Efraim "Effi" Birnbaum (אפרים "אפי" בירנבאום; born 11 June 1954), is an Israeli professional

basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel ...

Coaching career

He was the

Israeli Super League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...

, in 2005. Birnbaum was the head coach of

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

, for the beginning of the 2008-09 season, until he was terminated on November 24, 2008. He was the head coach of Maccabi Rishon Lezion from 2011-2012. He was the head coach of Bnei Herzelia from 2013-2014.

Clubs coached

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Birnbaum, Effi 1954 births Living people Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. coaches Israeli Jews Israeli basketball coaches Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. coaches