NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year
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The NBL Coach of the Year
Coach of the Year
Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards.Some of these are:*AFCA Coach of the Year *Annis Stukus Trophy...

 award takes into account regular-season performances only, and is voted on by head coaches
Coach (basketball)
Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behaviour of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as well as overall physical conditioning.Coaching is...

, assistant coaches (one per club) and team captains (one per club) on a 3-2-1 basis.
  • 1980 Barry Barnes (Nunawading Spectres)
  • 1981 Bob Turner (Newcastle Falcons)
  • 1982 Cal Bruton
    Cal Bruton
    Calvin Bruton is a former player and coach in the Australian National Basketball League. Originally an American import, but later becoming a naturalised Australian, Bruton has been an integral part of the league since its inception...

     (Geelong Cats
    Geelong Supercats
    The Geelong Supercats are an Australian basketball team, based in the Victorian City of Geelong, that currently plays in the Australian Basketball Association and previously played in the National Basketball League.-NBL History:...

    )
  • 1983 Robbie Cadee (Bankstown Bruins)
  • 1984 Brian Kerle (Brisbane Bullets
    Brisbane Bullets
    The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...

    )
  • 1985 Bob Turner (Canberra Cannons
    Canberra Cannons
    The Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates...

    )
  • 1986 Ken Cole (Adelaide 36ers
    Adelaide 36ers
    The Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982. The Adelaide 36ers tally of four championships is equal with the Melbourne Tigers and second behind the Perth Wildcats as the most...

    )
  • 1987 David Lindstrom (Illawarra Hawks)
  • 1988 Bruce Palmer
    Bruce Palmer (basketball)
    Bruce Palmer is an American-born basketball coach, best known as a colourful head coach in Australia's NBL. He is currently the head coach for the Brisbane Capitals in the Australian Basketball Association League....

     (North Melbourne Giants
    North Melbourne Giants
    The North Melbourne Giants were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League.-History :The team was formed in 1980 as the Coburg Giants and were renamed in 1987 as the North Melbourne Giants...

    )
  • 1989 Lindsay Gaze
    Lindsay Gaze
    Lindsay John Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984...

     (Melbourne Tigers
    Melbourne Tigers
    The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...

    )
  • 1990 Brian Kerle (Brisbane Bullets)
  • 1991 Murray Arnold (Perth Wildcats
    Perth Wildcats
    The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...

    )
  • 1992 Brian Goorjian
    Brian Goorjian
    Brian Goorjian is an American-Australian basketball coach. He is the most successful coach in Australian basketball history...

     (South East Melbourne Magic
    South East Melbourne Magic
    The South East Melbourne Magic were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League. The team was the result of a merger of two Melbourne clubs for the 1992 season...

    )
  • 1993 Alan Black
    Alan Black
    Alan Black is a former basketball player and basketball coach in the Australian National Basketball League. Black's last coaching appointment was the head coach of the Cairns Taipans....

     (Illawarra Hawks)
  • 1994 Brett Brown
    Brett Brown
    Brett Brown is a basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Australia national basketball team the Boomers team and an assistant coach at the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. He was an assistant coach with the Boomers for 132 games between 1995 and 2003 including the 1998 world...

     (North Melbourne Giants)
  • 1995 Alan Black (Illawarra Hawks) & Tom Wiseman (Newcastle Falcons)
  • 1996 Brett Flanigan (Canberra Cannons)
  • 1997 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers) & Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
  • 1998 Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
  • 1999 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers) & Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks
    Wollongong Hawks
    The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...

    )
  • 2000 Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles
    Townsville Crocodiles
    The Townsville Crocodiles are a professional Australian basketball team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in the National Basketball League...

    )
  • 2001 Brendan Joyce
    Brendan Joyce
    Brendan Joyce is a former professional basketball player and coach of the National Basketball League the Wollongong Hawks and the Gold Coast Blaze....

     (Wollongong Hawks)
  • 2002 Brian Goorjian (Victoria Titans
    Victoria Titans
    The Victoria Titans were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League. The team was the result of a merger of two Melbourne clubs for the inaugural NBL summer season of 1998/99...

    )
  • 2003 Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
  • 2004 Joey Wright
    Joey Wright
    Joey Wright is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Gold Coast Blaze.-College career:...

     (Brisbane Bullets)
  • 2005 Adrian Hurley
    Adrian Hurley
    Dr Adrian Hurley OAM is a former Australian basketball coach and a former player. He is now retired and is presently President of Basketball NSW and serves on advisory committees for Basketball Australia and the National Basketball League....

     (Hunter Pirates
    Hunter Pirates
    The Hunter Pirates were an Australian basketball team, based in the city of Newcastle, that competed in the National Basketball League.-Team history:...

    )
  • 2006 Alan Westover
    Al Westover
    Alan Westover is a former basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League . He was also coach for the Melbourne Tigers.-References:...

     (Melbourne Tigers)
  • 2007 Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
  • 2008 Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings
    Sydney Kings
    The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...

    )
  • 2009 Brian Goorjian (South Dragons
    South Dragons
    The South Dragons is a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League . They made their début in the 2006/07 season and played their final season in 2008/09...

    )
  • 2010 Gordie McLeod
    Gordon McLeod (basketball)
    Gordon McLeod is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Wollongong Hawks in Australia's National Basketball League.-Professional career:...

     (Wollongong Hawks
    Wollongong Hawks
    The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...

    )
  • 2011 Trevor Gleeson
    Trevor Gleeson
    Trevor Gleeson is an Australian basketball coach in. He started coaching back in 1992 in the Victorian Basketball League with the Warrnambool Seahawks. He spent many years as an assistant coach before taking over Sioux Falls Skyforce in the Continental Basketball Association. He was coach for the...

    (Townsville Crocodiles)
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