Perth Wildcats | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | NBL |
Personal information | |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria |
Coaching career | 1990–present |
Career history | |
1990–1993 | Warrnambool Seahawks |
1997–2000 | Brisbane Bullets (asst.) |
2000–2001 | Quad City Thunder (asst.) |
2001–2002 | Sioux Falls Skyforce (asst.) |
2003–2004 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
2004–2005 | Seoul Samsung Thunders (asst.) |
2005–2006 | Jeonju KCC Egis (asst.) |
2006–2011 | Townsville Crocodiles |
2011–2012 | Melbourne Tigers |
2013–present | Perth Wildcats |
2016–present | Australian Boomers (asst.) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Trevor Gleeson is an Australian professional basketball coach.
He started coaching in 1990 in the Victorian Basketball League with the Warrnambool Seahawks. He spent many years as an assistant coach before taking over Sioux Falls Skyforce in the Continental Basketball Association. He was coach for the Townsville Crocodiles in the NBL from 2006–2011 before he signed as head coach for the Melbourne Tigers for the 2011–12 season. Following a successful first season with the Perth Wildcats in 2013–14, Gleeson was called up by the Boomers to be an assistant coach at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
Gleeson was born in Melbourne, Victoria and began his coaching career with the Warrnambool Seahawks in the Victorian Basketball League in 1990. In 1993, he earned himself the head coach of the Victorian Basketball League All-Star Team. Moving to the Gold Coast to continue his studies, he coached the Griffith University men's basketball program in 1997, then proceeded to move his talents to Brisbane, where his next job was assistant coach & development at the Brisbane Bullets. He remained at the club until the end of 2000. His success with the Bullets got him over to America where he was again assistant coach for Quad City Thunder in the Continental Basketball Association. He spent a year there before joining Sioux Falls Skyforce in the CBA for 2001–02. He then got his first job as a head coach in professional basketball when he returned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce in February 2003. He was also a player scout for the Portland Trail Blazers during the 2003–04 NBA season.