| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 August 1936 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) |
| Listed weight | 168 lb (76 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1958–1970 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Coaching career | 1970–2005 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1970–1984 | Melbourne Tigers (MBA) |
| 1984–2005 | Melbourne Tigers |
| 2008–2009 | Tianjin Ronggang |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach
| |
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| FIBA Hall of Fame | |
Lindsay John Casson Gaze OAM (born 16 August 1936) is an Australian former basketball player and coach.
He played for Australia in three Summer Olympics qualification tournaments, between 1960 and 1968, and was the head coach of the senior Australian basketball team at four Summer Olympics, between 1972 and 1984. Gaze also coached the Melbourne Tigers for 35 years, including 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL), winning two league championships, in 1993 and 1997.
Gaze was the NBL Coach of the Year in 1989, 1997 and 1999, and is second all-time in the number of coaching wins in that league. Gaze is a member of the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame, as both a player and coach, and is an associate member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. He has also been inducted into both the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as a coach.