Liam Glascott fronts court over alleged sexual offending

A top basketball coach has been stood down after charges of alleged sexual acts at a house in Melbourne’s northwest were laid against him.

Former Keilor Thunder Basketball head coach and high performance manager Liam Glascott is facing a raft of alleged sexual offending, including rape.

A number of witnesses will give evidence against a decorated basketball coach accused of sexual offending to determine whether he should stand trial in the County Court.

Liam Glascott, a former coach at Keilor Thunder Basketball Club, appeared briefly in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday, charged with seven offences including two counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual activity directed.

Magistrate Rohan Lawrence was informed that the prosecution would initially call eight witnesses at the committal hearing in August.

Mr Glascott was remanded on bail to appear for a four-day committal hearing on August 18.

He had been stood down from coaching amid a police investigation that involved detectives interviewing a man as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at a home in Keilor East in July 2024.

Keilor Thunder Basketball head coach and high performance manager Liam Glascott has been stood down from his role after charges of alleged sexual offending were laid.

Mr Glascott started playing the sport at a young age, with his passion taking him to the rep level for both Melton and Keilor teams.

His most recent role at Keilor Thunder Basketball was coaching the NBL1 Camp – a role the basketball team was “excited” for him to be involved in.

He was also the club’s high performance manager.

In August, the club posted a statement to its Instagram and Facebook pages, advertising vacancies for the positions Mr Glascott had at Keilor Thunder.