Adelaide 36ers Announce CJ Bruton as Head Coach

The Adelaide 36ers are pleased to announce that CJ Bruton has been appointed as Head Coach on a three-year deal.

Bruton, 45, is one of the National Basketball League’s all-time greats, debuting in 1994 and completing an illustrious 516 game career in 2014. Over those two decades, Bruton averaged 14.9 points & 3.6 assists per game while shooting 40% from the three-point arc and 83% from the free throw line. For all of those elite numbers, it was his record-equaling six NBL Championships that cemented Bruton’s place as one of the best to ever hit the court in Australia. Accolades that punctuated a stunning playing career include an NBL Grand Final MVP Award in 2012, being named twice to the All-NBL First Team (2006, 2008) and All-NBL Second Team (2008), NBL Most Improved Player 1999 and the Gaze Medal in 2005 as Australian International Player of the Year.

Bruton boasts significant international experience having represented the Australian Boomers at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, the Commonwealth Games Gold Medal-winning team in Melbourne 2006, and the World Championships in Japan also in 2006. In all, Bruton represented the ‘green & gold’ with distinction 104 times.