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| Gold Coast Rollers (NBL) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Leagues | NBL | ||
| Founded | 1990 | ||
| Dissolved | 1996 | ||
| History | Gold Coast Cougars 1990–1991 Gold Coast Rollers 1992–1996 | ||
| Arena | Carrara Indoor Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,992 | ||
| Location | Gold Coast, Queensland | ||
| Team colors | Green, blue, white | ||
| Championships | 0 | ||
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The Gold Coast Rollers are a defunct basketball team from Gold Coast, Queensland, that competed in the National Basketball League (NBL).
The team entered the NBL in 1990 as the Gold Coast Cougars. After two seasons as the Cougars, they were renamed the Rollers for the 1992 season. The Rollers had their NBL licence revoked following the 1996 season due to financial difficulties.
Honour roll
| NBL Championships: | None |
| NBL Finals Appearances: | None |
| NBL Grand Final Appearances: | None |
| NBL Most Valuable Players: | None |
| NBL Grand Final MVPs: | None |
| All-NBL First Team: | Mike Mitchell (1991) |
| NBL Coach of the Year: | None |
| NBL Rookie of the Year: | None |
| NBL Most Improved Player: | None |
| NBL Best Defensive Player: | None |
| NBL Best Sixth Man: | None |
| NBL Good Hands Award: | Andre LaFleur (1991, 1992, 1993) |
Season by season
| NBL champions | League champions | Runners-up | Finals berth |
| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Post-season | Head coach | Captain | Club MVP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win % | |||||||
| Gold Coast Cougars | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 1 | NBL | 11th | 26 | 9 | 17 | .346 | Did not qualify | Thomas Wisman Brian Lester |
Larry Sengstock | Leroy Combs |
| 1991 | 1 | NBL | 8th | 26 | 14 | 12 | .538 | Did not qualify | David Claxton | Larry Sengstock | Mike Mitchell |
| Gold Coast Rollers | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1 | NBL | 10th | 24 | 11 | 13 | .458 | Did not qualify | David Claxton | Larry Sengstock | Andre Lafleur |
| 1993 | 1 | NBL | 10th | 26 | 12 | 14 | .462 | Did not qualify | David Claxton | Mike Mitchell | Andre Lafleur |
| 1994 | 1 | NBL | 10th | 26 | 10 | 16 | .385 | Did not qualify | David Claxton | Mike Mitchell | Mike Mitchell |
| 1995 | 1 | NBL | 13th | 26 | 5 | 21 | .417 | Did not qualify | David Claxton | Peter Harvey | Steve Woodberry |
| 1996 | 1 | NBL | 14th | 26 | 6 | 20 | .231 | Did not qualify | David Claxton | Peter Harvey | Tony De Ambrosis |
| Regular season record | 180 | 67 | 113 | .372 | 0 regular season champions | ||||||
| Finals record | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 NBL championships | ||||||
As of the end of the 1996 season
References
- "Welcome, THE GOLD COAST ROLLERS". Gold Coast QBL. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- "Gold Coast Rollers". andthefoul.net. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2014.