Roel Moors (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian retired professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player and current head coach of
BG Göttingen of the
Basketball Bundesliga.
Playing career
Moors usually played at the
point guard position. He was also a member of the
Belgian national basketball team
The Belgium men's national basketball team nl, Belgisch nationaal basketbalteamgerman: Belgische Basketballnationalmannschaft has represented Belgium in international basketball since 1928. The supervising body for the national team is Basketb ...
, whom he played with at the
European championships of
2011 and
2013
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. He played more than 100 matches for the Belgian national team.
On 8 October 2015 Moors' jersey number 4 was retired by
Antwerp Giants
Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgians, Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketbal ...
.
Coaching career
Antwerp Giants
Starting from the 2015–16 season, Moors was an assistant coach with Antwerp Giants. In November 2015, after
Paul Vervaeck
Paul Vervaeck (born 7 March 1956) is a Belgian former professional basketball coach. He coached several clubs in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, as well as the Belgium national under-20 and Netherlands national under-18 teams.
Coach ...
was fired, he was promoted to
head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...
. In September 2016, Moors won his first trophy as coach when his team won the
Belgian Supercup over
Oostende.
In the 2018–19 campaign, Moors unexpectedly led Antwerp to the third place in the
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercont ...
. He was also awarded with the title
Basketball Champions League Best Coach
The Basketball Champions League (BCL) Best Coach in an annual Basketball Champions League awards, award of the Basketball Champions League, which is the European professional club basketball system, third-tier level European-wide professional club ...
. He won the Coach of the Year of the domestic PBL again in May 2019. In June 2019, it was announced that Moors would leave the club.
Bamberg
On 20 June 2019,
Brose Bamberg
Brose Bamberg is a German professional basketball team from Bamberg, Franconia / North Bavaria. The club has won the German Championship title nine times and the German Cup five times. The club currently plays in the German top tier Basketbal ...
of the German
Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) announced that Moors had signed a two-year contract.
Göttingen
On July 13, 2020, he has signed with
BG Göttingen of the
Basketball Bundesliga.
References
External links
Eurobasket.com profile
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1978 births
Living people
Antwerp Giants coaches
Antwerp Giants players
ASVEL Basket players
Belgian men's basketball players
Bree BBC players
Brose Baskets coaches
Brussels Basketball players
Gent Hawks players
Guards (basketball)
Leuven Bears players
People from Herentals
Spirou Charleroi players
Sportspeople from Antwerp Province