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22 July 2026  3 min read

GB Basketball: Andy McSweeney appointed as General Manager

The 45-year-old joins the organisation on an initial eight-month secondment from UK Sport and will be tasked with providing overall strategic leadership to the GB Basketball senior and age-group teams, with particular focus on 3x3 Los Angeles Olympic qualification.

McSweeney will work closely with the three key senior GB Heads of Basketball. Dan Clark continues in his role as Head of the Senior Men’s programme, Dominique Allen Head of the Senior Women’s programme and Alice Hamilton as Head of the GB 3x3 push for LA28.

McSweeney, from Gloucester, served as Performance Advisor Lead at UK Sport, working with a range of Olympic and Paralympic World Class Programmes across multiple cycles. He has also held senior leadership roles with Team GB, including Deputy Head of the Performance Lodge at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Prior to that he spent four years with Basketball Scotland as Head of Operations and Head of Basketball and oversaw the delivery of sport science and medicine to athletes during his time at the sportscotland Institute of Sport.

He will report to the Interim Delivery Group, which was appointed to oversee the GB programme in April 2026 following the liquidation of the former British Basketball Federation and is chaired by Newcastle Eagles’ Paul Blake and to the CEO of Basketball England – currently acting as the Accountable Body to FIBA for the GB Programme.

His contract will run alongside the formal consultation of basketball stakeholders, which is currently under way to determine a future structure and governance model for the sport in the country. That is due to be completed by the end of March 2027.

Andy McSweeney said:

“I am incredibly proud and excited to take up the role as General Manager for GB Basketball at such an important time for the sport.

“I am looking forward to working with the passionate athletes, coaches, staff and partners across the community to pursue qualification for LA 2028, and to build an ambitious and sustainable high-performance programme.”

McSweeney’s initial focus is set to centre on developing and delivering the 3x3 programme with the aim of achieving LA qualification, development and delivery of the UK Sport Olympic cycle investment process and leading the overall Olympic Games Project.

He will also provide overall strategic leadership of British senior and age-group teams, and contribute to the development of a commercial model which enables GB teams to be competitive.

It will also be part of his remit to oversee the strategic alignment of all British teams, ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding, best practice and robust financial management of budgets, leading, mentoring and managing direct line reports.

He will take up the position on 3 August.