About Garry Nucifora

I have held many senior management positions and led highly successful major sporting programs. I have travelled extensively around the world in my roles and enjoyed a long representative rugby coaching career at state and national schools’ level as well as in overseas locations. I then ventured into professional sport where I held senior operational roles travelling extensively in national and international competition. Most recently, I returned to the tertiary education sector employed to build an entire sporting program of national reputation for Bond University situated on Queensland’s Gold Coast. I remain strongly aligned with and respected by some 10 professional national sporting organisations. This extensive network affords my clients a genuine advantage.

  • Executive Director of Sport – Bond University (Developed 10 elite level associations) 

  • Queensland Reds Team Manager – Super Rugby (International Touring & Operations)

  • People and Performance Director – The Southport School (Senior Executive Strategic Role)

  • Director of Rugby – Anglican Church Grammar School (35 team program)

  • Dean of Students & 1st XV Head Coach – The Southport School (Senior management positions)

  • Head Coach – Yale University Rugby USA (1st Australian Coach employed)

  • Coaching Director – Fettes College Scotland (Leading Scottish School Rugby program)

  • Queensland and Australia A Rugby School’s Head Coach (8 year involvement)

  • Coordinated & Lead International Tours to South Africa, UK, New Zealand, UAE, Argentina, Samoa, Fiji. (Professional teams and Senior School teams)

What I Offer

I provide sporting entities with strategic advice, direction and implementation which can take their sporting operations from their current situation to the next level. This results in positive performance cultures, cost-savings in and around their programs and environments where people want to be to do what’s required. The opportunity to work with clients on a personal basis to help them address challenges and plan their aspirations are the corner stones of my services.

What I’ve Achieved

  • Achieved a $3.4m increase in fee-paying student-athlete enrolment revenue after 4 years at Bond University

  • Created the National AON Women’s Rugby 7s competition for Rugby Australia and UniSport (now the Olympic pathway for female 7s players)

  • Established Bond University Olympic Swimming Program (Top 5 in Australia)

  • Established Bond University Women’s AFL program (Australia’s leading club for AFLW draftees)

  • Curated a successful seven-year partnership with Brisbane Lions Premiership AFLW team

  • Positioned Bond University’s Rugby, QAFLW and Netball programs to compete as leading State League entities of high-quality

  • Restructured and streamlined all Qld Reds Super Rugby off-field operations

  • Drove the design and implementation of micro-credential (online) coaching courses at Bond University

  • Attracted Oceania World U20 Rugby Championship to the Gold Coast for 5 successive years (only international rugby played annually in the region)

  • Formed a successful professional partnership with international esports entity The Chiefs (Discussions commencing with the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games Committee)

  • Have established close professional relationships with Australian Sporting CEOs and High-Performance Directors in Australia and Internationally.