London Mavericks are delighted to announce Camilla Buchanan as their Head Coach ahead of the 2025 Netball Super League.
Buchanan has extensive experience across the game and has proved herself a natural leader since joining Mavericks in 2008, having won a Super League title and been appointed a Mavericks’ Vice-Captain and Assistant Coach before making her debut as Saracens Mavericks Head Coach in the 2022/23 season.
Highly respected as a player for her passion and resilience on court, Buchanan has carried that energy through to her coaching career, where she is highly regarded for her talent in player development.
Speaking about her Head Coach appointment at the newly formed London Mavericks, one of eight teams set to compete in the NSL 2025, Buchanan said:
“It’s a whole new era. It couldn’t be a more exciting time for our sport. We now have this incredible opportunity to move netball into the professional realm and for the NSL to become the best league in the world.
“I’ve been a Maverick for a long time, but in terms of becoming London Mavericks this is the most excited I’ve ever been about a fresh start and a new vision, working with real visionaries. Our female investors, Lucy and Olivia, have brilliant ambitions not only for netball, but also for helping to inspire women and girls across sport, business and society as a whole. It’s a ridiculously exciting time to be involved in netball and with London Mavericks.”
Buchanan is relishing the opportunity to take on the 2025 Netball Super League with another year’s Head Coach experience under her belt and is looking forward to working with Tamsin Greenway and implementing the new London Mavericks’ Director of Netball’s longterm strategy for player and club development.
“Tamsin is probably the best strategic mind in this sport in the world, so to be working alongside her is unreal. We’re just looking at shaking things up, doing things a bit differently, seeing how things can work in the best way possible, and hopefully creating one of the best coaching teams in the world. I can’t wait to get started.”
Tamsin Greenway said:
“Camilla is a really creative coach, who is always looking to come up with new thoughts and ideas for how to play the game. She is extremely passionate about the sport and is always hungry to learn on the job.
“Camilla is also incredibly thoughtful in her approach. She is one of the most caring humans I know in terms of how she supports players and the people around her. She will play a huge role in the culture we’re keen to develop at London Mavericks, where we genuinely care about our people and about our community which is at the heart of everything we do.”
London Mavericks are also set to announce the club’s new Assistant Coach this week, with Greenway looking forward to developing a strong coaching partnership.
“It’s going to absolutely be a collaboration of how we as coaches work together. We will have a Head Coach and an Assistant Coach, but I’ll also be involved in the sessions and on match days. In the past, there’s been this idea that a netball coach should know everything, but that’s just not the way. We’ll work together as a team and work to each other’s strengths, with all three of us bringing value to each session.”
Buchanan added:
“We’re keen to create an environment where everyone enjoys coming to work, where they want to thrive, to improve, to inspire each other and raise each other to a high level every single day on and off the court. It’s a drip feed. If we get it right at the top, we’ll get it right through the court as well.
“The beauty of this role is the day-to-day contact with players, to see them develop not only as a player, but also as a person. Going through some of their life-changing moments with them is a privilege, and something I don’t take lightly. It’s really empowering to be a part of the bigger picture, to support people on their journey and to help get the best out of them. When you see them put in a brilliant performance or you see that character growth you’ve been working so hard on, it’s a cha-ching moment.”
Off the court Buchanan continues to lead and inspire. Her work with Sky Sports, making the documentary ‘Black Roses: Netball after the Windrush’ was highly acclaimed and is now used in many schools and clubs as an educational piece to start important conversations and action change.
Speaking about the documentary, Buchanan explained:
“I loved every second of making it. There was a chance to celebrate, but also to ask questions that could bring about further progression, about how we can move the game on in terms of the experience of Black athletes.
“Coming from a minority group and knowing my history of the challenges faced, I feel a real responsibility on my shoulders. Netball always comes first, but being in a position to make meaningful changes so that every player is seen and heard is so important.
“At London Mavericks, the social impact piece is huge and one of our biggest focusses will be on engaging with our community and fans. It’s a huge part of what we’re trying to achieve and we’re really going to put a lot of pride into that aspect. Everyone’s been touched by someone helping them or inspiring them and you’ve got to pay it forward. Life is about giving and leaving something better than what you’ve come into. I can’t wait to see how much we can do on that front.”
*London Mavericks Assistant Coach will also be announced this week, so stay tuned to London Mavericks’ socials on Thursday! *
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