Whether they're coaching, assistant coaching or refereeing; they're learning from experienced mentors and then passing that knowledge onto those younger than them.

Mia Mills, Nicholas Unwin, Bayley McGowan, Soraya Kearney-Knox, Dailin Toone, Mowjok Akoch, Seb Hintum, Ava Bishop, Molly McKinnon and Jack Patterson are among the young brigade helping in coaching roles.

Unwin, who is co-coaching the under 12 boys development team, said it was great to be part of the wave of youngsters in leadership positions.

"Throughout my career, I've never really had teenagers or young adults coaching, it's always been the dads, so it's good to see brand new coaches coming through," he said.

"Because the good ones now, the advanced ones, are going to leave and we're going to need people to step up and hopefully that's going to be us in a few years."

Unwin said he was inspired to get involved with coaching because he enjoyed being mentored by his uncles Matt and Luke Hynes when he was younger.

Mills, who is the under 12 girls development team assistant coach, explained there was great value in helping others.

"The biggest thing, especially with the girls in my team, is it gives them someone to look up to and hopefully strive to be like when they're older," she said.

"So if we've got the likes of Molly McKinnon, Ava Bishop, myself and Nick helping, it gives those little guys someone to look up to and ask questions of, come to our games when we play - it just builds Warrnambool basketball as a whole."

Unwin, 15, plays for Warrnambool Seahawks under 18s B squad.

Mills, also 15, plays for the Warrnambool Mermaids' Big V, Country Basketball League and under 18 championship teams.

They also both officiate basketball numerous times per week.

As Mills said "the stadium is pretty much my second home" and she doesn't tire of it.

"I'm here every night of the week anyway so if I can pitch in and help out whether that's playing or coaching a squad team, I really enjoy it," she said.

Mills highlighted it was important to pass on knowledge to young basketballers especially after the past two coronavirus-impacted years.

She said a group like the under 12s had missed out on plenty of development opportunities so it was crucial to share knowledge about the game through either refereeing or coaching.

Unwin is another who nearly lives at the stadium.

"I love it because you're never going to run into the same thing, you're always going to have a different game, different team, the little kids are always showing you something different," he said.

"It makes you happy to know they are learning."

So what do these young coaches do when they have questions?

"Being junior players ourselves while coaching means we can still learn from the senior coaches and bring that back down to our little kids," Unwin said.

"If we forget something we can always look back on what we learnt a couple of days prior and get our players to work on that as well."