Arik Shivek

Arik Shivek
Sport(s) Basketball
Biographical details
Born 1956 (age 55)
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983-1985
1985-1986
1986-1988
1989-1990
1990-1993
1993-1996
1996-1999
1999-2001
2001-2002
2003-2004
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007-2009
2009-
2009-
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Hadera
Hapoel Gan Shmuel
Elitzur Ramla
Hapoel Eilat
Hapoel Galil Elyon
Maccabi Ra’anana
Ironi Ramat Gan
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Israeli Women’s Basketball Team
ABC Amsterdam
Antwerp Giants
ABC Amsterdam
Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Israeli national basketball team
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • Coach of the Year (Dutch Premier League), 2005 & 2009
  • Eurobasket Coach of the Year, 2008

Arik Shivek (Hebrew: אריק שיבק‎) is the Israeli head basketball coach the Israeli national basketball team, as well as the coach of Belgian club Dexia Mons-Hainaut.[1][2] Shivek replaced coach Tzvika (Zvi) Sherf.[1][3]

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Coaching career

Shivek started coaching in 1983 with Maccabi Netanya and later moved to clubs such as Maccabi Ra’anana, Maccabi Ramat Gan, and Hapoel Tel Aviv.[1][4] Beginning in 2003 he coached the Amsterdam Ricoh Astronauts in Holland, leading it to a championships in 2008 and 2009, and the Antwerp Giants in Belgium.[1][5]

He was the Coach of the Year in the Dutch Premier League in 2005 and 2009, and was named Eurobasket Coach of the Year in 2008.[1][4]

In December 2009, he was appointed the head basketball coach of the Israeli national basketball team.[3] The Israel Basketball Association permitted him to take the job on a part-time basis.[3] In June 2011, he re-signed as coach of Dexia Mons-Haiaut for a third straight year, subsequent to declining job offers from teams in France and Germany.[6][7]

Honours

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