Nathan Bassett

Nathan Bassett
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Bassett
Nickname(s)	Fred, Bruce, Hound Dog, Bassy
Date of birth	(1976-12-07) 7 December 1976
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Norwood (SANFL)
Draft	3rd, 1997 AFL Rookie Draft (Elevated 1997) Melbourne
Height/Weight	190 cm / 87 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1994-2003 1997 1998–2008	Norwood (SANFL) Melbourne Adelaide	48 (27) 0 (0) 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 season.
Career highlights
SANFL debut with Norwood in 1996 AFL debut with Adelaide vs Carlton on 28 March 1998 at Princes Park All-Australian 2006 Norwood Club Coach 2010-2013 Norwood Premiership coach 2012, 2013

Nathan "Bassy" Bassett (born 7 December 1976 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently an assistant coach with the Port Adelaide Football Club.

Career

Drafted with the third selection in the first AFL Rookie Draft by Melbourne in 1997, Bassett was elevated to the senior list during the season but was unable to make his AFL debut for the Demons due to a chest injury. At the end of the season he was traded to Adelaide, and went on to become one of the Crows' best defenders. He played 210 games for Adelaide and topped off a great 2005 season by being named Best Team Man and coming runner up in the Club's Best and Fairest award.

In 2006 Bassett was named to the All-Australian Team, along with his teammates Andrew McLeod and Simon Goodwin.

Some of Bassett's nicknames include The Hound, Bassy, Bruce and Fred Basset – after the comic strip which appears in many Australian newspapers.

He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1997.

Statistics

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
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

Coaching

Bassett was the senior coach of the Norwood Football Club which plays in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He coached them to the Grand Final in his first season in 2010, and led the Redlegs to their 28th SANFL premiership with a 12.7 (79) to 3.12 (30) win over West Adelaide in the Grand Final at AAMI Stadium. Back-to-back premiership success came in 2013 over North Adelaide. At the last match ever played at AAMI Stadium, in front of almost 37,000 fans, Norwood defeated North Adelaide 10.12 (72) to 4.8 (32).

On 17 October 2013, Bassett was confirmed as an assistant coach to Mark Thompson at Essendon. The move reunited Bassett with former Adelaide coach Neil Craig, who Bassett played under from 2004 to 2008. He remained an assistant at Essendon until the end of 2015.

On 18 September, 2015, Bassett was announced an assistant coach at the Port Adelaide Football Club.

External links

• Nathan Bassett's statistics from AFL Tables