Background
Hewson was born on 5 June 1958 in the New South Wales town of Young.
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Hewson was born on 5 June 1958 in the New South Wales town of Young.
He has coached wheelchair basketball on the national and international level in Australia. The photograph was published by Time Out New York in its section "This week in New York". Hewson competed in the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) in 2001.
That year, he was named as the Low Point Most Valuable Player for the league.
In 1999, 2000 and 2001, He was also named as part of the league"s All Star Five. Coaching career
Hewson was the head coach for the Women"s National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) Sydney Uni Wheelkings in 2011.
He was coach of the NWBL"s West Sydney Razorbacks from 2004 to 2006. During that time, he helped guide the team to championships during the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
In 2006, Hewson was the head coach when the team competed at the Joseph F. Lyttle World Basketball Challenge and the 2006 Gold Cup.
When he selected the athletes to make up the 2006 Australian side, he chose seven players who were under the age of twenty-five. In 2002, Hewson was named assistant coach of the Australian women"s national wheelchair team, known as the Gliders. lieutenant finished third at the 2002 Gold Cup.
In 2003, he was named the team"s head coach.
In 2011, he also served as the coach of the women"s U25 national wheelchair basketball team in the U25 Women"s World Championship of Basketball in Saint Catharines, Canada. Hewson has inspired several Paralympians, including Kylie Gauci.
Darren Skuse changed teams because of a desire to work with Hewson, who was coaching the West Sydney Razorbacks at the time. In 2008, the National Wheelchair Basketball League recognised his efforts at promoting the league and the sport of wheelchair basketball by naming him a life member alongside Michael Callahan and Errol Hyde.
Hewson was a member of the Australian men"s national wheelchair basketball team, competing at four Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2000.