KFC SuperCoach BBL: Andrew Langley becomes first back-to-back winner with BBL12 success

A Melbourne dad has written himself into the KFC SuperCoach history books by becoming the first back-to-back winner in any format of Australia’s favourite fantasy game.

KFC SuperCoach history has been made.

For the first time in any format of Australia’s favourite fantasy game — AFL, NRL or BBL — a coach has gone back-to-back.

BBL11 champion Andrew Langley, who lives about two hours north east from Melbourne in Taggerty, has done the unthinkable by winning the $25k overall prize two summers in a row.

Langley’s team Diabolical Point surged home from 11th to first in the final round last season, earning him a place in the KFC SuperCoach history books.

This summer, he timed his run perfectly again and jumped from third — 58 points from the lead — to be crowned KFC SuperCoach champion again.

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Andrew Langley has gone back to back in SuperCoach BBL.

Matt Short was the top points scorer of BBL12.

Langley finished 90 points clear of his nearest rival to go from one-time champion to KFC SuperCoach immortal.

“I know I was right at the pointy end in those last couple of rounds but part of me thought, ‘luck won’t go my way in the last couple of rounds’ and I’ll fall short,” Langley said.

“Didn’t quite do the big jump like I did in the last round last year but things went my way, which was great.”

Langley had a target on his back this summer after his BBL11 success and as an expert coach was able to be added to leagues.

That meant he wasn’t able to hide his trade plans or strategies and was ultimately at the mercy of what other coaches around him did.

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— Andrew Langley (@Diabolicalangle) January 25, 2023

Faheem Ashraf was a key point of difference late in the season for Andrew’s team.

“I know the guy who was leading for the last four or five rounds and we’re actually in a league together,” he said.

“We’ve been having a bit of banter the last few weeks. I was telling him I was coming to get him and he was trying to hold onto the lead.

“We knew each others’ teams. I was third going into that last round. I didn’t know second’s team and I didn’t know fourth’s team. But I did know first’s team and I did know I’d taken the lead off him going into the final game of the round.”

BBL player of the tournament Matt Short, breakout all-rounder Aaron Hardie and Hobart import Faheem Ashraf were three of Langley’s key selections.

Langley said breaking the fixture into three sections and developing a simple plan focused on double game rounds had rocketed him to the summit again.

As for his second $25k prize in as many years, Langley said it was likely to pay for the new car he bought before Christmas to replace a car which broke down.

Talk about perfect timing.

Our first back-to-back KFC SuperCoach champion has that in spades.

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