Birmingham Bullets

The Birmingham Bullets were a British professional basketball team from Birmingham, England who competed in the British Basketball League (BBL). The club was founded in 1974 as Coventry Granwood before moving to Birmingham in 1980 as part of the team's sponsorship agreement with Fiat. The Bullets achieved some success in the BBL, mostly in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including winning the Playoffs in 1996 and 1998. They also achieved a 2nd place League finish in 1998 and were runners up in the 2000 Playoffs and 2002 Trophy. In latter years, the club struggled both on and off the court. The club officially resigned from the BBL in the summer of 2006 and soon after went into liquidation. Since then both the Birmingham Panthers and Birmingham Knights have endured short-lived and unsuccessful spells in the BBL.

Notable former players

Season-by-season records SeasonDivisionTierRegular SeasonPost-SeasonCupTrophyHead coach Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win % Coventry Granwood1974–75NBLI5th18810160.444--1975–76NBLI4th18108200.556-- Coventry Team Fiat1976–77NBLI5th18108200.556--1978–79NBLI4th20137260.650Runners Up, losing to Crystal Palace-1979–80NBLI3rd18144280.778Runners Up, losing to Crystal Palace- Birmingham Team Fiat1980–81NBLI1st18171340.944Semi-finalsSemi-finals-1981–82NBLI5th22157300.682Did not qualifySemi-finals- Birmingham Barrett Bullets1982–83NBLI4th24177340.708Semi-finalsRunners Up, losing to Solent- Davenports Birmingham1983–84NBLI9th361620320.444Did not qualify2nd round-1984–85NBLI12th26620120.231Did not qualify1st round- Birmingham Bullets1985–86NBLI6th281513300.536Runners Up, losing to Kingston1st round-1986–87NBLI9th24816160.333Did not qualify1st round-1987–88BBLI7th281414280.500Quarter-finals1st roundPool Stage1988–89NBL 1II3rd20164320.800Quarter-finals-1989–90NBL 1II8th22814160.3642nd round-1990–91NBL 1II8th221012200.4552nd round-1991–92BBLI8th301119220.367Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsPool Stage1992–93BBLI5th331716340.515Quarter-finals3rd roundPool StagePeter Mintoft1993–94BBLI6th362115420.583Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsPool StagePeter Mintoft1994–95BBLI8th361818360.500Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsPool StageSteve Tucker1995–96BBLI3rd362610520.722Winners, beating TowersSemi-finalsSemi-finalsNick Nurse1996–97BBLI4th362610520.722Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsQuarter-finalsNick Nurse1997–98BBLI2nd36297580.806Winners, beating Thames ValleySemi-finalsQuarter-finalsMike Finger1998–99BBLI7th362115420.583Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsQuarter-finalsMike Finger1999–00BBL SI3rd341717340.500Runners Up, losing to Manchester1st roundPool StageMike Finger2000–01BBL SI4th341816360.529Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsPool StageLance Randall2001–02BBL SI5th321517300.469Did not qualifyRunners Up, losing to ChesterPool StageLance Randall2002–03BBLI9th401129220.275Did not qualifyQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsTony Garbelotto2003–04BBLI10th3623440.056Did not qualifyQuarter-finalsPool StageSteve Tucker2004–05BBLI11th40535100.125Did not qualify1st roundPool StageCharlie Adams2005–06BBLI11th40931170.225Did not qualify1st roundPool StageSkouson Harker

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