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Brett Rainbow
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Nationality
Australia
Number
23
Height
1.95 m
Position
Guard / Forward
Role
Basketball Player
Listed weight
97 kg (214 lb)
Name
Brett Rainbow
Listed height
195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
1992–1999
Melbourne Tigers
Weight
97 kg
Born
30 October 1975 (age 49) Melbourne, Australia (
1975-10-30
)
1994 NBL Slam Dunk Comp Winner Brett Rainbow
Brett Rainbow is an Australian former professional basketball player from the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian National Basketball League.
Brett is currently running his own business Tomorrow's Stars Basketball, Australia’s #1 private basketball training and coaching business.
Playing Career
1992-1999 Member of the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
1993 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
1995 Tour of America to play in warm up pre-season games against top college teams with Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
1995 Tour of Singapore winning the Merlion Cup Championship with the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
1996 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up
1996 Tour of America & Korea to play in warm up pre-season games against top colleges & the Korean National Team.
1996/97 Played as an import in the SBL Singapore’s top Basketball League, resulting in winning the championship, ppg 28pts, 15rebs.
1997 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
1998 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up.
2000-2007 Played in the ABA League with teams Werribee Devils, Ringwood Hawks, Melbourne Tigers playing over 150 games and scoring more than 5000 points.
2002 Part of the Victorian Titans NBL Team Training Squad.
2003/04 Selected to participate and tour China with the Melbourne Tigers NBL team. As a result of the trip was chosen to join the Guangdong Tigers in China’s top National Basketball League (CBA) as an import for 3 months. Resulting in a championship.
2004 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks.
2005 ABA All Star Team – Was chosen to try out amongst 30 of top players in the ABA league. Was selected as part of the team to travel to Cairns and attend the NBL Pre-season tournament.
2007 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks
2014 - Played with the Pakenham Warriors ABA team, division 2
Coaching Career
2000-2017 Launched my own business Tomorrow’s Stars Basketball- Offering many programs to children and players around Australia and the world such as:
School Holiday Basketball Camps
USA Basketball Tours
Private Training
Wizz Kidz
Dunk Champ Jump Program
Coach the Coach
Over the past 17 years Tomorrow’s Stars Basketball has seen over 30,000 players come through many of our great programs. Whether it’s training individual players on skills of the game, mentoring a group of high school kids, or travelling to the other side of the world to give Tomorrow’s Stars Basketball players the best opportunity possible to succeed, that’s what we do and that’s why we’re the best in the business.
Head Coach/Basketball Operations for the following teams and schools:
Xavier College
Trinity Grammar
Wesley College
Christ Church Primary
Geelong Grammar
Fitzroy College
Melbourne Girls Grammar
Werribee Devils U/16 Rep Girls
Bullen Boomers U/16 Boys
Geelong Supercats U/16 Rep Boys
Special guest coach for over 200 teams
Career Highlights
1993 Won NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
1993 NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.
1994 NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.
1995 NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.
1997 Won NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
2004 First Australian player to be selected to play in China as a professional basketballer in China's elite basketball league, the CBA.
2016- Invite to attend the NBA training center in China to conduct a week long private training clinic
Qualifications
Level 1 Coach- Club Coach
Level 2 Coach- Association Coach
Level 3 Coach- High Performance Coach
Australian Institute of Fitness- Certificate III, IV Personal training
