(1951-11-13) November 13, 1951 (age 72) Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality
Israeli
Career information
Playing career
1970–1974
Coaching career
1974–2015
Career history
As player:
1970–1974
Maccabi South Tel Aviv
As coach:
1974–1976
Beitar Tel Aviv (youth)
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 (manager)
2014–2015
Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2015–present
Israel (manager)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
2× EuroLeague champion (2004, 2005)
FIBA SuproLeague champion (2001)
EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2005)
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
8× Israeli League champion (1993, 1999–2001, 2004–2006, 2009)
8× Israeli Cup winner (1996, 1999–2001, 2004–2006, 2010)
Israeli League Coach of the Year (1993)
Pinhas "Pini" Gershon (Hebrew: פנחס "פיני" גרשון, born 13 November 1951), is an Israeli former professional basketball player and coach. He won three top-level European-wide club championships as the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He won the FIBA SuproLeague championship in 2001, and the EuroLeague championship in 2004 and 2005.
He was named the EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2005. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, as a coach. He was also the head coach of the senior Bulgarian national team.
Pinhas "Pini" Gershon (Hebrew: פנחס "פיני" גרשון, born 13 November 1951), is an Israeli former professional basketball player and coach. He won three...
(1997–99). During his time in Galil Elyon Blatt notoriously assisted PiniGershon, then head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv, by relaying directions laid out...
between 1958 and 1960, before adding one more with CSKA Moscow in 1971. PiniGershon was the first recipient of the award, after winning the 2005 EuroLeague...
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assistant head coach with Olympiacos, from 2005 to 2008, under head coaches PiniGershon and Panagiotis Giannakis. In 2006, he worked as an assistant coach with...
Mark Brisker, Derrick Sharp, Doron Jamchi, Constantin Popa (Head Coach: PiniGershon) † The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams...
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Israeli Basketball Premier League. In 1992–93 the club, then coached by PiniGershon, became the first club based outside Tel Aviv to win the Israeli Championship...
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FIBA SuproLeague), the Israeli PiniGershon, also coached in the Greek League. Obradović, Maljković, Ivković, and Gershon were honored in 2008, when they...
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