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Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
League | NZNBL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Young, New South Wales, Australia | 4 November 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||
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1989 | Canberra Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Canberra Cannons (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Canberra Gunners | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1996 | Perth Breakers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2005 | Cairns Taipans | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | South Dragons (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2022 | Melbourne Boomers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Wellington Saints | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Southland Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Sydney Flames | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guy Molloy (born 4 November 1965)[1] is an Australian basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of the Southland Sharks in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL).
Early life
Molloy was born in Young, New South Wales.[2]
Coaching career
WNBL
Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the Canberra Capitals for the 1989 WNBL season.[3] Between 1993 and 1996, he served as head coach of the Perth Breakers.[4] The Breakers reached the finals in all four of Molloy's seasons, including reaching the 1993 Grand Final. In 1995, Molloy was named the WNBL Coach of the Year.
In 2013, Molloy returned to the WNBL, as head coach of the newly branded Melbourne Boomers.[5] In his first season back, after leading the Boomers to the semi-finals, he was named the WNBL Coach of the Year for the second time.[6] He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season[7] after leading them to the championship.[8]
In April 2023, Molloy was appointed as interim head coach of the Sydney Flames.[9] He guided the team to 11 wins and 10 losses in the 2023–24 WNBL season.[10]
NBL
In 1991 and 1992, Molloy served as assistant coach of the Canberra Cannons in the NBL.[11] At the same time, he served as head coach of the Canberra Gunners in the South East Australian Basketball League.[11]
Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans in 2001.[12] He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons.[13] Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons.[14] He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009.[13]
NZNBL
In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Wellington Saints for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[13] As defending champions and the most successful club in NZNBL history with 12 titles, the Saints went 3–7 over the first ten games to be in danger of missing the top six finals for the first time since 2007. As a result, Molloy was sacked on 21 June 2022.[15]
In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.[16][17] He re-signed with the Sharks for two more seasons on 7 September 2023.[18]
National teams
Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989 to 1994.[19] During this time, he was on board during both the 1990 and 1994 FIBA World Championship tournaments.
In 2009, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Australia U-17 men's team, leading into the inaugural FIBA Under-17 World Championship in 2010.[20] Following Australia's sixth-place finish in 2010, Molloy was reappointed leading into the next tournament in 2012. Here, Molloy coached a Dante Exum-led team to a silver medal.[21]
In 2017, Molloy was appointed as assistant coach to Kennedy Kereama with the New Zealand Tall Ferns, leading into the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup.[22] In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns.[13] He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[13] He parted ways with the Tall Ferns in March 2024 after six years as head coach.[23]
Coaching record
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
WNBL
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Canberra | 1989 | 23 | 8 | 15 | .348 | 9th of 12 | – | – | – | – | |
Perth | 1993 | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3rd of 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost Grand Final |
Perth | 1994 | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4th of 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost Preliminary Final |
Perth | 1995 | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4th of 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost Semi Finals |
Perth | 1996 | 18 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4th of 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost Preliminary Final |
Melbourne | 2013–14 | 24 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4th of 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost Semi Finals |
Melbourne | 2014–15 | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 6th of 8 | – | – | – | – | |
Melbourne | 2015–16 | 24 | 8 | 16 | .333 | 8th of 9 | – | – | – | – | |
Melbourne | 2016–17 | 24 | 5 | 19 | .208 | 7th of 8 | – | – | – | – | |
Melbourne | 2017–18 | 21 | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4th of 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Lost Grand Final |
Melbourne | 2018–19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2nd of 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost Semi Finals |
Melbourne | 2019–20 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3rd of 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost Semi Finals |
Melbourne | 2020 | 13 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4th of 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost Preliminary Final |
Career | 265 | 144 | 121 | .543 | 22 | 10 | 12 | .455 |
References
- ^ "Team Australia profile". kaunas2012.fiba.com.[dead link]
- ^ "Guy Molloy". sharksbasketball.co.nz. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "2015-16_MediaGuide-Melbourne.pdf" (PDF). wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Guy Molloy – a coach of all… for all". basketballvictoria.com.au.
- ^ "Molloy to coach Bulleen Boomers". thecourier.com.au.
- ^ "Guy Molloy named WNBL coach of year two decades after first winning award". heraldsun.com.au.
- ^ "COACH MOLLOY HEADING TO NZ AT END OF WNBL 21/22". wnbl.basketball. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "MELBOURNE BOOMERS ARE THE WNBL 2021/22 CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "FLAMES APPOINT GUY MOLLOY AS INTERIM HEAD COACH". wnbl.basketball. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Badkin, Liam (5 April 2024). "2023/24 WNBL Team Wrap – Sydney Flames". central.rookieme.com. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ a b Lilley, John (15 January 1993). "Premier job for Gunners coach". The Canberra Times. p. 21. Retrieved 15 June 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ "History – Official Website of the CQUniversity Cairns Taipans". taipans.com.
- ^ a b c d e Hinton, Marc (19 November 2021). "Double team: Guy Molloy shifts to New Zealand for Tall Ferns role, takes on Saints job". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Molloy happy to plot moves". theage.com.au.
- ^ Egan, Brendon (21 June 2022). "Wellington Saints move on from head coach Guy Molloy after 3-7 start". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Molloy appointed new Sharks' coach". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "New Sharks coach learns from 'bitter' experience". Southland Tribune. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Coach Molloy extends for further two seasons". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "TESTIMONIAL FROM COACH GUY MOLLOY". hoops101.net.
- ^ "Basketball Australia announces Under-17 squads". basketball.net.au.
- ^ "U17 Men take home silver at World Champs + VIDEO". basketball.net.au.
- ^ "New Tall Ferns assistant coach brings wealth of experience". nzherald.co.nz.
- ^ "MOLLOY STEPS DOWN AS 2DEGREES TALL FERNS COACH". nz.basketball. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
External links
- Southland Sharks profile
- "Taipans re-sign Molloy" at nbl.com.au