Guy Goodes ( he, גיא גודס; born 13 March 1971) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

of the

Israeli Premier 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 ...

and the Israel national team.

Professional career

Goodes played as a

point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run t ...

from 1994 to 2004, primarily with

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 ...

(1990–97 and 1998–99). He was on the Israel basketball national team from 1995 to 1999.

Coaching career

He was head coach of Maccabi Rishon Lezion in 2004–06. Later, he was an assistant coach at Maccabi Tel Aviv from 2006 to 2008. In June 2008,

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

hired him as its head coach, to a one-year contract with a team option for a second year. He coached the team from 2008 until 2010. Since then, he has been an assistant coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 2014, he won the EuroLeague title with Maccabi. Later in June 2014, after the departure of

David Blatt David Michael Blatt ( he, דוד מיכאל בלאט; born May 22, 1959), is an Israeli-American professional basketball executive. He is also a former coach and player. Blatt played point guard at Princeton University from 1977 to 1981 and p ...

, he was named the new head coach of the team. He was dismissed on 9 November 2015 due to the poor results. On 27 June 2017 Goodes returned to

as the assistant coach. Goodes helped Maccabi to win the 2018 Israeli League Championship. On 30 November 2018, Goodes returned to Maccabi Rishon Lezion as the new head coach, replacing

Zvika Sherf Zvi Sherf ( he, צבי שרף; born December 18, 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel), known almost universally by his nickname Zvika ( he, צביקה), is an Israeli former basketball player and professional basketball coach. Coaching career Sherf played b ...

. Goodes led Rishon LeZion to the 2019 Israeli League Final, where they eventually lost to his former team

. On 16 November 2019, Goodes was named new head coach of the Israel under-20 national team, replacing

Ariel Beit-Halahmy Ariel Avraham Beit-Halahmy ( he, אריאל בית הלחמי; born February 4, 1966) is an Israeli professional basketball coach who is the current head coach for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, Israeli Premier Leagu ...

. After a short stint coaching the Israel U-20 national team, Goodes was appointed new head coach of the senior Israel national team on 14 September 2021. He would succeed Oded Katash in the role. In January 2022, Goodes was named new head coach of

, in addition to his role as head coach of the Israel national team.

References

External links

Guy Goodes
at eurobasket.com
Guy Goodes
at euroleague.net

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