Adam David Commens (born 6 May 1976) is the brother of Scott Commens, is an Australian field hockey coach and former player. He was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

Commens was nicknamed Billy by his teammates, and earned 143 caps (20 goals) for Australia. He was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Adam Commens

Commens was named head coach of the Belgium national field hockey team on 4 July 2007. He was coach and a key player of the Royal Antwerp Hockey Club (RAHC). His assistant was Murray Richards.

Adam Commens

Commens became coach of the Australia women's team at the start of 2011. When he took over as coach, he dropped five experienced players from the national squad: Kate Hollywood, Fiona Johnson, Alison Bruce, Shelly Liddelow and Amy Korner.

Adam Commens

His contract was terminated by Hockey Australia in 2016 after their investigation into allegations that Commens "had engaged in behaviour amounting to serious misconduct". It was reported to have involved Commens exposing himself and making lewd remarks to some squad members during the Rio Olympics.

Since the Rio Olympic Games, Commens has been appointed as the High Performance Director of the Belgian Hockey Federation and won Belgium's first ever World Cup in 2018.

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External links

Profile on Hockey Australia

1976 births

Living people

Australian male field hockey players

Male field hockey midfielders

Australian field hockey coaches

Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Olympic field hockey players for Australia

Olympic bronze medalists for Australia

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics

1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players

2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Sportspeople from Wagga Wagga

Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia

Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Olympic coaches for Australia

Field hockey people from New South Wales

Sportsmen from New South Wales

Expatriate field hockey players

Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium

Coaches at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

21st-century Australian people