Steve Breheny
{{short description|Australian basketball player}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Steve Breheny
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|6|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = Australian
| height_cm = 192
| career_start =
| career_end =
| career_position =
| career_number =
| 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
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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.{{Cite web |title=Steve Breheny |url=http://aussiehoopla.com/steve-breheny/ |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Aussie Hoopla}}
=International career=
He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/steve-breheny-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/steve-breheny-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Steve Breheny Olympic Results |access-date=14 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://blackfriars.sa.edu.au/latest-news/co-curricular/welcome-coach-breheny-to-blackfriars-basketball/ |title=Welcome Coach Breheny to Blackfriars Basketball |work=Blackfriars |access-date=20 January 2022}}
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.{{Cite news |last=Nagy |first=Boti |date=25 April 2002 |title=Breheny his own man in six-ring circus |page=72 |work=The Advertiser}}
In 1989, Breheny was appointed coach of the Canberra Cannons.{{Cite news |last=Blake |first=Martin |date=1989-04-20 |title=Bullets have edge as 13 shape up to new season |pages=30 |work=The Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93725404/bullets-have-edge-as-13-shape-up-to-new/ |access-date=2022-01-29}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Cockerill |first=Michael |date=1989-09-30 |title=Cannons coach head-butts Keogh |pages=63 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93725646/cannons-coach-head-butts-keogh/ |access-date=2022-01-29}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122095524 |title=Breheny to stay Cannons coach |first=Gary|last=Scholes|newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=64 |issue=19,742 |location=Australian Capital Territory |date=27 October 1989 |accessdate=30 January 2022 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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.{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Stephen |date=1992-02-02 |title=Supercats fight for their lives |pages=61 |work=The Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93724924/supercats-fight-for-their-lives/ |access-date=2022-01-29}}{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Stephen |date=1993-06-06 |title=Behind the Breheny business |pages=73 |work=The Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93724248/behind-the-breheny-business/ |access-date=2022-01-29}}{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Michelle |date=1993-06-03 |title=Breheny walks out as coach of Supercats |pages=26 |work=The Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93726391/breheny-walks-out-as-coach-of-supercats/ |access-date=2022-01-29}}
During the 2010–11 WNBL season, Breheny led the Adelaide Lightning.{{Cite web |title=2021/2022 Media Guide |url=https://wnbl.basketball/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22_MediaGuide.pdf |publisher=Women's National Basketball League|access-date=2022-01-30}}
References
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{{St. Kilda Saints 1979 NBL champions}}
{{St. Kilda Saints 1980 NBL champions}}
{{Adelaide 36ers 1998 NBL champions}}
{{Adelaide 36ers 1998–99 NBL champions}}
{{Adelaide 36ers 2001–02 NBL champions}}
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Category:Australian men's basketball players
Category:1982 FIBA World Championship players
Category:Olympic basketball players for Australia
Category:Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Basketball players from Melbourne