Brendan Joyce

Brendan Joyce
	Joyce in 2016
Ballarat Miners
Title	Head coach
League	NBL1 South
Personal information
Born	1 May 1960; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Listed height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Listed weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1979–1991
Position	Guard
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
Playing
1979–1982	Nunawading Spectres
1983–1984	St. Kilda Saints
1985–1987	Nunawading / Eastside Spectres
1988–1990	Westside Saints
1991	Brisbane Bullets
Coaching
1993–1995	Ballarat Miners
1996–2006	Illawarra / Wollongong Hawks
2007–2009	Gold Coast Blaze
2019–2021	Ballarat Miners
2021–2024	Kaohsiung Aquas
2026–	Ballarat Miners
Career highlights
	As coach: T1 League champion (2022); NBL champion (2001); 2× ABA National champion (1994, 1995); T1 League Coach of the Year (2022); 2× NBL Coach of the Year (1999, 2001); 2× SEABL Coach of the Year (1994, 1995); T1 League All-Star Game head coach (2023);

Brendan Joyce (born 1 May 1960) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Ballarat Miners women's team of the NBL1 South. He played 13 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) between 1979 and 1991 before beginning his coaching career in 1993. After back-to-back ABA National championships with the Ballarat Miners men in 1994 and 1995, he joined the Illawarra Hawks as head coach in 1996. He was named NBL Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2001, and guided the Hawks to the NBL championship in 2001. In 2022, Joyce guided the Kaohsiung Aquas to the T1 League championship.

Joyce served as an assistant coach with the Australian Boomers between 2001 and 2009, and served as head coach of the Australian Opals between 2013 and 2016.