Guy Molloy (born 4 November 1965) is an Australian

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coach, who is currently the

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of the

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in the

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(NZNBL).

Coaching career

WNBL

Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the

Canberra Capitals The University of Canberra Capitals are an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The team is based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. In 2014 the University of Canberr ...

for the

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. Between 1993 to 1996 he served as head coach of the

Perth Breakers The Perth Lynx are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at Bendat Basketball Centre. For sponsorship reasons, t ...

. The Breakers reached the finals in all four of Molloy's seasons, including reaching the 1993 Grand Final. In 1995, Molloy was named the WNBL Coach of the Year. In 2013, Molloy returned to the WNBL, as head coach of the newly branded

Melbourne Boomers The Melbourne Boomers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Boomers compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play the majority of their home games at Melbourne Sports Centre – Pa ...

. In his first season back, after leading the Boomers to the semi-finals, he was named the WNBL Coach of the Year for the second time. He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season after leading them to the

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NBL

Molloy was appointed head coach of the

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of the NBL in 2001. He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons. Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the

South Dragons The South Dragons were an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). They made their debut in the 2006/07 season and played their final season in 2008/09. The club was based at MSAC in Melbourne's in ...

. He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009.

NZNBL

In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the

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for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season. As defending champions and the most successful club in NZNBL history with 12 titles, the Saints went 3–7 over the first ten games to be in danger of missing the top six finals for the first time since 2007. As a result, Molloy was sacked on 21 June 2022. In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the

for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.

National teams

Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989–1994. During this time, he was on board during both the

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and

1994 FIBA World Championship The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple L ...

tournaments. In 2009, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Australia U-17 men's team, leading into the inaugural

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in 2010. Following Australia's sixth place finish in 2010, Molloy was reappointed leading into the next tournament in 2012. Here, Molloy coached a

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-led team to a silver medal. In 2017, Molloy was appointed as assistant coach to Kennedy Kereama with the New Zealand Tall Ferns, leading into the

2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup The 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in Bangalore, India. Before this edition, the tourname ...

. In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns. He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Coaching record

WNBL

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molloy, Guy 1965 births Living people Australian women's basketball coaches Australian men's basketball coaches Canberra Capitals coaches Perth Lynx coaches Cairns Taipans coaches Melbourne Boomers coaches University of Canberra alumni