Ray Borner

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Ray Borner
Ballarat Miners
TitleHead coach
LeagueNBL1 South
Personal information
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Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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Listed height208 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
CollegeLSU (1981–1982)
Playing career1980–2003
PositionTemplate:Pluralize from textCentre
Coaching career2001–2003; 2026–
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Raymond Helmut Borner OAM (born 27 May 1962) is an Australian basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Ballarat Miners of the NBL1 South. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL), earning the NBL Most Valuable Player Award in 1985 and winning an NBL championship in 1989, both as a member of the Coburg / North Melbourne Giants. He also played for the Illawarra/Wollongong Hawks, Geelong Supercats and Canberra Cannons.

Playing career

NBL

Borner debuted in the NBL in 1980 for the Coburg Giants. In 1985, he was named the NBL Most Valuable Player, becoming the first Australian-born league MVP.[1] After six seasons for Coburg, he joined the Illawarra Hawks in 1986. After three seasons for the Hawks, he joined the North Melbourne Giants in 1989 and won his first and only NBL championship that year. He played four seasons for North Melbourne before joining the Geelong Supercats in 1993. After two seasons for the Supercats, he joined the Canberra Cannons, where he spent six seasons between 1995 and 1999–2000. He had one final stint during the 2000–01 NBL season, playing two games for the Wollongong Hawks in January 2001.[2] He played in the NBL All-Star Game every year between 1991 and 1995.[3]

Borner finished his NBL career with 518 games over 22 seasons.[4][5] He was inducted into the NBL Hall of Fame in 2006.[6]

The Ray Borner Medal is a medal awarded during the NBL's annual Pre-season Blitz tournament. In 2013, the award was reinstated for the first time since 2004. It had previously been awarded for the best player in the Blitz final, but with its reinstatement in 2013, it became the Blitz tournament MVP award.[1][7] The award remains active as of 2025.[8]

College

Following the 1981 NBL season, Borner moved to the United States to play a season of college basketball for the LSU Tigers. In 25 games during the 1981–82 season, he made 10 starts and averaged 2.0 points and 1.9 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per game.[9]

National team

Borner competed for the Australian national team in four Summer Olympic Games: 1984 in Los Angeles, 1988 in Seoul, 1992 in Barcelona, and 1996 in Atlanta. He also played for the Boomers at the 1982,[10] 1986, 1990 and 1994 FIBA World Championships.[4] He played 242 international senior games for Australia.[3]

SEABL

Between 2001 and 2003, Borner served as player-coach of the Ballarat Miners in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).[11][12] He helped the Miners win the SEABL South Conference championship in 2001.[13]

Coaching career

In January 2026, Borner returned to the Ballarat Miners, now in the NBL1 South, to serve as men's head coach for the 2026 NBL1 season.[13][14]

Personal life

Borner was awarded the Order of Australia medal as part of the 2009 Australia Day Honours.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nagy, Boti (21 August 2013). "Multiple Olympian Ray Borner remembered at last by NBL, reinstating his medal for the MVP at the 2013 Pre-season Blitz". adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ray Borner - Player Statistics NBL 2001". GameDay. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
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  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Howell, Stephen (18 September 2002). "Borner still has that Olympic dream". The Age.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Basketball Media Release: Four enter NBL Hall of Fame". sportsaustralia.com. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CURRENT BA/NBL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS (MARCH 2010)" (PDF). basketball.net.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2010.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Born(er) Again!". botinagy.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Brockington stars for unbeaten Breakers at NBL Blitz". ESPN.com. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ray Borner College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Squads 1982". linguasport.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION" (PDF). gg.gov.au. pp. 19 (146). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ray Borner - Player Statistics SEABL 2003". GameDay. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  13. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ray Borner to Lead Ballarat Miners". NBL1.com.au. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Borner to be a Miner: Boomers legend back to lead Ballarat | Basketball.com.au". www.basketball.com.au. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

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