Raptors head coach Nick Nurse will be adding Perth Wildcats head coach Trevor Gleeson to his bench for the 2021-22 season, tweets Marc Stein of the Stein Line.
Stein notes that Gleeson led the Wildcats to five NBL championships in the 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons. Gleeson is the reigning NBL Coach of the Year for the 2020-21 season.
Gleeson led the Perth Wildcats to a 171-99 record during his eight seasons with them. The Wildcats made it to the championship round again this year, but lost to Melbourne United.
Nurse has been the head man in Toronto since the Raptors' championship 2018-19 season. He inked a multiyear extension with the club ahead of the 2020-21 season that is set to take him through at least 2022-23. The Raptors have a 226-138 record under Nurse.
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