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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Brendan Joyce
| image = Brendan_Joyce.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Joyce in 2016
| team =
| position =
| league =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne]], Australia
| height_cm = 178
| weight_kg = 79
| high_school =
| college =
| draft_year =
| career_start = 1979
| career_end = 1991
| career_position = [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| career_number =
| coach_start = 1996
| years1 = 1979–1982
| team1 = [[Nunawading Spectres]]
| years2 = 1983–1984
| team2 = [[Southern Melbourne Saints|St. Kilda Saints]]
| years3 = 1985–1987
| team3 = Nunawading / Eastside Spectres
| years4 = 1988–1990
| team4 = Westside Saints
| years5 = 1991
| team5 = [[Brisbane Bullets]]
| cyears1 = 1996–2007
| cteam1 = [[Illawarra Hawks|Illawarra / Wollongong Hawks]]
| cyears2 = 2007–2009
| cteam2 = [[Gold Coast Blaze]]
| cyears3 = 2021–2024
| cteam3 = [[Kaohsiung Aquas]]
| highlights =
'''As coach:'''
* [[T1 League]] champion ([[2022 T1 League Finals|2022]])
* [[List of NBL champions|NBL champion]] ([[2000–01 NBL season|2001]])
* [[T1 League]] Coach of the Year ([[2021–22 T1 League season|2022]])
* 2× [[NBL Coach of the Year Award|NBL Coach of the Year]] ([[1998–99 NBL season|1999]], [[2000–01 NBL season|2001]])
* [[T1 League]] All-Star Game head coach ([[2023 T1 League All-Star Game|2023]])
}}
'''Brendan Joyce''' (born December 1960)<ref>{{cite web |title=Brendan Joyce |url=https://aussiehoopla.com/brendan-joyce/ |website=Aussie Hoopla |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref> is an Australian professional [[basketball]] coach. He has coached all levels of the game. He 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 (bronze medal). Joyce was also assistant coach of the Boomers at the Melbourne Commonwealth games Gold medal team. Brendan is a former professional basketball player and head coach of the [[National Basketball League (Australasia)]] the [[Wollongong Hawks]] and the [[Gold Coast Blaze]]. In October 2021, Joyce took up the Head Coach role at new [[T1 League]] franchise [[Kaohsiung Aquas]] in [[Kaohsiung City]] in Taiwan.


Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Brendan Joyce grew up playing both basketball and [[Australian rules football]] and received an invitation to train and play for the North Melbourne Kangaroos.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} Brendan Joyce decided to continue with basketball and played in the [[National Basketball League (Australasia)|National Basketball League]]. Joyce played a total of 289 games in the NBL over 13 seasons, playing for the [[Nunawading Spectres]], [[Southern Melbourne Saints|St. Kilda Saints]] and finally for the [[Brisbane Bullets]] in 1991. Joyce captained both Nunawading and the Westside Saints. Following his playing career, Brendan Joyce became one of the most successful coaches in the [[National Basketball League (Australasia)|National Basketball League]], coaching in more than 400 games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportal.com.au/basketball-news-display/joyce-jumps-into-elite-company-42869 |title=Joyce jumps into elite company |access-date=23 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509230741/http://www.sportal.com.au/basketball-news-display/joyce-jumps-into-elite-company-42869 |archive-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==NBL Playing career==
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Brendan Joyce began his senior [[National Basketball League (Australasia)|National Basketball League]] playing career in 1979 with the [[Nunawading Spectres]] in the National Basketball League's inaugural year. He was a point guard with the [[Nunawading Spectres]] team that lost to [[Launceston Casino City]] in the 1981 NBL Grand Final. 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. His career highs were 32 points vs. [[Melbourne Tigers]] (1985), 19 assists vs. [[Sydney Kings]] 1985 and 8 three-point shots made vs. [[Hobart Devils]] (1990).
'''Brendan Joyce''' (Basketball) is a former basketball player and previous coach of the Australian National Basketball League team the Wollongong Hawks and more recently the Gold Coast Blaze.
Born in Melbourne, Victoria growing up playing both Basketball and Australian Rules Football he recieved an offer to play for the North Melbourne Kangeroos. However, Joyce decided to continue his Basketball and went on to become a top National Basketball League player. Joyce played 289 games in the NBL for Nunawading Spectres (1979-1982) (1985-1987), Westside Melbourne Saints (1983-1984) (1988-1990) The Spectres and Saints joined together and became the South East Melbourne Magic, Joyce also played with the Brisbane Bullets (1991).
Captaining both Nunawading and the Westside Melbourne Saints.Following his playing career, Joyce has been one of the most successful coaches in the Australian National Basketball League combining playing and coaching and amassing over a record 700 games. <br>


