Ferried Naciri (born 12 February 1989) is a Belgian basketball coach. He has been an assistant and head coach for several clubs in Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands. He is current an assistant coach for EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German

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(BBL).

Coaching career

Naciri started coaching in 2004 with local youth teams. In 2012, he was the assistant coach of the women's team of

DBC Houthalen Dames Basketball Club Houthalen, ir simply Houthalen, is a Belgian women's basketball club based in Houthalen. It plays in the Belgian Women's Basketball League The Belgian Jupiler Women's Basketball League (French Championnat de Belgique de bask ...

in the Belgian Women's League. In 2013, he started his coaching career at

Leuven Bears Leuven Bears, for sponsorship reasons also called Stella Artois Leuven Bears, is a Belgian professional basketball club from Leuven. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier in Belgian basketball. History The team has played in the ...

, initially training youth teams and the second team. In 2014, Naciri was appointed the assistant coach. In 2016, he became the head coach of Leuven Bears in the Belgian Pro Basketball League. Naciri signed with

Aris Leeuwarden Aris Leeuwarden is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Leeuwarden. The club competes in the BNXT League, and has competed at the highest national level since 2004. Aris plays its home games at the Kalverdijkje. Its most notable successes ...

in the Netherlands for the 2019–20 season. He coached Aris to its first-ever

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final before the season was ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic. After the 2020–21 season, he left Aris. On July 21, 2022, he has signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the

(BBL) as an assistant coach.

References

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