Central Coast Crusaders

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Central Coast Crusaders
Leagues	NBL1 East
Founded	2006
History	Men: Central Coast Crusaders 2006–present Women: Central Coast Crusaders 2018–present
Arena	Breakers Indoor Sports Stadium
Location	Central Coast, New South Wales
Team colors	Red, blue, gold
General manager	Matt Tredrea
Championships	1 (2019) (M) 0 (W)
Website	CCBasketball.com.au

Central Coast Crusaders is a NBL1 East club based in Central Coast, New South Wales. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 East. The Crusaders play their home games at Breakers Indoor Sports Stadium.

Club history

Prior to 2006, a club known as Central Coast Power hosted both a men's and women's team in the Waratah League.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] For the 2006 season, the Power departed and in came a new men's team known as the Central Coast Crusaders.^[7]^[8]

In 2016, the Crusaders were coached by former Sydney Kings player and coach, Ian Robilliard.^[9]

In 2018, a Crusaders women's team entered the Waratah League for the first time.^[10]^[11]

In 2019, the Crusaders men's team won their first Waratah League championship, defeating the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 74–72 in the grand final.^[12]

In 2020, the Crusaders women's team lost in the grand final to the Norths Bears.^[13]

The Waratah League was rebranded as NBL1 East for the 2022 season.^[14]

References

^ Ladder for 2003 Championship Men
^ Ladder for 2003 Championship Women
^ Ladder for 2004 Championship Men
^ Ladder for 2004 Championship Women
^ Ladder for 2005 Championship Men
^ Ladder for 2005 Championship Women
^ Ladder for 2006 Championship Men
^ Ladder for 2006 Championship Women
^ Central Coast Crusaders ready to fire under new coach Ian Robilliard
^ Ladder for 2017 Championship Women
^ Ladder for 2018 Championship Women
^ 2019 SPALDING WARATAH SENIOR LEAGUE FINALS WEEKEND SCORE RECAP
^ "Australian Lower Divisions (2020)". australiabasket.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
^ "NBL1 East teams unveiled". NBL1.com.au. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

External links

v t e NBL1 East
Albury Wodonga Bandits BA Centre of Excellence Bankstown Bruins Canberra Gunners (Men) Canberra Nationals (Women) Central Coast Crusaders Hills Hornets Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Spiders Illawarra Hawks Inner West Bulls Maitland Mustangs Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Newcastle Falcons Norths Bears Penrith Panthers Sutherland Sharks Sydney Comets

v t e Sporting teams based on the Central Coast
Basketball	NBL1 East Central Coast Crusaders
Ice hockey	Australian Ice Hockey League Central Coast Rhinos
Soccer	A-League Men Central Coast Mariners A-League Women Central Coast Mariners National Premier Leagues NSW Central Coast Mariners Academy NSW League Two Central Coast United
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