Luke Brennan to lead Ballarat Miners Men

The Ballarat Miners are excited to announce their new men’s head coach for the 2024 NBL1 South Season and beyond.

Luke Brennan will take charge for the next 2 seasons and comes to Ballarat with a long tenure of experience in a variety of coaching roles such as Head Coach for Basketball Australia U23s, Assistant Coach at Joondalup in the now NBL1 West, and then most recently as an Assistant Coach at NBL level with Perth Wildcats for 3 seasons before moving to Melbourne this year to join Mike Kelly’s staff as an Assistant Coach at the South East Melbourne Phoenix.

Brennan was excited about his appointment to the role, saying “I am very excited to be on board with the Ballarat Miners for at least the next 2 years. I have heard great things about the club and cannot wait to get started. I am looking forward to helping not only our NBL1 team but the greater Ballarat Basketball community as well.”

Basketball Ballarat CEO, Nev Ivey was thrilled to sign Luke for the next 2 seasons saying, “Luke is an exceptional person who prides himself in developing players and team culture.   His coaching duties at the National level provides Luke with access to some of Australia’s best athletes and methods, and with off-set seasons can focus on the Miners making finals in 2024.”

Ballarat Miners Senior Elite Teams Committee Member, Matt Sheehan added “We are extremely excited to have Luke join the Ballarat Miners Men’s program.  Luke’s bringing in a wealth of knowledge having spent a long period with the Perth Wildcats and now as an assistant coach with the South East Melbourne Phoenix in the NBL.  Luke is passionate about building a program around our local talent and providing the athletes with the best possible environment to excel and improve their basketball.”

Matt also said, ‘Strategically we have always been looking to align ourselves with an NBL program in some way and with having Luke involved will help this vision’.

Currently, in the NBL1 off-season, Brennan expects to get the squad together in February, however, watch out for some key player signings over the coming months.

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