List of Perth Wildcats coaches

The Perth Wildcats are a basketball team from Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1982, and had its first season in the National Basketball League (NBL) that year. ^[1] Since entering the NBL, the Perth Wildcats have had 15 senior coaches. As of the end of the 2024/25 season, John Rillie is the coach, making him the 15th coach in the club's history. ^[2]

Trevor Gleeson is the most successful coach in Wildcats history, winning 5 championships as coach as well as 270 wins. ^[3]

To qualify for this list, a coach must have coached the club in any regular season match or finals match. Pre-season matches, exhibition matches and other types of matches are not included.

NBL Coaches

Note: statistics correct to the completion of the 2024/25 NBL season ^[4]

#	Coach	Seasons	Total games				Finals games				Results		Achievements
			G	W	L	Win%	G	W	L	Win%	GF	CHP
1	Henry Daigle	1982	26	10	16	38.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Gordan Ellis	1983	22	6	16	27.3	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Lynn Massey	1984	23	3	20	13.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Jay Brehmer	1985-1986	52	21	31	40.4	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Cal Bruton	1987-1988 1990	91	57	34	62.6	18	11	7	61.1	2	1	1987 runners up 1990 champions
6	Alan Black	1989 1998-2002/03	214	128	86	59.8	31	16	15	51.6	2	1	1999/00 champions 2002/03 runners up
7	Murray Arnold	1991-1992	58	39	19	67.2	8	5	3	62.5	1	1	1991 minor premiers 1991 champions
8	Adrian Hurley	1993-1997	160	103	57	64.4	26	14	12	53.8	2	1	1993 minor premiers 1993 runners up 1995 minor premiers 1995 champions
9	Mike Ellis	2003/04	34	15	19	44.1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0
10	Scott Fisher	2004/05-2007/08	137	78	59	56.9	10	4	6	40.0	0	0
11	Conner Henry	2008/09	31	17	14	54.8	1	0	1	0.0	0	0
12	Rob Beveridge	2009/10-2012/13	130	84	46	64.6	18	10	8	55.6	3	1	2009/10 minor premiers 2009/10 champions 2011/12 runners up 2012/13 runners up
13	Trevor Gleeson	2013/14-2020/21	270	172	98	63.7	38	24	14	63.2	6	5	2013/14 minor premiers 2013/14 champions 2015/16 champions 2016/17 champions 2018/19 minor premiers 2018/19 champions 2019/20 champions 2020/21 runners up
14	Scott Morrison	2021/22	28	16	12	57.1	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	John Rillie	2022/23-current	94	54	40	57.4	9	4	5	44.4	0	0

Key

G	Games Coached
W	Won
L	Lost
Win%	Win Percentage
GF	Grand Finals
CHP	Championships

See also

• Perth Wildcats
• National Basketball League

References

1. "The Wildcats Story". Perth Wildcats Official Website. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
2. "Perth Wildcats appoint John Rillie as coach". ESPN.com. 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
3. "Club greats inducted into Wildcats Hall of Fame". Perth Wildcats Official Website. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
4. "Year by Year". Perth Wildcats Official Website. Retrieved 2025-04-23.