==NBL Coaching career==
<br>
Brendan Joyce began his professional [[National Basketball League (Australasia)]] 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. After a losing record in his first two seasons, coach Joyce then lead the Hawks from the bottom to become a consistent winning team. Brendan Joyce coached the [[Wollongong Hawks]] to their first NBL championship defeating the [[Townsville Crocodiles]] in 2001. After 23 years in the [[National Basketball League (Australasia)|National Basketball League]], the [[Wollongong Hawks]] also became the first New South Wales team to win the NBL Championship. This success was followed by another grand final berth in 2005 with a loss to the [[Sydney Kings]]. The Brendan Joyce tenure at the Hawks delivered him the [[NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year]] in 1999 and 2001 and as a NBL All Star Coach in 2005.<ref>[http://www.nbl.com.au/index.php?id=151 Coach of the Year]</ref> In 2007–08 Brendan Joyce became the inaugural coach of the [[Gold Coast Blaze]]<ref name="TVNZ_962655">{{cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/962655 |title=Joyce to coach new franchise |date=18 January 2007 |work=[[Television New Zealand]] |accessdate=21 September 2011}}</ref> and kept on winning. Brendan Joyce lead the Gold Coast to the playoffs in their first year and the Blaze team became the first ever Gold Coast team to make the play-offs in any Australian national competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/05/09/11089_gold-coast-blaze.html |title=Joyce Gold Coast Coach of the Year}}</ref>
'''Playing Career'''<br>
Brendan Joyce was named the 2008 [[Gold Coast Region Coach of the Year]] and was again a runner up for the [[NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year]].


==Australian Basketball Coach==
Joyce began his senior NBL playing career with the Nunawading Spectres in the NBL inaugural year 1979. He was a starting point guard in 1981 with the Nunawading side that lost to Launcestion Casino City in the Grand Final. Joyce was renowned for tough defensive play and ablity to penetrate and create opportunities for his team mates and was one of the all time league leaders in assists for many years. Joyce played in an NBL final series eight times throughout his career. Averaging around 10 points per game, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Career high 32 points vs. Melbourne Tigers (1985), career high 19 assists vs. Syndney Kings 1985, career high 8 three point shots made vs. Hobart (1990).
In 2001 Brendan Joyce was named as Assistant Coach to the Australian men's national team the [[Australian boomers|Boomers]] and continued this role until 2009. Brendan Joyce worked at two Olympic Games, [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] in [[Athens]] and [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|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 [[Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games]] in his home town Melbourne. In May 2013 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-boomers-assistant-brendan-joyce-appointed-head-coach-of-aussie-womens-basketball-team/ | title=Former Boomers assistant Brendan Joyce appointed head coach of Aussie women's basketball team | website=[[Fox News]] | date=15 May 2013 | access-date=26 April 2014 | first=Doug | last=Feinberg | publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> Australian Opals win Bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships in Turkey.


==Taiwan==
Joyce joined the [[Kaohsiung Aquas]] in the first season of [[T1 League]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fil-Am guard Jason Brickman eyes T1 LEAGUE championship trophy |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202111230024 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kaohsiung Aquas take T1 LEAGUE opener in thriller |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202111270015 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=27 November 2021}}</ref> The Aquas played well throughout the year,<ref>{{cite news |title=Fil-Am Jason Brickman putting on clinic in Taiwan's T1 LEAGUE |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202112070018 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=7 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=T1 LEAGUE to end 2021 with top-two showdown |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202112300019 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=INTERVIEW/Brendan Joyce from Down Under makes splash with Kaohsiung Aquas |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202201040013 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=4 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Kaohsiung Aquas top GhostHawks, stay on top in T1 League |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202204040013 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=4 April 2022}}</ref> setting a number of individual and team records.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Fil-Am point guard Jason Brickman sets new assists record in T1 LEAGUE |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202205200025 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=Kaohsiung Aquas raise T1 LEAGUE single-game record to 133 points |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202202140014 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=14 February 2022}}</ref> The Aquas secured the number one seed prior to the [[2022 T1 League playoffs|playoffs]],<ref>{{cite news |title=P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Kaohsiung Aquas bag another win, poised to secure season's top spot |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202204160012 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Kaohsiung Aquas clinch T1 LEAGUE regular-season crown |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202204180013 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=18 April 2022}}</ref> and won the T1 League's [[2022 T1 League Finals|inaugural championship]] in a three-game sweep of the [[Taichung Wagor Suns]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Aquas Kevin Hu hits clutch trey to clinch Game 1 of T1 LEAGUE final series |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202205310025 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=31 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=Kaohsiung Aquas bag another win, close in on inaugural T1 LEAGUE title |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202206020022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=2 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=Kaohsiung Aquas make history as first-ever T1 LEAGUE champion |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202206040012 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=4 June 2022}}</ref> On June 24, 2022, Joyce received the Coach of the Year award in [[2021–22 T1 League season]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Brendan Joyce from Down Under named T1 LEAGUE coach of the year |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202206240008 |access-date=25 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=24 June 2022}}</ref> mid 2024, the [[Kaohsiung Aquas]] announced that Joyce left the team at the end of his 3 year tenure with top 3 finishes including the Championship in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/2744554 |title=海神冠軍教頭喬伊斯掌舵3年離隊 階段性任務完成返鄉陪家人 |date=May 23, 2024 |work=ETtoday |access-date=May 23, 2024}}</ref>


