| Nathan Bassett | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bassett coaching in April 2018. | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Nathan Bassett | ||
| Born | (1976-12-07)7 December 1976 (age 49) Adelaide,South Australia | ||
| Original team | Norwood (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 3,1996 Rookie Draft | ||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1997 | Melbourne | 0(0) | |
| 1998–2008 | Adelaide | 210 (25) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2010–2013 | Norwood | 91 (68–23–0)74.7% | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Nathan "Bassy" Bassett (born 7 December 1976) is a formerAustralian rules footballer for theAdelaide Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He is currently an assistant coach with thePort Adelaide Football Club.
Bassett made his SANFL debut forNorwood in 1994, he finished sixth in the club best and fairest as a 19-year-old and was drafted at pick 3 byMelbourne Football Club in the inaugural AFL rookie draft.
Drafted with the third selection in the firstAFL Rookie Draft byMelbourne in1997,[1] Bassett was elevated to the senior list after Round 4 in 1997 to replaceCraig Turley but suffered a fractured sternum in the next Reserves game and was unable to make his AFL debut for the Demons.[2] When he made his return to the reserves he played six more games at full forward but didn't see much of the ball and wasn't suited to the role.[3] At the end of the season he was traded to Adelaide forMatthew Collins andBrent Williams.
Bassett impressed in the pre season and made his debut at 21 for the Crows in round 1 1998, showing promise in defence. He was hardly beaten in his debut season, finishing tenth in the Best and Fairest despite only playing 13 games and missing out on finals.[4]
He played 210 games for Adelaide and topped off a great2005 season by being named Best Team Man and coming runner up in the club'sBest and Fairest award.[5]
In2006 Bassett was named to theAll-Australian Team, along with his teammatesAndrew McLeod andSimon Goodwin.
Some of Bassett's nicknames include The Hound, Bassy, Bruce andFred Basset – after the comic strip which appears in many Australian newspapers.[citation needed]
He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1997.[6]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 1998 | Adelaide | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 33 | 123 | 34 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| 1999 | Adelaide | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 60 | 214 | 69 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 10.2 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| 2000 | Adelaide | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 159 | 62 | 221 | 79 | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | Adelaide | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 58 | 151 | 44 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | Adelaide | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 136 | 73 | 209 | 52 | 30 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | Adelaide | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 135 | 117 | 252 | 80 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 3.8 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | Adelaide | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 96 | 229 | 82 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | Adelaide | 8 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 200 | 176 | 376 | 120 | 45 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 |
| 2006 | Adelaide | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 248 | 149 | 397 | 172 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 18.0 | 7.8 | 1.9 |
| 2007 | Adelaide | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 69 | 201 | 93 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 5.3 | 15.5 | 7.2 | 2.0 |
| 2008 | Adelaide | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 179 | 367 | 127 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 16.0 | 5.5 | 1.7 |
| Career | 210 | 25 | 10 | 1668 | 1072 | 2740 | 952 | 295 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 1.4 | ||
Bassett was the senior coach of theNorwood Football Club which plays in theSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL). He coached them to the Grand Final in his first season in 2010, where they were runners up. He then led the Redlegs to their 28th SANFL premiership with a 12.7 (79) to 3.12 (30) win overWest Adelaide in the 2012 Grand Final atAAMI Stadium. Back-to-back premiership success came in 2013 overNorth Adelaide. At the last match ever played atAAMI Stadium, in front of almost 37,000 fans, Norwood defeated North Adelaide 10.12 (72) to 4.8 (32).[8]
On 17 October 2013, Bassett was confirmed as an assistant coach toMark Thompson at Essendon. The move reunited Bassett with former Adelaide coachNeil Craig, who Bassett played under from 2004 to 2008.[9] He remained an assistant at Essendon until the end of 2015.
On 18 September 2015, Bassett was announced as an assistant coach at thePort Adelaide Football Club.[10]
