Gold Coast Rollers (NBL)

This article is about the NBL team. For the NBL1 North club, see Gold Coast Rollers (NBL1 North).

Gold Coast Rollers (NBL)
Gold Coast Rollers (NBL) logo
LeaguesNBL
Founded1990
Dissolved1996
HistoryGold Coast Cougars
1990–1991
Gold Coast Rollers
1992–1996
ArenaCarrara Indoor Stadium
Capacity2,992
LocationGold Coast, Queensland
Team colorsGreen, blue, white
     
Championships0

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.[1][2]

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

  1. ^ "Welcome, THE GOLD COAST ROLLERS". Gold Coast QBL. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Gold Coast Rollers". andthefoul.net. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2014.