Steve Breheny Explained

Steve Breheny
Birth Date:21 June 1954
Nationality:Australian
Height Cm:192
Years1:1979–1984
Team1:St. Kilda Saints
Years2:1985
Team2:Geelong Cats
Years3:1986
Team3:Coburg Giants
Cyears1:1987–1988
Cteam1:Coburg Cougars
Cyears2:1989–1991
Cteam2:Canberra Cannons
Cyears3:1992–1993
Cteam3:Geelong Supercats
Cyears4:2010–2011
Cteam4:Adelaide Lightning
Highlights: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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steve Breheny . 2022-01-29 . Aussie Hoopla.
  2. Steve Breheny Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/steve-breheny-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 14 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Welcome Coach Breheny to Blackfriars Basketball . Blackfriars . 20 January 2022.
  4. News: Nagy . Boti . 25 April 2002 . Breheny his own man in six-ring circus . 72 . The Advertiser.
  5. News: Blake . Martin . 1989-04-20 . Bullets have edge as 13 shape up to new season . 30 . The Age . 2022-01-29.
  6. News: Cockerill . Michael . 1989-09-30 . Cannons coach head-butts Keogh . 63 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2022-01-29.
  7. News: Breheny to stay Cannons coach . Gary. Scholes. . 64 . 19,742 . Australian Capital Territory . 27 October 1989 . 30 January 2022 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Howell . Stephen . 1992-02-02 . Supercats fight for their lives . 61 . The Age . 2022-01-29.
  9. News: Howell . Stephen . 1993-06-06 . Behind the Breheny business . 73 . The Age . 2022-01-29.
  10. News: Brown . Michelle . 1993-06-03 . Breheny walks out as coach of Supercats . 26 . The Age . 2022-01-29.
  11. Web site: 2021/2022 Media Guide . Women's National Basketball League. 2022-01-30.

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