Eran Ganot
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Hawaii |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 42-22 (.656) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Tenafly, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2003 | Swarthmore |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006–2007 | Hawaii (Director of Ops.) |
| 2007–2010 | Hawaii (asst.) |
| 2010–2015 | St. Mary's (asst.) |
| 2015–present | Hawaii |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–24 (.652) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
Big West regular season championship (2016) Big West Tournament championship (2016) |
|
| Awards | |
| Big West Coach of the Year (2016) | |
Eran Ganot is an American college basketball head coach for the University of Hawaii. In 2015-16, his first season as head coach at Hawaii, he earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades.
Ganot's was born in Brooklyn, raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his hometown is Tenafly, New Jersey. He is Jewish. His father immigrated to the United States from Romania, and his mother immigrated to the US from Israel. He has a twin brother, named Asaf, a high-end fashion designer.
He attended Tenafly High School, graduating in 1999. Playing for his high school basketball team, he was a two-time all-league first-team selection, and was named all-county as a senior. He now lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his wife Barbea and his daughter Zeza.
He lettered at Swarthmore College from 2000-03, and was a two-time team captain. He graduated with a degree in Economics and Sociology/Anthropology in 2003.
He was the assistant coach at Hawaii from 2007 to 2010. From 2010 to 2015, he served as assistant coach at St. Mary's in Moraga, California, and was acting head coach for five games in 2013-14, compiling a 3-2 record.
On April 9, 2015, he was named Hawaii head coach, and signed to a three-year contract. At 33 years of age he was the second-youngest head coach in school history, and the 21st head coach ever for the university. His base salary was $225,000.
In 2015-16, his first season as head coach at Hawaii, he led the Rainbow Warriors to the Big West regular season and tournament titles, the most wins in university history (28), the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002, and an opening-round upset over California for the teams's first-ever NCAA Tournament win. He earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades. He also received the CollegeInsider.com’s Joe B. Hall Award, awarded to the top first-year head coach, as well as the Red Auerbach College Coach of the Year Award, selected by members of the Jewish Coaches Association as the top Jewish head basketball college coach.
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