Bongiwe Msomi set to be unveiled as Gauteng Fireballs assistant coach ahead of 2025 TNL season

Msomi has joined the 2022 champions in camp at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

In an exclusive interview with SABC Sport, Msomi says she is happy that her coaching journey is starting to take shape and looks forward to playing her part in growing netball in Gauteng.

"I am super excited, I think at this stage I just feel really honoured that I can just see where my coaching journey is going and I love that this opportunity is giving me a step again to take the next step in my coaching career,” Msomi said.

“I really enjoy coaching and I think up to now I've been really impressed with how I took on coaching and how I'm moving forward with it and how every step of the way to me is important and how I make sure that I don't skip any of it.

“So, yeah, this is giving me a chance to really get on the league in a different aspect and different position and hopefully really play my part. I think Gauteng is really a massive province and to be able to work with such great talent that we have in this province, it's a blessing.

“I'm really excited and I really want to play my part and help the team as best as I can and this could be, if it's in a leadership group perspective, helping in a coaching perspective. I'm really going with an open mind to make sure that I share all the knowledge that I have."

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Msomi captained the Fireballs under head coach Dr Elsje Jordaan between 2022 and 2023, and won the championship in their first year and clinched a bronze medal in their final year as player and coach.

She says she looks forward to working side by side with her mentor and hopes that they will feed off each other well.

"I think she is a person that I would always, I guess, look up to and also be glad to get a chance to work with, be excited for that. I know how passionate she is and I think I'm as passionate, so it's gonna be exciting to see how we go but really I can't wait for us to get going,” she added.

“I think it's gonna be an exciting year for us, really just to pull things together as a pair but also to not be closed off in certain things that we can always look forward to learning as a pair.

“So, it's gonna be exciting, I'm so glad that the first time of being an assistant coach in such a great league in our country, for me, it's really at a time where I can be an assistant coach to her."