Among the newcomers are a pair of Bendigo Lady Braves, with Carlie Smith taking the reins of the under-16 girls 3 team and Bianca Dufelmeier set to coach the under-18 girls.

A full list of coaches appears below.

Bendigo Basketball Association director of coaching Jonathan Goodman congratulated all selected coaches and was looking forward to working alongside them for the coming season.

"Bendigo Basketball is in great hands with these selected coaches, and the future is looking bright with the calibre of coaches we have in our program this year," he said.

"We have a great combination of returning coaches and first time coaches. 

"This mix of experience and knowledge, and a willingness to learn, will no doubt result in enthusiastic and engaging coaching staff."

 Try-outs for the 2017-18 season will commence on Sunday, August 6, with an announcement on times for each age group try outs to be made in the near future.

The coaching panel is:

Under-12 -boys 1: Jack White; boys 2: Sarah Huxtable; boys 3: Scott Stringer; girls 1:  Ben Harvey with assistant Ben Hall; girls 2: Nicole McNamara; girls 3: Michael Unwin. 

Under 14 - boys 1: Don Coulson; boys 2:  Danny King; boys 3: Karla Coulson; boys 4: Grant Barnett; boys assistant: Andrew Barker; girls 1: Charlie Smythe; girls 2: Darren Burn; girls 3: Megan Probert; girls 4: to be confirmed.

Under 16 - boys 1: Ben McCauley; boys 2: Adam Tarr; boys 3: Jontee Brown; girls 1: Nick Salm; girls 2: Cameron Wilkosz; girls 3: Carlie Smith.

Under 18 - boys 1: Justin Cass; boys 2: Aaron Fry; girls 1: Bianca Dufelmeier.