History of Men's SBL-QABL 1986 until 2019 The Maroochydore Eagles Basketball were one of the eight original Clubs who formed the State Basketball League (SBL) in 1986. The SBL later became a member of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), then the Australian Basketball League (ABA). The Queensland Conference is known as the Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL). The Maroochydore Club started as the Maroochydore Sea Eagles. In an attempt to involve all Clubs on Sunshine Coast, we changed our name to the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles. In 1996 there was a committee of Caloundra, Nambour, and Maroochydore formed to organise...... In 1997 the Maroochydore Club were returned sole rights to the license, and the Men's team went on to win the National Championship. In 1999 the Maroochydore Basketball, along with other foundation Clubs of the SBL, formed a new Conference known as the Southern Cross. It took a few years for Queensland Basketball to accept the Southern Cross which eventually became the South Conference of the QABL. In 2007 Basketball in Queensland returned to a full State Competition with 15 Clubs all with Ladies’ and Men’s teams. In 2015 The Sunshine Basketball was formed, and known as Sunshine Coast Phoenix. In 2016 in the State basketball League, we played as the Phoenix Clippers. In 2017 Noosa Basketball, Caloundra Basketball, and Maroochydore Basketball were combined and became the Sunshine Coast Phoenix. Below we have tried to give an as accurate as possible history of players and family of players in this Club. We now acknowledge Players and Coaches that have played or coached 100 games in an elite band known as the Centurions Club. We will be expanding to Referees and to all the workers who contribute to making it possible to bring the QABL to our Stadium. We have also tried to give player history of those who made Queensland teams while playing with Maroochydore or went on to a USA College, AIS, NBL, WNBL, and Australia, and also the MVP for every year plus other stats. We have also tried to give players a number in the Club, although it may not be as accurate as we would have liked in the past. It now gives us a benchmark for the future and any new player will have their number recorded from their first game. We have also tried to link members of families together who have played at this level - husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, etc. Updated 13th September 2019 Players' Name Cap No Bruce Fitzgerald Cap No 1 First Coach /Captain Years Played Father to John & Kate Year 1986 1987 1988 Total Games 14 18 16 48 Career Stats 2018 inducted into the Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made Queensland Basketball Hall of Fame 487 10.1 46 139 80 155 3.2 50 83 12 12 Fitzy Coached 32 Games 11 wins 21Loss @ 34.30% Our first Coach Warwick Meehl (New Zealand) Cap No 2 Father To Zane & Zeke Year 1986 Total Club MVP 1986 Games 8 8 Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made Career Stats 281 35.1 48% 34 69% 40 5 19 15 1 29 59 Point Game against Toow @ M/Dore 9/8/1986 Warwick Coached 126 Games 55 wins 71 Loss @43.06% No 2 All time games Coached Warwick was our 12th,14th, 17th and 19th Coach. Warwick Coached the Southern Cross Champions in 2006 Bruce Bravard (USA) Cap No 3 Year 1986 Total Games 12 12 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 248 20.6 43% 57 75% 92 7.6 14 10 11 1 Jeffery Williamson Cap No 4 Father to Leon & Brad Year 1986/8 Grandfather Hayden Games 18 18 McNaughton Uncle Ben Atkinson Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 114 6.3 26% 18 69% 16 0.88 8 4 10 14 Jeff Coached 64 Games 25 Wins 39 Loss @ 39% Our 3rd and 10th Coach John Wood Cap No 5 Games 1986/9 Total 42 42 42 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 345 8.21 41% 61 63% 264 6.2 31 24 10 4 Sean Page Cap No 6 Son to Sid and Beryl Years 1986/9 Total Brother to Terri & Jodi Games 24 24 Uncle to Jordan & Soraya Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 16 0.6 42% 6 54% 13 0.54 7 10 0 0 Assistant Coach U/20 Queensland Womens National Champions. 