Simon Helmot (born 12 February 1972) is an Australian

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coach, who was formerly the coach of the

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. Simon Helmot began his coaching career early, taking the reins of the

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in Melbourne at 25, while he was still a player. After retiring, Helmot took charge of the Under-19s at the

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and then spent two years coaching the

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in the

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. He returned to Melbourne in 2007 to take up a role as

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high performance manager and coached the Australia A side that visited India in 2008. Helmot became an assistant coach under

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at Victoria for the 2008–09 season. Since 2008–09, Helmot has coached the

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in the One Day competition. In that time they have played in three finals, winning the 2010/11 title. In the 2011/12 season, Helmot was appointed the inaugural coach of the

in the newly formed

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. He served from 2011 to 2015, with his best season coming in

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, where the Renegades finished as minor premiers, but were knocked out in the semi-final to the

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. On 29 January 2015, Helmot parted ways with the Renegades. Helmot was named head coach in BCB's High Performance Programme in June 2016. he is assistant coach of IPL team

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. Recently he has joined with BPL team

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as head coach.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Helmot, Simon 1972 births Living people Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Indian Premier League coaches Big Bash League coaches Bangladesh Premier League coaches Australian cricket coaches Caribbean Premier League coaches Melbourne Renegades coaches

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