Trevor Gleeson is an Australian professional basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He first coached in the National Basketball League (NBL) between 1997 and 2000 as an assistant with the Brisbane Bullets. After six years in the Continental Basketball Association and Korean Basketball League, he returned to the NBL in 2006 to coach the Townsville Crocodiles, where he was named NBL Coach of the Year in 2011. After a season with the Melbourne Tigers, he coached the Perth Wildcats between 2013 and 2021, winning five NBL championships in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020, and earning NBL Coach of the Year for the second time in 2021. As of 2021, he ranked fifth all-time in NBL history for games coached. Between 2021 and 2023, Gleeson served as an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors in the NBA.
Gleeson with the Perth Wildcats in 2019
Gleeson in March 2017, after winning his third NBL championship
Gleeson in March 2019, after winning his fourth NBL championship
Gleeson with the Boomers in 2014
Melbourne United is an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. United compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at John Cain Arena.
Melbourne's championship banners
Melbourne United and Sydney Kings at Melbourne Arena
Melbourne's new championship banners
Melbourne United team bench in 2021, with Dean Vickerman as head coach