1. Brendan Joyce 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.
15 Facts About Brendan Joyce
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Brendan Joyce is a former professional basketball player and head coach of the National Basketball League the Wollongong Hawks and the Gold Coast Blaze.
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In October 2021, Brendan Joyce took up the Head Coach role at new T1 League franchise Kaohsiung Aquas in Kaohsiung City in Taiwan.
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Brendan Joyce decided to continue with basketball and played in the National Basketball League.
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Brendan 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.
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Brendan Joyce began his senior National Basketball League playing career in 1979 with the Nunawading Spectres in the National Basketball League's inaugural year.
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Brendan Joyce was a point guard with the Nunawading Spectres team that lost to Launceston Casino City in the 1981 NBL Grand Final.
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Brendan Joyce was renowned for his defensive play and ability to penetrate and create opportunities for his teammates and was an all time NBL league leader in assists for many years.
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Brendan Joyce began his professional National Basketball League coaching career in 1996 with the Wollongong Hawks and developed the Hawks program with young players such as Glen Saville, David Andersen and CJ Bruton, who all later in their career became Olympians.
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Brendan Joyce coached the Wollongong Hawks to their first NBL championship defeating the Townsville Crocodiles in 2001.
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Brendan Joyce was named the 2008 Gold Coast Region Coach of the Year and was again a runner up for the NBL Coach of the Year.
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In 2001 Brendan Joyce was named as Assistant Coach to the Australian men's national team the Boomers and continued this role until 2009.
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Brendan Joyce worked at two Olympic Games, 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing, as well as the 2006 FIBA World Championships in Japan and assisting in leading the Boomers to their Gold Medal win at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in his home town Melbourne.
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In May 2013 Brendan Joyce was hired to be the Australian Technical Director of the COE women's national programs and Australian Opals team Head coach through to 2016 Olympics.
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Brendan Joyce joined the Kaohsiung Aquas in the first season of T1 League.