Birmingham Bullets

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Birmingham Bullets
BulletsBirmingham.jpg
League British Basketball League
Established1974
Folded2006
HistoryCoventry
1974-1980
Team Fiat
1980-1982
Birmingham Bullets
1982-2006
Location Birmingham, West Midlands

The Birmingham Bullets were a British professional basketball team from Birmingham, England who competed in the British Basketball League (BBL). The club was founded in 1974 as Coventry Granwood before moving to Birmingham in 1980 as part of the team's sponsorship agreement with Fiat. The Bullets achieved some success in the BBL, mostly in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including winning the Playoffs in 1996 and 1998. They also achieved a 2nd place League finish in 1998 and were runners up in the 2000 Playoffs and 2002 Trophy. In latter years, the club struggled both on and off the court. The club officially resigned from the BBL in the summer of 2006 and soon after went into liquidation. Since then both the Birmingham Panthers and Birmingham Knights have endured short-lived and unsuccessful spells in the BBL.

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Notable former players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Season-by-season records

SeasonDivisionTierRegular SeasonPost-SeasonCupTrophyHead coach
FinishPlayedWinsLossesPointsWin %
Coventry Granwood
1974–75 NBL I5th18810160.444--
1975–76 NBL I4th18108200.556--
Coventry Team Fiat
1976–77 NBL I5th18108200.556--
1978–79 NBL I4th20137260.650Runners Up, losing to Crystal Palace -
1979–80 NBL I3rd18144280.778Runners Up, losing to Crystal Palace -
Birmingham Team Fiat
1980–81 NBL I1st18171340.944Semi-finalsSemi-finals-
1981–82 NBL I5th22157300.682Did not qualifySemi-finals-
Birmingham Barrett Bullets
1982–83 NBL I4th24177340.708Semi-finalsRunners Up, losing to Solent -
Davenports Birmingham
1983–84 NBL I9th361620320.444Did not qualify2nd round-
1984–85 NBL I12th26620120.231Did not qualify1st round-
Birmingham Bullets
1985–86 NBL I6th281513300.536Runners Up, losing to Kingston 1st round-
1986–87 NBL I9th24816160.333Did not qualify1st round-
1987–88 BBL I7th281414280.500Quarter-finals1st roundPool Stage
1988–89 NBL 1 II3rd20164320.800Quarter-finals-
1989–90 NBL 1 II8th22814160.3642nd round-
1990–91 NBL 1 II8th221012200.4552nd round-
1991–92 BBL I8th301119220.367Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsPool Stage
1992–93 BBL I5th331716340.515Quarter-finals3rd roundPool StagePeter Mintoft
1993–94 BBL I6th362115420.583Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsPool StagePeter Mintoft
1994–95 BBL I8th361818360.500Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsPool StageSteve Tucker
1995–96 BBL I3rd362610520.722Winners, beating Towers Semi-finalsSemi-finals Nick Nurse
1996–97 BBL I4th362610520.722Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsQuarter-finals Nick Nurse
1997–98 BBL I2nd36297580.806Winners, beating Thames Valley Semi-finalsQuarter-finalsMike Finger
1998–99 BBL I7th362115420.583Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsQuarter-finalsMike Finger
1999–00 BBL S I3rd341717340.500Runners Up, losing to Manchester 1st roundPool StageMike Finger
2000–01 BBL S I4th341816360.529Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsPool StageLance Randall
2001–02 BBL S I5th321517300.469Did not qualifyRunners Up, losing to Chester Pool StageLance Randall
2002–03 BBL I9th401129220.275Did not qualifyQuarter-finalsSemi-finals Tony Garbelotto
2003–04 BBL I10th3623440.056Did not qualifyQuarter-finalsPool StageSteve Tucker
2004–05 BBL I11th40535100.125Did not qualify1st roundPool StageCharlie Adams
2005–06 BBL I11th40931170.225Did not qualify1st roundPool Stage Skouson Harker

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