Roel Moors (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian retired professional

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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

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, whom he played with at the European championships of 2011 and

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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

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Coaching career

Antwerp Giants

Starting from the 2015–16 season, Moors was an assistant coach with Antwerp Giants. In November 2015, after

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was fired, he was promoted to

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. 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

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. He was also awarded with the title

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. 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,

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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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