Gold Coast Rollers

Gold Coast Rollers
Established 1990
Final Season 1996
Former Home Venue Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast
Team Colours Dark Green, Blue, White
Championships None
Team History Gold Coast Cougars
(1990-91)
Gold Coast Rollers
(1992-96)

The Gold Coast Rollers were an Australian basketball team, that played in Gold Coast, Queensland, in the National Basketball League. The team was originally named the Gold Coast Cougars before being renamed the Rollers in 1992. The team was one of only two teams from the state of Queensland when it first joined the NBL (the Brisbane Bullets being the other). The Rollers were one of three teams (the Geelong Supercats and the Hobart Devils being the other two) that had their NBL licenses revoked by the league directors in 1996 due to financial difficulties. While not the first time teams had folded in the league, the sudden departure of the Devils, Supercats and Rollers signified that the NBL's successful era (between late 1980s and early 1990s) was truly over.

In 2007/08, thanks to the work of former Rollers coach David Claxton [1], a new Gold Coast team, the Gold Coast Blaze, entered the NBL.

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 (1991-1993)