Greg Vanderjagt

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Greg Vanderjagt
Brisbane Bullets
PositionAssistant Coach
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 (age 37)
Kempsey, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Listed height213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight110 kg (243 lb)
Career information
Playing career2003–2015
PositionCentre
Number13, 21
Career history
As player:
2003–2008Townsville Crocodiles
2008–2010Gold Coast Blaze
2011Townsville Crocodiles
2013–2015Townsville Crocodiles
As coach:
2015–2016Townsville Crocodiles
2020–presentBrisbane Bullets
Career highlights and awards
  • QBL champion (2012)

Greg Vanderjagt (born 24 April 1984) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach of the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). He is formerly an assistant coach for the Townsville Crocodiles, and played 10 seasons in the NBL as a player.

Playing career[]

Vanderjagt, a 7'0" (213 cm) tall centre, started his NBL career with the Townsville Crocodiles in 2003–04, averaging just 4.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in his first 31 games. He stayed with the Crocodiles until the end of the 2007–08 NBL season, leaving the club after appearing in 153 games.

After leaving the Crocodiles, Vanderjagt moved to the Gold Coast and joined the Blaze for the 2008–09 season. He managed just nine games in his first season with the Blaze due to sustaining an injury in November 2008. He returned from injury in 2009 and played out the 2009–10 season with the Blaze, appearing in 25 games and helping the team to the semi-finals where they were knocked out by eventual champions Perth in two straight games.

After receiving no new contract offers, Vanderjangt sat out the entire 2010–11 season. When Townsville lost their starting centre in Luke Schenscher for the first seven games of the 2011–12 season, the Crocodiles wasted no time in signing Vanderjagt as an injury replacement.[1][2] In his seven games with the Crocodiles, Vanderjagt averaged 5.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game, making such an impression on head coach Paul Woolpert that he began replacing Ben Allen as starting centre.[3] He left the club in late November 2011 upon Schenscher's return to the line-up.

On 16 July 2013, Vanderjagt re-signed with the Crocodiles for the 2013–14 season.[4] On 28 July 2014, he re-signed with the Crocodiles for the 2014–15 season.[5]

Coaching career[]

In 2014, Vanderjagt took on an assistant coaching role with the QBL's Mackay Meteors.[6]

On 3 July 2015, Vanderjagt announced his retirement from professional basketball to take on an assistant coaching role at the Townsville Crocodiles.[7]

After rejoining the Bullets in 2019 as their Head of Development and Community, in 2020 Vanderjagt also became one of the team's assistant coaches.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Crocs stand tall with Allen & Vanderjagt
  2. ^ Croc moves south to join Meteors
  3. ^ Vanderjagt set to go
  4. ^ "Townsville picks up Vanderjagt". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  5. ^ Greg Vanderjagt re-signs with Townsville Crocs
  6. ^ Meteor rocks up for Crocs
  7. ^ "GREG VANDERJAGT RETIRES, BECOMES TOWNSVILLE ASSISTANT COACH". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Bullets Finalise Coaching Staff". www.BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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