Adam Caporn


Adam Caporn is an Australian basketball coach and retired player, now serving as the head coach of the Centre of Excellence program and U19 Australia national team. He is a former assistant coach at Saint Mary's College of California, where he also played college basketball. Born in Baldivis, Western Australia, he spent six seasons in the National Basketball League, three with the Wollongong Hawks and three for the Perth Wildcats.

Playing career

In 2000 and 2001, Caporn played basketball for at the Australian Institute of Sport before heading to the United States to play college basketball for Saint Mary's College of California. After spending two seasons in the US, Caporn returned to Australia to play for the Wollongong Hawks 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. 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 in 2007. He assumed his first head coaching job two years later with another State League team, the East Perth Eagles. 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.

Personal life

He is married to Marcia Wallis, two-sport All American at Stanford, and former professional player. They have a daughter Josette Anne Caporn.