Strong interest in vacant head coach position for the men and women's national basketball team Who wants to coach me? Boomer Andrew Bogut needs a new national coach. BASKETBALL Australia has already fielded international inquires about the head coaching roles of both the men's and women's national teams which were officially advertised today. BA chief executive Officer Kristina Keneally revealed after lengthy consultation it would seek the services of a part-time coach for the men's team and a full-time coach for the women's team. Keneally has called on basketball greats including Luc Longley and Andrew Gaze as well as premiership winning AFL coach Paul Roos to help sort through the applicants. They will put together a short-list, complete their interviews then put their recommendations to the BA board and Keneally was hopeful the positions would be filled sooner rather than later. It's been no secret we would be going to market for national coaches and have some expressions of interest already. We'll look to make an appointment ideally within the next month or two," Keneally said. This is very much a recruiting process for a selection panel and BA will be seeking out people to explore their interest in the program. Those people will be sourced by the selection panel. The men's role has been made part-time because most if not all of the Boomers play in overseas leagues, while the women's team member spend more time playing in Australia. Despite most of the men's team playing overseas, Keneally didn't rule out the potential for an NBL coach to take over. Andre Lemanis, coach of the table-topping New Zealand Breakers, was an assistant to recently departed Boomers coach Brett Brown. Opals coach Carrie Graf opted not to continue in charge of the women's team after four years at the helm and Keneally said the women's team "deserved" a full-time coach to take them beyond the sliver and bronze medals they have at recent Olympic Games.