Arik Shivek | |
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Sport(s) | Basketball |
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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 |
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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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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]
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