| Debbie Fuller | |
| Updated: | 22 July 2019 |
| Fullname: | Debbie Fuller |
| Maidenname: | Matoe |
| Positions: | GD, GK, WD |
| Clubyears1: | 1998 |
| Clubyears2: | 1999–2002 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1993–96 |
| Coachyears1: | 2011–12, 2014–16 |
| Coachyears2: | 2018–present |
| Coachteam2: | (asst) |
Debbie Fuller (née Matoe) is a New Zealand netball coach and former international netball player. Fuller was a defender in the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, from 1993 to 1996, during which time she competed at the 1995 Netball World Championships in Birmingham.[1] Fuller retired from the Silver Ferns after 1996, spending a year in Argentina. She returned for the 1997 provincial season, and the following year captained Canterbury in the inaugural National Bank Cup.[2] Fuller moved to the Capital Shakers in 1999, playing with the Wellington-based side until her retirement in 2002.[3]
After coaching stints in Wellington and the Bay of Plenty, Fuller accepted a position as a defensive coach with the ANZ Championship side the Northern Mystics for the 2009 season, under new head coach Te Aroha Keenan.[4] She was promoted to assistant coach of the Auckland-based team the following year. Keenan departed the Mystics after the 2010 season, with Fuller being appointed as the Mystics head coach for 2011.[5] She continued in the role until 2016, while taking a year off in 2014.[6] In 2018, Fuller was appointed as assistant head coach of the Silver Ferns, under head coach and former teammate Noeline Taurua.[7] [8] During her time as assistant coach, the Silver Ferns won both the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2019 Netball World Cup tournaments.[8] [9]