Andrew Gaze

Andrew Barry Casson Gaze AM (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach.

After graduating from Albert Park College, Gaze pursued a professional basketball career and attended Victoria University in Melbourne.

His first season with the Tigers saw him win the NBL Rookie of the Year Award after averaging an impressive 29.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.6 steals in 24 games.

He completed his season at Seton Hall with an 80–79 overtime loss to the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA Championship Game which was played in front of 39,187 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle, where he was heavily guarded and limited to only five field goal attempts, all from three-point range.

[8] Not known for being an outstanding athlete, Gaze's heavy scoring in the NBL was due to exceptional shooting, including from three-point range.

In his later years, Gaze still managed to score at a high clip for the Tigers, averaging over 19 points per game in each of his last four NBL seasons.

He received very little court time for a stacked Spurs team that included guards Mario Elie, Avery Johnson, Antonio Daniels and Steve Kerr.

[12] On the international stage, Gaze forged his reputation as one of Australia's finest products, appearing at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, as a 19-year-old.

In 2000, he became (jointly with American Teresa Edwards) the third basketball player to compete at five Olympics,[13] after Puerto Rican Teófilo Cruz and Brazilian Oscar Schmidt.

That year, Gaze was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, and he was also the Australian Team Captain.

[18][19][20] On 4 February 2022, Gaze was announced as head coach of the Melbourne Tigers men's team, now in the NBL1 South, for the 2022 NBL1 season.

[24] After retiring from playing professionally, Gaze became a media personality and an NBL commentator for Network Ten and Fox Sports.