The answer, they say, is that they simply love to help kids.
The pair were nominated for a Local Sports Star Service to Sport award by Spearwood Hawks president Oky Ramos.
“The club could not function without their dedication,” he said.
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Mike started volunteering with the Spearwood Hawks 20 years ago.
At his busiest, he was heading up six teams.
“It was mainly because it’s not fair on the kids not to have a coach,” he said.
“Coaches are always hard to come by, so I took on the extra teams so the kids weren’t coach-less.”
After joining up as a coach of one side, he went on to fill a position on the Hawks’ committee, coached Cockburn WABL sides and also sat on the Cockburn Basketball Association’s board.
He still coaches Hawks teams and can be seen sitting at the score bench on SBL nights.
For Tammy, she jumped at a position on the Hawks’ committee in 1979 before taking up roles as a coach.
She has toured with representative teams and was previously Cockburn’s SBL director.
“The biggest enjoyment is still coaching the kids,” she said.