Cika wannan jumlar: Stirling ya sami nasara nan da nan a matsayin kocin kasa, ya lashe lambar tagulla a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2002 a China. Daga nan ta jagoranci Opals zuwa lambar azurfa a gasar Olympics ta 2004 a Athens, zuwa zinare a Wasannin Commonwealth na 2006 a Melbourne, zinare a gasar zakarun duniya ta FIBA ta 2006 a Brazil da azurfa a gasar Olympics ta 2006 a Melbourne.
Wasannin Olympics na Beijing a shekara ta 2008. A sakamakon haka, an bayyana Stirling a matsayin mai horar da kwando mafi nasara a Ostiraliya.