Mike Ellis is a retired Australia

Australia

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n professional basketball

Basketball

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 player in the National Basketball League

National Basketball League (Australia)

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. He was the first captain of the Perth Wildcats

Perth Wildcats

The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...

 when they formed in 1982 as the Westate Wildcats and captained the side from 1982 to 1992. He led the team to successive championships in 1990 and 1991, before being replaced by Andrew Vlahov

Andrew Vlahov

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. He was the club's leading scorer in 1983 and 1984. After ending his playing career, he stayed with the club under many roles, including general manager

General manager

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, assistant coach and head coach

Head coach

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. However, his role as head coach lasted for just one season, in 2003/04, before being replaced by Scott Fisher

Scott Fisher (basketball)

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.

Trivia

• All of his 302 NBL career games were as captain of the Perth Wildcats.
• His #6 jersey is one of six jerseys that have been retired by the Wildcats and is displayed at Challenge Stadium
  Challenge Stadium
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  during Wildcats home games.
• He also won another two championships as an assistant coach in 1995 and 2000, which is a total of four of the five championships that the Wildcats have won to date.