==Awards==
'''Coaching Career'''<br>
===NBL awards===
*[[National Basketball League (Australasia)]] Most Assists Award Winner 1988
*[[NBL (Australia) All-Star Game]] Player 1988 and 1989
*[[NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year]] 1999 and 2001
*[[NBL (Australia) All-Star Game]] Coach 2005
*[[NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year]] Runner-up 2005 and 2008
*[[National Basketball League (Australasia)]] Champions 2001
*[[National Basketball League (Australasia)]] Championship Runner-up 2005


===National recognition===
Brendan Joyce began his professional NBL coaching career with the small town Wollongong Hawks and built,blooded and developed the Hawks program with young players at that time such as 19 year olds Glen Saville,David Andersen (NBA), 22 yo CJ Bruton whom later in their career became dual Olympians. With a moderate to low budget Joyce developed youth by playing his young players with some veterans. It wasnt always smooth sailing with Joyce having a losing record in his first 2 seasons while blooding youngsters Glen Saville and Mat Campbell with big minutes.However in his third year as coach he took the Hawks from the bottom and from mediocrity to become a major and feared powerhouse and consistent winning team breaking many road records. Joyce coached the Wollongong Hawks to their first NBL championship defeating the Townsville Crocodiles on their home court in 2001 after 22 years in the National Basketball League. The Wollongong Hawks also became the first New South Wales team to win the NBL Championship. This success was followed by another grand final berth in 2005 with a loss to the Sydney Kings.The Brendan Joyce tenure at the Hawks delivered him the NBL Coach of the year in 1999 and 2001 as he led the Hawks to the Holy Grail in 2001 and another Grand final series in 2005, culminating in seven final four standings and the playoffs in 1998. In 2007-08 Joyce became the inaugural coach of the Gold Coast Blaze and kept on winning,leading the Gold Coast to the playoffs in their first year and becoming the first ever Gold Coast team to make the play offs in any Australian National Competition. Joyce was named the Gold Coast region Coach of the Year and was again a runner up for the NBL Coach of the Year. In the 2008-09 season the team missed the playoffs due to a injury ridden season, at times missing 3 starters in games and culminating in only having a full team in 3 out of 30 games. The team had a losing season and Joyce who had been given a 4 year deal was terminated after coaching 2 seasons.
*Australian Boomers Squad member (1981/1982/1988)
*Australian U23 Captain (1981)
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*Australian U20 team (1978–79)
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'''Australian Coach''''''
*Australian Men's Team Assistant Coach (2001–2009)
*Oceania Series (2003, 2005, 2007)
*Olympic Games Athens (2004)
*World Championships Japan (2006)
*Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 Gold Medalist
*Olympic Games Beijing (2008)
*Australian Women's Team Head Coach (2013–2016)
*Oceania Women's Champions (2013, 2015)
*Bronze Medal Women's World Championships Turkey 2014 5 wins & 1 Loss
*5th Place Olympics Rio 2016 5 wins & 1 loss


==References==
In 2001 Brendan Joyce was named as Assistant Coach to the Australian Mens National Boomers team, fulfilling this role until 2008 Joyce worked at two Olympic Games, Athens in 2004 and Beijing 2008 as well as the Japan 2006 World Championships and assisting in leading the Boomers to their Gold Medal win at the Commonwealth Games in his home town Melbourne in 2006.
<br>


