Mark "FUNKY" Linnett
Head Coach

With 30+ years of experience in basketball, and 10+ years of experience in boxing training Coach Funky puts the Funk in Funks Corner.

He is a qualified and registered Personal Trainer, a Basketball Australia Club level accredited coach, a Boxing Australia Bronze level accredited coach and a level 3 qualified boxing pad holder. Coach Funkys basketball playing experience covers an extensive junior career and 200+ games in the BigV, and has coached at all levels from school, domestic and representative. He currently acts as a specialist individual skills coach working with junior and senior players, having helped prepare a number of US collegiate athletes for their overseas career. He also has experience as an official and an administrator at the top level in Basketball Victoria. As for his boxing experience, Coach Funky is a current and active competitor on the Victorian Masters Amatuer Boxing circuit. His pad holding level 3 qualification as a trainer sees him in the top percentile in the industry, lending his skills to the Boxing Victoria Junior Development Camps among other elite level programs.  He has learned from some of the premier boxing gyms and coaches Melbourne has to offer, and has been a fixture for the members of metropolitan UBX Boxing & Strength clubs over the past 7 years. He is available for group, team or 1 on 1 individual sessions of basketball or boxing, as well as mentoring workshops for basketball coaches.