January
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Head coach
;
Australia
*
World Netball Championships
The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by the World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and ...
**''Winners'':
1995
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,
1999
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**''Runner up'':
2003
*
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
**''Winners'':
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
,
2002
;
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
*
European Netball Championship The European Netball Championship (also known as the Netball Europe Championships) is an annual netball competition organised by Netball Europe. The Championships or "Open" section features the INF World Rankings, highest-ranked European nations, an ...
**''Runner up'': 2012
Individual awards
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:McIntosh, Jill
1955 births
Living people
Australian netball players
Australia international netball players
Netball players from Western Australia
West Australian Netball League players
Australian netball coaches
Australia national netball team coaches
Australian Institute of Sport netball coaches
Australian expatriate netball people in New Zealand
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Northern Ireland
Australian expatriates in Jamaica
Australian female butterfly swimmers
Australian female medley swimmers
Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
Recipients of the Centenary Medal
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
1983 World Netball Championships players
Central Pulse coaches