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Trevor Gleeson new Wildcats coach
The Perth Wildcats would like to announce that they have signed former NBL Coach of the Year Trevor Gleeson as their head coach for the next three seasons.
Gleeson is an Australian coach with more than twenty years of experience both in his home country and abroad.
He coached the Townsville Crocodiles from 2006 and in his first season improved their record from nine wins in 2005/06 to 20 wins in 2006/07. He's also the only coach in that club’s history to take the team to five consecutive finals series.
He has also been named the runner-up NBL Coach of the Year on three occasions, in 2006/07, 2008/09 and 2009/10.
Gleeson has coached five different teams in three different countries to the playoffs and has been a player scout for the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers. He was also the first Australian to be appointed head coach in the American Continental Basketball Association.
Gleeson says he has big plans for the Wildcats.
"I am very excited and honoured to be selected as the new head coach of the Perth Wildcats and am looking forward to building on the past and making this team in the premier team in the NBL," he said.
“I’m looking forward to coaching a passionate and cohesive Wildcats team, that plays hard, plays unselfish and plays together. They are qualities that I demand of my playing group.”
Wildcats managing director Nick Marvin says Gleeson is a perfect fit for the position
“Trevor established himself as the key candidate for the position with his hard working, honest nature and proven success as a coach and I believe he has what it takes to guide this club to another level.”
Trevor Gleeson began his career in the Victorian Basketball League before spending time coaching in Korea and the United States. He then returned to Australia where he coached the Townsville Crocodiles for five seasons from 2006.
In the 2010/11 seasons Gleeson led the Crocs into the playoffs with the second best record in the league and was awarded NBL Coach of the Year for that season.
He resigned from Townsville after that season and become the head coach of the Melbourne Tigers for the 2011/12 season.
Since then he has worked for multiple AFL clubs as a skills coach as well as running his own elite coaching education platform.