Pinhas Gershon
Gershon in 2005.
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
November 13, 1951 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Coaching career | 1976–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1976–1977 | Beitar Tel Aviv |
| 1977–1979 | Hapoel Holon |
| 1980–1981 | Hapoel Gan Shmuel |
| 1981–1983 | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
| 1983–1985 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 1985–1986 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 1986–1987 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 1987–1988 | Beitar Tel Aviv |
| 1988–1989 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 1989–1990 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 1990–1992 | Ironi Ramat Gan |
| 1992–1993 | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
| 1993–1994 | Maccabi Rishon Lezion |
| 1994–1995 | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
| 1995–1997 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| 1997–1998 | Maccabi Rishon Lezion |
| 1998–2001 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2003–2006 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2006–2008 | Olympiacos |
| 2007–2008 | Bulgaria |
| 2008–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2011–2013 | Hapoel Holon |
| 2014–2015 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant) |
| 2015–present | Israel (manager) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As head coach: |
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As head coach:
Pinhas "Pini" Gershon (Hebrew: פנחס "פיני" גרשון, born 13 November 1951), is an Israeli professional basketball coach, who won three European championships as a head coach for Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was also the head coach of the senior Bulgarian national team.
He was named EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2005. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
Gershon grew up and studied in the city Tel Aviv. He experienced a rough childhood, as his biological father abandoned the family when he was one year old and left him with his mother, in poverty conditions.
In his youth Gershon was a basketball player. He played for the team "Maccabi south Tel Aviv", which was a sister team of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and was one of the stars in the cadets team. He played a number of years also in the adult group of Maccabi south Tel Aviv, but his career as a basketball player ended at the age of 24 as a result of an injury.
After a short career as a basketball player, Gershon began to coach in different Israeli teams, among them, Maccabi Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Galil Elyon, Hapoel Gan Shmuel-Menashe, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem, as well as the assistant coach for the Israel national basketball team.
In 1993 he led Hapoel Galil Elyon to the Israeli championship, the first time in 36 years that it had not been won by Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 1996 Gershon won the Israeli national cup as the coach of Hapoel Jerusalem, after beating Maccabi in the final.
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