Coaches

Pip Malone

Pip is a highly accomplished elite athlete who has represented Australia in multiple sports. With 20+ years of experience of training and competing at elite level since the age of 9, her sporting background includes national and international level in gymnastics (trampoline, power tumbling & acrobatics), Canoe Slalom, CrossFit and Weightlifting.

Pip began CrossFit in 2011 and went on to qualify and compete as an individual at the 2013 CrossFit games in her rookie year, and then again in 2014. From CrossFit, Pip found her love of the sport of weightlifting and went on to represent Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Pip has been coaching CrossFit since 2013 in Australia and the USA. What she most enjoys about coaching is helping people increase their overall quality of life and fitness longevity through functional training.

Outside of the sporting world, Pip has a degree in Criminology and she became a mum in 2020. Having fitted a lot into her life already, she now enjoys the new challenge of balancing life as a parent, coach, business owner and former elite athlete.

“Never put a limit on what you can achieve physically as a human being. Women are capable of more than what society tells us we are”.

Notable achievements:

• Commonwealth Games 2018
• CrossFit Games 2013/2014
• Weightlifting world Championships 2015 & 2018
• Pacific, Oceania & National weightlifting Champion
• Multiple national titles in trampoline and power tumbling
• Becoming a mum

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Criminology
• ASCA Level 1
• CFL2

Darren Coughlan

Daz has over 30 years experience in strength and conditioning and opened CrossFit Newcastle as The first full-time CrossFit affiliate in the Southern Hemisphere & the 103rd affiliate in the World in 2006.

CFN is one of the longest running affiliates in the world clocking 16 years of bringing the CrossFit training methodology to the community.

Daz has personally coached 7 rookies to the CrossFit Games between 2011 and 2019 (5 individuals, 2 masters, which is the most of any CrossFit coach worldwide) and a Commonwealth Games Weightlifter. And was also the Director of an Official CrossFit Games event, The Australian CrossFit Championship.

His experience in elite sport comes from his own background in Rugby, professional Rugby League and martial arts. He has been the S&C brains behind many elite level athletes across a number of sports including track and field, triathlon, rugby, rugby league, rugby 7’s, surfing, rowing and weightlifting (international and professional athletes).

Daz has an extensive list of qualifications and has spread his knowledge and experience far and wide in the CrossFit and S&C world having coached seminars, classes and other coaches all over Australia, Japan, USA, Canada and consulting with the Australian Defence Force.

Daz’s passion for exercise science and human performance comes from a love of sports and science from a young age and now his passion lies in the ability to help people play better, work harder and live longer.

Qualifications:

• Masters of Exercise Science (Strength & Conditioning)
• Masters of Leadership
• Masters in Business Administration
• Edith Cowen University, Consultative Committee member
• ASCA
• Weightlifting L2 AWF
• Speed & Agility
• CFL2*
• CF Football
• CF Gymnastics
• CF Powerlifting
• CF Endurance
• CF Weightlifting