{"id":470857,"date":"2026-05-28T06:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/470857\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:44:26","slug":"stuart-rodgers-appointed-as-ucc-demons-super-league-head-coach-for-season-26-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/470857\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Rodgers appointed as UCC Demons Super League head coach for season 26\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">UCC Demons Basketball Club are delighted to announce Stuart Rodgers as Head Coach for the 2026\/27 men\u2019s Super League season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Stuart steps into the role following years of dedication and success with the Blue Demons basketball programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Having served as assistant coach to Danny O&#8217;Mahony for six years and during recent championship winning campaigns, he has played a key role in developing the teams identity, culture, and winning mentality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Stuart brings a deep understanding of the game, a passion for player development, and a strong connection to our Blue Demons community as he takes charge ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Club chairman Michael O\u2019Leary welcomed the appointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cStuart has been an integral part of UCC Demons for a number of years and fully understands the standards, ambition, and culture of this club..<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHis work ethic, basketball knowledge, and commitment to developing players made him the right candidate for the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe are excited to see Stuart lead the team into this next chapter and we have every confidence in his ability to build on the strong foundations already in place,\u201d said Michael.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCC Demons Basketball Club are delighted to announce Stuart Rodgers as Head Coach for the 2026\/27 men\u2019s Super&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73074,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-470857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-basketball","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}