1995 Sean Coached 112 Games 70 Mens Games and 42 Ladies for 47 wins and 65 loss @41.90%Our 6th Ladies Coach and our 9th Men's Coached The Mens team that won the Inauguaral Southern Cross Championship in 1989 First Maroochydore Coach to Coach 100 Games. In 2001 accepted an Assist Coach position in Boise State Then 4 years as asssitant Coach Troy Alabama. He accepted a Head Coach Position at an NAIA College in Owensboro Kentucky.He coached for 2 years for a 38 Wins 27Loss @ 58.46% In his initial year he won the NAIA Womens Indipendent Coach of the Year. He then was selected to coach Newberry Womens Team in the( SAC) South Atlantic Conference were he Coached 289 Games 179 wins and 110 Loss record @ 61.9% Won The South Atlantic Conference in the 2014-15 Season Sean left Newberry 2018 as most winningest Coach in the Schools history,the 5th winningest Coach in the South Atlantic Conference. Sean shared SAC Coach of the year in 2010. Sean has now moved to Head Coach Auburb University Montgomery Alabama in 2018 Peter Bennett Cap No 7 Career Stats on 99 Games Games 1986/91 1991/93 1994 Total of 101 Games 101 79 7 15 101 Player average for games no records Centurion N01. 101 Games 1994 Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made No 14 All Time Games Played 144 1.45 24.6 18 22.5 24 0.24 56 14 2 10 Mick Degotardi Cap No 8 Games 1986/90 Total 7 7 7 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 6 0.85 21% 0 0 4 0.57 0 1 0 0 Brendon Martin Cap No 9 Games 1986/9 Total 36 36 36 Career Stats A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made Points 1.16 42 4 40 28 0.77 7 1 1 0 45 Kevin Sykes Cap No 10 Games 1986/9 Total 33 33 33 Career Stats A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made Points 0.57 24 3 43 27 0.81 7 6 1 0 Paul.Tuckett. Cap No 11 Games 1986/9 1993 Total 17 6 11 17 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 39 2.29 54.8 5 35 28 1.64 2 4 0 0 Les Cobby Cap No 11 12 Games 1986/9 Total 7 7 7 Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made Career Stats 14 2 26 0 0 14 2 4 3 0 0 Nigel Waters Cap No 11 13 Games 1986/89 1992 Total Career Stats on 23 Games Points 33 23 10 33 of 33 Games 136 A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 5.9 30 1 50 9 0.39 8 11 0 3 Rob.Scheibner. (USA) Cap No 14 Games 1986 Total 6 6 6 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 148 24.6 37 32 78 37 6.16 7 10 3 8 Gary.Francis. Cap No 15 Points Games 1986/9 Total 1 1 1 Career Stats A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Forbes Cap No16 Games 1986/90 1991 1992 Total 89 74 3 12 89 Career Stats of 77 Games Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made of 89 Games Played 497 5.58 28.8 74 60.6 352 4.57 48 92 23 1 Chris McGraw Cap No 17 Games 1986/9 Total SBL All Star 5 1988 54 54 54 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 844 15.62 41.72 132 66 438 8.11 64 115 17 2 No 10 All time Average Points Per Game 15.62 Neil Craft (USA) Cap No 18 Games 1986/7 Total Club MVP 1987 35 35 35 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 950 27.14 45.46 141 71.9 387 11.1 62 52 23 39 No2 All Time Average Points Per Game. 27.14 Mark Pacey Cap No 19 Games 1986/9 Total 12 12 12 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 12 1 19 6 75 12 1 0 2 0 0 Craig Irvine (Deceased) Cap No 20 AIS Scholaship Games 1986 Total Australia Jrn Team NBL 9 9 9 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made Qld Rep U/16 1985-6 69 7.66 36 5 38 64 7.11 4 4 13 0 U/18 1987-8 NBL Geelong 1989 Canberra 1990 Clubs Highesr Achiever Award 1986 Laurie Green Cap No 21 Games 1986/88 Total 26 26 26 Career Stats Points A/PG FG % FT Made FT % Reb A/PG Steals Ast Blocks 3p Made 135 5.19 25 16 32 1.23 16 25 0 20 Rick Lawer.