Australian basketball player and coach (born 1965)
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Scott Ninnis
Adelaide 36ers
Position
Head coach
League
NBL
Personal information
Born
(1965-12-25) 25 December 1965 (age 58) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Listed height
188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight
84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
Playing career
1986–1998
Position
Shooting guard / point guard
Number
6, 9, 21
Coaching career
1998–2010, 2022–present
Career history
As player:
1986–1990
South Adelaide Panthers
1986–1990
Adelaide 36ers
1987
Adelaide Buffaloes
1991
Eastside Melbourne Spectres
1992
South East Melbourne Magic
1993–1995
Adelaide 36ers
1993–1995
South Adelaide Panthers
1996
Newcastle Falcons
1997–1998
Adelaide 36ers
1997–1998
South Adelaide Panthers
As coach:
1998–2003
Adelaide 36ers (assistant)
2001–2002, 2004
Sturt Sabres
2004–2005
Townsville Crocodiles (assistant)
2006–2007
South Dragons (assistant)
2008–2010
Adelaide 36ers
2022–2023
South Adelaide Panthers
2023
Adelaide 36ers (assistant)
2023–2024
Adelaide 36ers (interim)
2024–present
Adelaide 36ers
Career highlights and awards
As player:
3× NBL champion (1986, 1992, 1998)
All-NBL Third Team (1993)
SEABL champion (1987)
4× SA State League champion (1987, 1989, 1995, 1997)
NBL Most Improved Player (1993)
Woollacott Medalist (1995)
As head coach:
NBL1 Central champion (2022)
CABL Central Conference champion (2001, 2002)
CABL Coach of the Year (2001, 2002)
As assistant coach:
2× NBL champion (1999, 2002)
Scott Ninnis (born 25 December 1965) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He won three NBL championships during his career: 1986 and 1998 with the 36ers and 1992 with the South East Melbourne Magic. He coached the 36ers for two years and was an assistant coach with the club when they won the 1998–99 and 2001–02 NBL championships. He returned to the 36ers' coaching staff in 2023 as an assistant and was appointed as interim head coach midway through the 2023–24 season.
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including players such as Mark Davis, Robert Rose, Phil Smyth, Mike McKay, ScottNinnis and Brett Maher, went down 2-0 in the GF to the North Melbourne Giants...
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such as Robert Rose, Tony Ronaldson, Bruce Bolden, Andrew Parkinson, ScottNinnis and Andrej Lemanis, defeated the Melbourne Tigers in three games to win...
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