Adam Commens

Adam David Commens (born 6 May 1976) is the brother of Scott Commens, is an Australian field hockey coach and former player. He was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

Adam Commens

Commens being interviewed at the 2011 Wagga's Greatest Athlete.
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2002 Kuala LumpurTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1999 Brisbane Team
Silver medal – second place2001 RotterdamTeam
Silver medal – second place2003 AmstelveenTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 LahoreTeam

Commens was nicknamed Billy by his teammates, and earned 143 caps (20 goals) for Australia. He was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Commens was named head coach of the Belgium national field hockey team on 4 July 2007. He was coach and a key player of the Royal Antwerp Hockey Club (RAHC). His assistant was Murray Richards.

Commens became coach of the Australia women's team at the start of 2011. When he took over as coach, he dropped five experienced players from the national squad: Kate Hollywood, Fiona Johnson, Alison Bruce, Shelly Liddelow and Amy Korner.[1]

His contract was terminated by Hockey Australia in 2016 after their investigation into allegations that Commens "had engaged in behaviour amounting to serious misconduct". It was reported to have involved Commens exposing himself and making lewd remarks to some squad members during the Rio Olympics.[2]

Since the Rio Olympic Games, Commens has been appointed as the High Performance Director of the Belgian Hockey Federation and won Belgium's first ever World Cup in 2018.

References
  1. Australian Associated Press (24 January 2011). "Kate Hollywood axed from Hockeyroos squad". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. "Hockeyroos coach stood down after allegedly exposing himself to players". www.abc.net.au. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2020.


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