Wollongong Hawks

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Wollongong Hawks
2013–14 Wollongong Hawks season

Founded	1979 as Illawara Hawks
Stadium	The Sandpit WIN Entertainment Centre Wollongong, NSW Australia
Capacity	5,673
Owner	Wollongong Hawks Basketball Limited
CEO	Mili Simic
Head Coach	Gordie McLeod
League	NBL
2012–13	3rd (13-15)
Championships	1 (2001)

The Wollongong Hawks are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010. The team's home venue is the WIN Entertainment Centre (WEC), known as "The Sandpit" within the NBL.^[1]

History

The Hawks are the only remaining NBL club to have competed in every season since the league's inception in 1979 without relocating to another city. The club was originally known as the Illawarra Hawks, the name referring to the Illawarra region rather than specifically its major urban centre Wollongong. The name change took place after the 1998 season; the team also adopted a new logo and moved to the new, 6,000 capacity WIN Entertainment Centre.

Prior to 1998 the Hawks played out of the Beaton Park Stadium, commonly known as "The Snakepit", located in Gwynneville, a suburb of Wollongong close to the city centre. The Snakepit had a reputation among players and coaches as one of the most feared venues in the league. Despite being only small (capacity 1,800), the fans were packed in close to the action making for an awesome atmosphere. Local supporters were known to lean over from the bar at the southern end of the court and shake the ring and even sometimes throw beer on opposition players as they entered the change room, while NBL folklore had the Illawarra Steelers rugby league team often sitting behind the opposition bench as an intimidation tactic. The Snakepit is still in use by the Hawks as a training venue and for pre-season matches.

During the 2007/2008 season, the Hawks experienced significant financial difficulty and as a result the team nearly was forced to withdraw prior to the completion of the season. A community ownership plan was developed, the Friends of the Hawks, along the lines of the Green Bay Packers of the American NFL.

In February 2009, Hawks Captain Mat Campbell started the "Save the Hawks" Campaign to make sure the last remaining foundation club would still exist in the National Basketball League. Mat and his small team reached their goal, thanks to the commitment of the Illawarra community, naming rights sponsor ahm Australian Health Management and a bank guarantee provided by Indian mining magnate Mr. Arun Jagatramka from Gujarat NRE.

Wollongong Hawks Logos
1998-2011
2011-

Season by Season

Season	Results	Finals	Coach	Captain
1979	8th (5-3)	-	Joe Farrugia	Bob Kubbinga
1980	6th (13-9)	-	Adrian Hurley	Gordie McLeod
1981	8th (9-13)	-	Joe Farrugia
1982	9th (11-15)	-	Tom Pottenger
1983	7th (4-18)	-	Charlie Ammit	Mike Jones
1984	4th (13-11)	Elimination Finalist	Charlie Ammit	Gordie McLeod
1985	5th (10-16)	-	Ted Weston
1986	5th (15-11)	Semi Finalist	Dave Lindstrom
1987	3rd (20-6)	Semi Finalist
1988	7th (11-13)	-
1989	11th (7-11)	-		Chuck Harmison
1990	8th (13-13)	-
1991	13th (6-20)	-
1992	5th (13-11)	Quarter Finalists
1993	6th (15-11)	Quarter Finalists	Alan Black
1994	8th (13-13)	Quarter Finalists
1995	7th (14-12)	Quarter Finalists
1996	10th (9-17)	-	Brendan Joyce
1997	11th (7-23)	-		Matt Zauner
1998	6th (14-16)	Elimination Finalists		Clayton Ritter
1998/99	3rd (16-10)	Semi Finalists		Clayton Ritter
1999/00	8th (11-17)	-		Eric Cooks
2000/01	4th (21-7)	Champions		Mat Campbell & Glen Saville
2001/02	4th (16-14)	First Round
2002/03	4th (18-12)	Semi Finalists
2003/04	2nd (28-8)	Semi Finalists		Mat Campbell
2004/05	2nd (20-12)	Grand Finalists		Mat Campbell
2005/06	3rd (19-13)	Quarter Finalists		Rotating Captaincy
2006/07	10th (11-12)	-	Brendan Joyce, Eric Cooks	Glen Saville
2007/08	11th (9-21)	-	Eric Cooks	Mat Campbell
2008/09	7th (9-19)	-	Eric Cooks
2009/10	2nd (16-12)	Grand Finalists	Gordie McLeod
2010/11	5th (15-13)	-
2011/12	8th (9-19)	-
2012/13	3rd (13-15)	Semi Finalists		Oscar Forman
2013/14	TBD	TBD		Oscar Forman

Source: Wollongong Hawks Season by Season

Retired jerseys

#4 Chuck Harmison
#5 Gordie McLeod
#12 Glen Saville
#32 Mat Campbell
#33 Melvin Thomas