'''NBL Awards'''<br>

Winner of Most Assists (1988)<br>
Two time NBL All Star (1988/1989)<br>
NBL Coach of the Year (1999/2001) <br>
NBL Coach of the Year Runner Up (2005/2008)
NBL Championship Ring 2001
NBL Championship Runner Up 2005<br>

'''National Recognition'''<br>

Australian Boomers Squad member (1981/1988)<br>
Australian U23 Captain (1981)<br>
Australian U20 team (1978-79)<br>
Australian Boomers Assistant Coach (2001-2008)
Ocieania Series 2003,2005,2007
Olympic Games Athens 2004
World Chapionships Japan 2006
Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 Gold Medalist
Olympic Games Beijing 2008

'''Other Achievements''''''''

'''Australian Championships (Player)'''
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Australian Championship U/16 Gold Medalist 1974 Victoria (Player)
Australian Championship U/20 Gold Medalist 1978 Victoria (Captain)
Australian Championship Senior Gold Medalist 1981,1984,1987 Victoria (Player)

'''Victorian Bakstetball Association Junior State Champions (Player)'''

Victorian State Junior Championship (VBA) Gold Medalist U/12 1971 Presbyterian Wildcats/Nunawading Spectres (Captain)
Victorian State Junior Championship (VBA) Gold Medalist U/20 1978 Nunawading Spectres (Captain)

'''4 x Victorian Basketball Association Senior State Champions'''

(VBA) Gold Medalist 1981 Nunawading Spectres beat Melbourne Tigers,1985 Nunawading Spectres Beat Coburg Giants,1987 Nunawading Spectres Beat Coburg Giants,1988 Westside Melbourne Saints (Captain) Beat Bulleen Boomers

'''Victorian Basketball Association Senior State Championships (Coaching)'''

Ballarat Miners Runner Up to Geelong Supercats 1995

Victorian Basketball Association Coach Of the Year 1995

''''''CBA (Seabl)'Coaching '''''

2 x CBA (Seabl) Championship Winner Ballarat Miners 1994 and 1995
2 x CBA (Seabl) Coach of the Year 1994 and 1995
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== References ==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* [http://www.example.com/ example.com]
*[http://www.brendanjoyce.com.au Joyce's official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110309035938/http://www.hawkshistory.com.au/videos/interview-brendan-joyce-the-snakepit-years.html Hawks Early Years Building a Championship]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2XNQInvzI Brendan Joyce Player Video Hobart Devils V Westide Melbourne Saints 1990]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHDjRtzwDM8 NBL Champion & Coach of the Year 2001 Video]


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{{Australia Squad 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women}}


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Latest revision as of 06:10, 26 November 2024

Brendan Joyce
Joyce in 2016
Personal information
Born (1960-05-01) 1 May 1960 (age 64)
Melbourne, Australia
Listed height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Listed weight79 kg (174 lb)
Career information
Playing career1979–1991
PositionGuard
Coaching career1996–present
Career history
As player:
1979–1982Nunawading Spectres
1983–1984St. Kilda Saints
1985–1987Nunawading / Eastside Spectres
1988–1990Westside Saints
1991Brisbane Bullets
As coach:
1996–2007Illawarra / Wollongong Hawks
2007–2009Gold Coast Blaze
2021–2024Kaohsiung Aquas
Career highlights and awards
As coach:

Brendan Joyce (born December 1960)[1] is an Australian professional basketball coach. He has coached all levels of the game. He 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 (bronze medal). Joyce was also assistant coach of the Boomers at the Melbourne Commonwealth games Gold medal team. Brendan is a former professional basketball player and head coach of the National Basketball League (Australasia) the Wollongong Hawks and the Gold Coast Blaze. In October 2021, Joyce took up the Head Coach role at new T1 League franchise Kaohsiung Aquas in Kaohsiung City in Taiwan.

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Brendan Joyce grew up playing both basketball and Australian rules football and received an invitation to train and play for the North Melbourne Kangaroos.[citation needed] Brendan Joyce decided to continue with basketball and played in the National Basketball League. 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. Joyce captained both Nunawading and the Westside Saints. Following his playing career, Brendan Joyce became one of the most successful coaches in the National Basketball League, coaching in more than 400 games.[2]

NBL Playing career

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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. He was a point guard with the Nunawading Spectres team that lost to Launceston Casino City in the 1981 NBL Grand Final. 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. His career highs were 32 points vs. Melbourne Tigers (1985), 19 assists vs. Sydney Kings 1985 and 8 three-point shots made vs. Hobart Devils (1990).

