Full name Nathan Bassett Weight 89 kg Height 1.91 m | Name Nathan Bassett Height/Weight 190 cm / 87 kg | |
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Nickname(s) Fred, Bruce, Hound Dog, Bassy Date of birth (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 39) Role Australian Rules Footballer Similar People Simon Goodwin, Stuart Dew, Josh Francou, Mark Thompson | ||
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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.
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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.
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 as an assistant coach at the Port Adelaide Football Club.