Source: Wollongong Hawks Retired Numbers

Honour Roll

NBL Championships:	1 (2001)
NBL Finals Appearances:	16 (1984, 1986–87, 1992–95, 1998–99, 2001–06, 2010)
NBL Grand Final appearances:	3 (2001, 2005, 2010)
NBL Most Valuable Players:	Mike Jones (1981), Gary Ervin (2011)
NBL Grand Final MVPs:	Glen Saville (2001)
All-NBL First Team:	Doug Overton (1992), Melvin Thomas (1993), Darnell Mee (2005), Cortez Groves (2006), Tywain McKee (2010), Gary Ervin (2011)
NBL Coach of the Year:	David Lindstrom (1987), Alan Black (1993,'95), Brendan Joyce (1999, 2001), Gordie McLeod (2010)
NBL Rookie of the Year:	Greg Hubbard (1987), Justin Withers (1989), Axel Dench (2001)
NBL Most Improved Player:	C.J. Bruton (2001), Cameron Tragardh (2008), Oscar Forman (2011)
NBL Best Defensive Player:	Glen Saville (2003), Darnell Mee (2005)
NBL Best Sixth Man:	Adris Deleon (2013)

Source: Wollongong Hawks Player Honours

Club MVP

1989 Norman Taylor
1990 Norman Taylor
1991 Norman Taylor
1992 Doug Overton
1993 Melvin Thomas
1994 Melvin Thomas
1995 Melvin Thomas
1996 Terry Johnson
1997 Clayton Ritter
1998 Clayton Ritter
1999 CJ Bruton
2000 Glen Saville & Melvin Thomas
2001 Glen Saville
2002 Melvin Thomas
2003 Glen Saville
2004 Glen Saville
2005 Glen Saville
2006 Cortez Groves
2007 Adam Ballinger
2008 Kavossy Franklin
2009
2010 Larry Davidson
2011 Gary Ervin

Source: www.NBL.com.au/Hawks

Current roster

Wollongong Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
2.0 !SG	2	AUS !	Demos, Tyson	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
2.0 !SG	3	AUS !	Cooks, Dom	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
4.0 !F	6	AUS !	Jamieson, Luke (DP)	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
4.5 !PF	7	AUS !	Forman, Oscar (C)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
5.5 !F/C	10	AUS !	Davidson, Larry	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
1.0 !PG	13	AUS !	Martin, Rhys	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
6.0 !C	14	AUS !	Harris-Tunks, Shane	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	113 kg (249 lb)
1.5 !G	15	USA !	Clarke, Rotnei (I)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
2.0 !SG	21	AUS !	Barry, Jordan	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
2.5 !G/F	22	AUS !	Coenraad, Tim	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
2.5 !G/F	33	USA !	Tiggs, Kevin (I)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
5.5 !F/C	42	AUS !	Gruber, David	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
1.0 !PG	55	AUS !	Delaney, Zac (DP)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	80 kg (176 lb)

Head coach

Gordie McLeod

Assistant coach(es)

Eric Cooks
Matt Flinn
David Boyle (Strength & Conditioning)

General manager

Stuart Wilkinson

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster
Updated: 14 October 2013

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve
C	David Gruber	Shane Harris-Tunks
PF	Oscar Forman	Larry Davidson
SF	Tim Coenraad	Luke Jamieson
SG	Rhys Martin	Kevin Tiggs	Jordan Barry	Dom Cooks
PG	Rotnei Clarke	Tyson Demos	Zac Delaney

References

↑ "Venue and Season by Season results". Basketball Australia 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

External links

v t e National Basketball League

Finals Records Venues All-Star Game

Seasons	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Current Clubs	Adelaide 36ers Cairns Taipans Melbourne Tigers New Zealand Breakers Perth Wildcats Sydney Kings Townsville Crocodiles Wollongong Hawks

Associated	Australian Basketball Association New Zealand National Basketball League State Basketball League Women's National Basketball League

Related	Basketball Australia

National Basketball League (Australasia) portal

v t e National Basketball League seasons

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

v t e Wollongong Hawks

Est. 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales

The Franchise	History

Arenas	Illawarra Basketball Stadium WIN Entertainment Centre

League	NBL

Seasons (33)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Retired Numbers (4)	4 5 12 32

NBL Championships (1)	2000-01

NBL Runners-Up (2)	2004-05 2009-10

Rivals	Sydney Kings

Important Figures	Chuck Harmison Geordie McLeod Eric Cooks Brendon Joyce Mat Campbell Glen Saville

Sponsors	ahm Health Insurance Gujarat NRE Illawarra Mercury WIN McDonalds i98FM imb

v t e Wollongong Hawks current roster

2 Demos 3 Cooks 6 Jamieson (DP) 7 Forman 10 Davidson 13 Martin 14 Harris-Tunks 15 Clarke 22 Coenraad 33 Tiggs 42 Gruber 55 Delaney (DP)

Head coach McLeod Assistant coaches Cooks · Flinn

v t e Sports teams based in Wollongong

Football (soccer)	NSWPL South Coast Wolves FC

Basketball	NBL Wollongong Hawks

Rugby league	NRL / NYC St. George Illawarra Dragons NSWRL S. G. Ball Cup / Harold Matthews Cup Illawarra Steelers

Australian rules football	SAFL Illawarra Lions

Gridiron football	Gridiron NSW Wollongong Mustangs

Main articles Sport in Wollongong Sport in New South Wales

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