Sport and Edu-Sport Specialist

Helping sporting organisations (national, state, club, university and school) to solve planning, people and performance challenges so their programs meet the expectations of all invested parties.

Services

Next Level Sport’s major offerings focus on the immediate priorities and ambitions of the sporting body and the needs of the people within.

  • Strategic advice on improving current programs

  • Advice on creating new programs

  • Strategic Plan formulation for aspirational bodies

  • Assistance working with state, national bodies and head offices

  • People recruitment, interviewing and personal development

  • Athlete/parent career and education advice

  • Performance and Potential Diagnostic for Schools

Client Benefits

  • Improved performance outcomes attracting investment and sponsorship

  • Improved management of available funds required for sporting programs

  • Improved decision-making around operational matters at all levels

  • Improved club/sector sporting culture for all involved at all levels

 

Experience

The list of Australian and International sporting entities offers an insight into the reach and influence from which your organisation will benefit when working with Next Level Sport.

 

The interaction with each of the above has been at Executive/CEO level and has focused on issues concerning sports operations; tournament structures; player and coach programs; coach development; scholarships; infrastructure design and commercial partnerships.

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Testimonials

The Springfield Anglican College’s decision to engage the services of Next Level Sport to design AFL edu-sport relationships of quality proved highly successful. Garry’s considerable experience enabled the school to navigate the early challenges of a break-through program resulting in a successful merger of a professional sporting environment with an independent secondary college. A centre-piece of his time with us was the creation of AFL Match Official Scholarships - an innovation about which I am particularly delighted! Garry’s deep understanding of the edu-sort space offers great opportunities to others in the education sector seeking professional sporting partnerships and programs of unique value for their students and staff.

 Steven Morris
Principal
The Springfield Anglican College
Queensland Australia

Throughout his tenure as Executive Director of Sport at Bond University, Garry was key to championing the development of Bond’s reputation as one of Australia’s best sporting universities. Garry was instrumental in building successful club based and high-performance university sport programs and developing elite athlete support mechanisms contributing to Bond student athletes achieving success in their dual career pathways.

His comprehensive understanding and implementation of a high-performance culture has underpinned the success of the program. Further Garry’s depth of experience and leadership through organisational change and strategy development has enabled the program at Bond to evolve, leaving a sporting legacy at Bond University.

Mark Sinderberry
Chief Executive Officer
UniSport Australia

After engaging the services of Next Level Sport to undertake a comprehensive review of our women’s state-level football program, the club now has a clear and effective direction to position it as one of the better programs in Queensland.

Garry’s approach to the engagement was extremely professional as was his willingness to connect with the club’s people to listen to the key issues. I commend Garry’s seasoned expertise to other club entities seeking to address the critical operational and cultural issues so vital to the running of successful sporting organisations.

Dean Warren
Vice-President – Head of Football:
QAFL and QAFLW
Wilston Grange Gorillas AFL Club

 

Garry possesses a strong appreciation of the esport environment.  His depth of understanding from his considerable sport administrative background continues to add value to the relationship The Chiefs enjoy with Garry and his company, Next Level Sport. In particular, I consider him an innovative thinker when it comes to competition design in the esport space.

Nick Bobir
Managing Director The Chiefs Esport Club &
CEO ICON Esports Australia

Garry provided the organisation with a professional engagement of high quality which was enthusiastically received by the committee. Garry’s astute understanding of sporting environments and his effective communication style proved to be an excellent investment enabling the QRRA to confidently implement the positive change it seeks for its members.

Cameron Stanfield
Secretary/Treasurer
Queensland Rugby Referee Association

Garry’s skill in leadership is underpinned by his passion for high expectations and a desire to empower his team towards a common goal. Having worked with Garry for several years through some very challenging periods, it is very obvious that he invests in building trust and respect amongst his team to enable them to not only survive, but thrive under pressure. He leads with the humility and vulnerability to always seek feedback to improve himself to be the best he can be for the team.

Aaron Rogers
Leading Teams Senior Facilitator