How many of us can say that?
The 35-year-old is one of those under the radar operators who just gets stuff down.
The Basketball Otago game development manager seldom gets any recognition.
When BBO faced insolvency in 2014, he pulled some very long shifts to keep everything running.
What kept him going was the love of the sport and the thrill he gets out of coaching.
Those efforts were rewarded on Saturday night when he was named Keith Mair male coach of the year at the Basketball New Zealand awards in Wellington.
"I still feel lost for words," Brockbank said.
"I’m still receiving messages now three or four days later and that has really blown me away, to be honest."
The award citation described Brockbank as "a driving force and an inspiration for the [female] pathway in Otago".
He played a leading role from the Otago under-13s representative programme right through to head coach of the Otago Gold Rush.
Brockbank also guided the Otago under-19 women’s team to the national championships, where they defied the odds to reach the semifinals, and coached the combined men’s under-23 national championship team.
He is also involved in the Nuggets programme, where he is a player development coach.
It is a voluntary role. He wanted to learn from the best and is ambitious about his coaching.
"I made a goal early on to be the best coach possible and this job has given me that opportunity.
"That got me through the tough times," he said in reference to BBO’s brush with financial ruin.
"And there is a lot of work to do in an RSO [regional sports organisation]. That following year we had just two staff members.
"We were very lucky to have a supportive board at the time."
Brockbank started at Basketball Otago as a competitions manager in 2011 and is its longest-serving current employee.
But his coaching journey started as a year 12 pupil at Bayfield High School. He coached the year 10 B team and has not looked back since.
"I tell people I’d literally take a day off to be able do what I’m able to do.
"People say, ‘you’re doing too much’, but I love doing this.
"The coaching is awesome."
He particularly enjoys "the interaction with the kids and seeing them grow and being part of their journey. And I’m always looking for a way to learn and grow myself.
"I need to look at the national programme and the NBL to take another step and that is where I’d like to get to eventually.
"The Nuggets is a great stepping stone to that."
Brockbank was not the only person with Otago ties to be acknowledge at the BBNZ awards.
Former Tall Blacks coach Tab Baldwin was inducted into the organisation’s hall of fame.
He arrived in New Zealand from the United States in 1988 and helped the Nuggets gain promotion into the NBL in 1990. He took the reins of the Tall Blacks in 2001 and led the team to a stunning fourth placing at the 2002 World Cup.
That 2002 team, which included Nuggets great Mark Dickel, was also inducted into the hall of fame.
Otago’s Brittney Young was named young official of the year. She had a stellar year and earned the distinction of being appointed to officiate the 2022 men’s club final.
She also earned a spot as one of two new officials selected for the National Leagues Panel in 2023.
