Brendan Joyce
Brendan Joyce (born 1 May 1960) is an Australian professional basketball coach. He has coached all levels of the game. He has been to 3 Olympic Games with both the Australian men's Boomers team 2004, 2008 and women's Opals team 2016 and 2 world championships for Boomers men 2006 in Japan and Opals women in 2014 (bronze medal). Joyce was also assistant coach of the Boomers at the Melbourne Commonwealth games Gold medal team. Brendan is a former professional basketball player and head coach of the National Basketball League (Australasia) the Wollongong Hawks and the Gold Coast Blaze. In October 2021, Joyce took up the Head Coach role at new T1 League franchise Kaohsiung Aquas in Kaohsiung City in Taiwan.
Joyce in 2016 | |
| Kaohsiung Aquas | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | T1 League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1 May 1960 Melbourne, Australia |
| Listed height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Listed weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1979–1991 |
| Position | Guard |
| Coaching career | 1996–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1979–1982 | Nunawading Spectres |
| 1983–1984 | St. Kilda Saints |
| 1985–1987 | Nunawading / Eastside Spectres |
| 1988–1990 | Westside Saints |
| 1991 | Brisbane Bullets |
| As coach: | |
| 1996–2007 | Illawarra / Wollongong Hawks |
| 2007–2009 | Gold Coast Blaze |
| 2021–present | Kaohsiung Aquas |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| As coach: | |
Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Brendan Joyce grew up playing both basketball and Australian rules football and received an invitation to train and play for the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Brendan Joyce decided to continue with basketball and played in the National Basketball League. Joyce played a total of 289 games in the NBL over 13 seasons, playing for the Nunawading Spectres, St. Kilda Saints and finally for the Brisbane Bullets in 1991. Joyce captained both Nunawading and the Westside Saints. Following his playing career, Brendan Joyce became one of the most successful coaches in the National Basketball League, coaching in more than 400 games.