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Camberwell Dragons announced today that Shawn King will lead the club's Big V Championship Men’s team in 2025.

“We’re delighted to welcome Shawn King to the Dragons as the head coach of our Championship Men’s team,” Camberwell Basketball chief executive officer Ross Wignell said.

“Shawn is a great basketball person and an experienced and well-respected leader who knows and understands the Big V competition. He will be an excellent addition to the senior Dragons program and the wider Camberwell Basketball community.”

King brings a wealth of experience to Camberwell, having coached previously at Dandenong, Chelsea, Hawthorn and Melbourne University – his Big V home for the past three seasons – and is enthusiastic about taking the next step on his journey with the Dragons.

“The timing was right. I’d stepped down from Melbourne Uni and obviously there are good things happening at Camberwell,” he said. “I’m excited about the opportunity. They’ve got some good guys there and hopefully we can have a good year.”

King said he looked forward to working with some familiar faces at Camberwell, and to being part of a Dragons program that is closing in on the completion of one of the biggest and most successful seasons in club history.

“The thing that really jumped out at me was I saw that you guys had 10 VC (Victorian Championship junior) teams this year,” he said. “Very good. Very impressive … I know how hard that it to do, and it’s happened quite quickly. Within a couple of years.”

King, who replaces Mark Jeffers as head coach, will get to work immediately on putting together his first Dragons team.

“The first thing I want to do is meet everyone, find out their plans, understand everybody’s individual goals, and then hopefully their goals align with my goals,” he said. “And then do an analysis of where I think we need to improve, or what things we need, and then try to work towards that. Once you get the team on the court, it’s about goal setting.”

As King prepares to take charge of a Dragons team for the first time, three familiar faces will return to the senior program for the 2025 Big V campaign.

Fraser Kennedy is back as head coach of our Youth League Men, Cara Jeffers will lead our Championship Women and Danni Fidge will call the shots for our Youth League Women again.

Photo: Craig Dingle, Melbourne Sports Photography.