Steve Breheny

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Steve Breheny
Personal information
Born (1954-06-21) 21 June 1954 (age 68)
NationalityAustralian
Listed height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Career history
As player:
1979–1984 St. Kilda Saints
1985 Geelong Cats
1986 Coburg Giants
As coach:
1987–1988Coburg Cougars
1989–1991 Canberra Cannons
1992–1993 Geelong Supercats
2010–2011 Adelaide Lightning
Career highlights and awards
As player

Steve Breheny (born 21 June 1954) is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played eight years in the National Basketball League (NBL) for the Coburg Giants, the Geelong Cats and the St. Kilda Saints. At international level, he played for Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 FIBA World Championship. After retiring, Breheny coached at NBL level for the Canberra Cannons and the Geelong Supercats. He also led Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) teams Coburg Cougars and Adelaide Lightning.

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Playing career

Club career

Breheny played for the St. Kilda Saints between 1979 and 1984. In 1985, he joined the Geelong Cats for one season, before finishing his NBL career in 1987 for the Coburg Giants. [1]

International career

He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. [2] [3]

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Breheny took on the head coach role at Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) team Coburg Cougars. He led the Cougars in 1986 and 1987, finishing runners-up in the 1987 WNBL season. [4]

In 1989, Breheny was appointed coach of the Canberra Cannons. [5] Coaching in a semifinal against the Sydney Kings in September 1989, Breheny was charged with headbutting Kings player Damian Keogh. The NBL judiciary suspended Breheny until May 1990. [6] [7]

Breheny took charge of his former team Geelong Supercats (formerly Geelong Cats) in 1992. The team had experienced a high level of turnover and was not expected to do well. In 1993, Breheny resigned as coach of the Supercats after a dispute over his handling of import player Adrian Branch. [8] [9] [10]

During the 2010–11 WNBL season, Breheny led the Adelaide Lightning. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steve Breheny Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Welcome Coach Breheny to Blackfriars Basketball". Blackfriars. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Nagy, Boti (25 April 2002). "Breheny his own man in six-ring circus". The Advertiser. p. 72.
  5. ↑ Blake, Martin (20 April 1989). "Bullets have edge as 13 shape up to new season". The Age. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Cockerill, Michael (30 September 1989). "Cannons coach head-butts Keogh". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 63. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Scholes, Gary (27 October 1989). "Breheny to stay Cannons coach". The Canberra Times . Vol. 64, no. 19, 742. Australian Capital Territory. p. 18. Retrieved 30 January 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Howell, Stephen (2 February 1992). "Supercats fight for their lives". The Age. p. 61. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Howell, Stephen (6 June 1993). "Behind the Breheny business". The Age. p. 73. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Brown, Michelle (3 June 1993). "Breheny walks out as coach of Supercats". The Age. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "2021/2022 Media Guide" (PDF). Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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