NBL Coaching career

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Brendan Joyce began his professional National Basketball League (Australasia) 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. After a losing record in his first two seasons, coach Joyce then lead the Hawks from the bottom to become a consistent winning team. Brendan Joyce coached the Wollongong Hawks to their first NBL championship defeating the Townsville Crocodiles in 2001. After 23 years in the National Basketball League, the Wollongong Hawks also became the first New South Wales team to win the NBL Championship. This success was followed by another grand final berth in 2005 with a loss to the Sydney Kings. The Brendan Joyce tenure at the Hawks delivered him the NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2001 and as a NBL All Star Coach in 2005.[3] In 2007–08 Brendan Joyce became the inaugural coach of the Gold Coast Blaze[4] and kept on winning. Brendan Joyce lead the Gold Coast to the playoffs in their first year and the Blaze team became the first ever Gold Coast team to make the play-offs in any Australian national competition.[5] Brendan Joyce was named the 2008 Gold Coast Region Coach of the Year and was again a runner up for the NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year.

Australian Basketball Coach

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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. 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. In May 2013 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.[6] Australian Opals win Bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships in Turkey.

Taiwan

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Joyce joined the Kaohsiung Aquas in the first season of T1 League.[7][8] The Aquas played well throughout the year,[9][10][11][12] setting a number of individual and team records.[13][14] The Aquas secured the number one seed prior to the playoffs,[15][16] and won the T1 League's inaugural championship in a three-game sweep of the Taichung Wagor Suns.[17][18][19] On June 24, 2022, Joyce received the Coach of the Year award in 2021–22 T1 League season.[20] mid 2024, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced that Joyce left the team at the end of his 3 year tenure with top 3 finishes including the Championship in 2022.[21]

Awards

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NBL awards

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National recognition

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  • Australian Boomers Squad member (1981/1982/1988)
  • Australian U23 Captain (1981)
  • Australian U20 team (1978–79)
  • Australian Men's Team Assistant Coach (2001–2009)
  • Oceania Series (2003, 2005, 2007)
  • Olympic Games Athens (2004)
  • World Championships Japan (2006)
  • Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 Gold Medalist
  • Olympic Games Beijing (2008)
  • Australian Women's Team Head Coach (2013–2016)
  • Oceania Women's Champions (2013, 2015)
  • Bronze Medal Women's World Championships Turkey 2014 5 wins & 1 Loss
  • 5th Place Olympics Rio 2016 5 wins & 1 loss

References

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  1. ^ "Brendan Joyce". Aussie Hoopla. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Joyce jumps into elite company". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  3. ^ Coach of the Year
  4. ^ "Joyce to coach new franchise". Television New Zealand. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Joyce Gold Coast Coach of the Year".
  6. ^ Feinberg, Doug (15 May 2013). "Former Boomers assistant Brendan Joyce appointed head coach of Aussie women's basketball team". Fox News. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Fil-Am guard Jason Brickman eyes T1 LEAGUE championship trophy". Central News Agency. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Kaohsiung Aquas take T1 LEAGUE opener in thriller". Central News Agency. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Fil-Am Jason Brickman putting on clinic in Taiwan's T1 LEAGUE". Central News Agency. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  10. ^ Yen, William (30 December 2021). "T1 LEAGUE to end 2021 with top-two showdown". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. ^ Yen, William (4 January 2022). "INTERVIEW/Brendan Joyce from Down Under makes splash with Kaohsiung Aquas". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ^ Yen, William (4 April 2022). "P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Kaohsiung Aquas top GhostHawks, stay on top in T1 League". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ^ Yen, William (20 May 2022). "P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Fil-Am point guard Jason Brickman sets new assists record in T1 LEAGUE". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  14. ^ Yen, William (14 February 2022). "Kaohsiung Aquas raise T1 LEAGUE single-game record to 133 points". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  15. ^ "P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Kaohsiung Aquas bag another win, poised to secure season's top spot". Central News Agency. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  16. ^ Yen, William (18 April 2022). "P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Kaohsiung Aquas clinch T1 LEAGUE regular-season crown". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  17. ^ Yen, William (31 May 2022). "P. LEAGUE+ & T1 LEAGUE/Aquas Kevin Hu hits clutch trey to clinch Game 1 of T1 LEAGUE final series". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  18. ^ Yen, William (2 June 2022). "Kaohsiung Aquas bag another win, close in on inaugural T1 LEAGUE title". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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