Adelaide assistant departs club

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Adelaide assistant coach Craig Simpson has departed the club, effective immediately.

Adelaide 36ers assistant coach Craig Simpson has resigned from the club, effective immediately.

Simpson joined the 36ers at the start of the NBL24 season and recently took compassionate leave. He departs his role due to family reasons.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adelaide 36ers assistant coach Craig Simpson has resigned from the club effective immediately due to family reasons.<br><br>Read more ??<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreSixers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreSixers</a><a href="https://t.co/VkOqRmFN9C">https://t.co/VkOqRmFN9C</a></p>— Adelaide 36ers (@Adelaide36ers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adelaide36ers/status/1737260845015662601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Graham Kubank will join the club as an assistant coach, while development coach Michael Lake will be elevated to an assistant coaching role.

Kubank played half of his eight-season NBL career with the 36ers and lined up alongside interim head coach Scott Ninnis in 1987 and 1988.

He also spent two seasons at the Illawarra Hawks and the Townsville Crocodiles.

Adelaide currently sits bottom of the NBL ladder and will next play Brisbane on Christmas Eve at 2pm AEDT.