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

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and the

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. At international level, he played for

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at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and the

1982 FIBA World Championship The 1982 FIBA World Championship was the 9th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 15 to 28 August 1982. Qualification Venues Competing nation ...

. After retiring, Breheny coached at NBL level for the Canberra Cannons and the

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. He also led

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(WNBL) teams Coburg Cougars and Adelaide Lightning.

Playing career

Club career

Breheny played for the

between 1979 and 1984. In 1985, he joined the

for one season, before finishing his NBL career in 1987 for the Coburg Giants.

International career

He competed in the men's tournament at the

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Breheny took on the head coach role at

(WNBL) team Coburg Cougars. He led the Cougars in 1986 and 1987, finishing runners-up in the

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. In 1989, Breheny was appointed coach of the Canberra Cannons. Coaching in a semifinal against the

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in September 1989, Breheny was charged with headbutting Kings player Damian Keogh. The NBL judiciary suspended Breheny until May 1990. Breheny took charge of his former team

(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. During the

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, Breheny led the Adelaide Lightning.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breheny, Steve 1954 births Living people Australian men's basketball players 1982 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for Australia Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state)