Israeli-American basketball player and coach (born 1959)
David Blatt דוד מיכאל בלאט
Blatt as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Position
Counselor
League
Ligat HaAl
Personal information
Born
(1959-05-22) May 22, 1959 (age 64) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Nationality
American / Israeli
Listed height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school
Framingham South (Framingham, Massachusetts)
College
Princeton (1977–1981)
NBA draft
1981: undrafted
Playing career
1981–1993
Position
Point guard
Coaching career
1993–2019
Career history
As player:
1981–1984
Maccabi Haifa
1986–1987
Hapoel Jerusalem
1987–1989
Maccabi Netanya
1989–1990
Hapoel Galil Elyon
1990–1991
Hapoel Jerusalem
1991–1992
Ironi Nahariya
1992–1993
Maccabi Hadera
As coach:
1993–1994
Hapoel Galil Elyon
1994–1995
Hapoel Galil Elyon (assistant)
1995–1999
Hapoel Galil Elyon
1999–2001
Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2001–2003
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2003–2004
Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2004–2005
Dynamo St. Petersburg
2005–2007
Benetton Treviso
2006–2012
Russia
2007–2008
Efes Pilsen
2008–2009
Dynamo Moscow
2010
Aris
2010–2014
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–2016
Cleveland Cavaliers
2016–2018
Darüşşafaka
2018–2019
Olympiacos
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
FIBA EuroBasket champion (2007)
EuroLeague champion (2014)
EuroCup champion (2018)
FIBA EuroChallenge champion (2005)
5× Israeli Super League champion (2002, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014)
LBA champion (2006)
ABA League champion (2012)
Italian Cup winner (2007)
6× Israeli Cup winner (2002, 2003, 2011–2014)
EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2014)
Russian League Coach of the Year (2005)
4× Israeli Super League Coach of the Year (1996, 2002, 2011, 2014)
Russian Federation Order of Friendship award recipient (2014)
As assistant coach:
4x Israeli Basketball League champion (1993, 1999–2001)
3x Israeli Cup champion (1999–2001)
SuproLeague champion (2001)
EuroLeague champion (2004)
Medals
Men's Basketball
Player representing United States
Maccabiah Games
1981 Maccabiah
Head Coach representing Russia
Summer Olympic Games
2012 London
EuroBasket
2007 Spain
2011 Lithuania
David Michael Blatt (Hebrew: 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 played in the Maccabiah Games for the U.S. national team that won a gold medal in 1981. He then played professional basketball in Israel for nine of the next twelve years, before an injury ended his playing career, and he began coaching full-time.
He is one of the most successful Israeli-American coaches in European basketball history. As a coach, Blatt has been the Israeli Super League Coach of the Year four times (1996, 2002, 2011, and 2014), the Russian Super League Coach of the Year (2005), and the EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2014). Blatt took over as Cleveland's head coach, and led the team to the 2015 NBA Finals in his first season. He guided them to the top of their conference the next year, but was fired mid-season, and subsequently returned to coaching in Europe.
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