Knox Basketball Inc was established in 1965 to provide youth from the City of Knox with a sporting and social infrastructure to develop and promote personal, team and social skills in a sporting environment. Founded by Alf Stevens, Alice Jago and Heather Kemp, it began as an after school basketball competition at the Mossfield Avenue Facility, Ferntree Gully in 1974. In 1980, its headquarters moved to the three-court facility in Park Crescent at Boronia which was expanded to six courts in 1989. In 2007, Knox were awarded the 2007 Basketball Australia Best Large Association Award.