Henrik Rödl

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Henrik Rödl
Medal record

Competitor for Germany
World Championships
Bronze	2002 USA	National team
European Championships
Gold	1993 Germany	National team

Henrik Rödl (born March 4, 1969, in Offenbach am Main, Hesse) is a retired German professional basketball player, and currently a basketball coach. He played college basketball in the US for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. He has been credited for his role in bringing other European players, including fellow German Ademola Okulaja, into the North Carolina basketball program.

The 6' 7", 200-lb. shooting guard/small forward has had great success and a number of championships over a long career in American collegiate and international professional basketball. He was released as head coach of ALBA Berlin in June 2007. In 2010, he became head coach of TBB Trier.^[1]

Pre-professional career

Rödl was spotted by Smith's staff while he was an exchange student at Chapel Hill High School, a school located only a few miles from UNC's campus. Rödl led the CHHS basketball team to the 1987 North Carolina State High School Basketball Championship. He returned to Germany for 2 years before returning to Chapel Hill.

Rödl played for the Tar Heels from 1989 to 1993. Rödl's Tar Heels won the 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, making Rödl the second German to win an NCAA Title. He wore jersey #5 during his collegiate career.

Professional career

Rödl played professionally for ALBA Berlin for 11 years.^[2] His team won the 1995 Korać Cup, a former European international pro basketball tournament, and began building a German basketball dynasty. Rödl's ALBA Berlin teams won seven consecutive championships in the Bundesliga from 1997 through 2003. His jersey number 4 was retired by ALBA Berlin in 2010.^[3]

International career

Rödl also played for many years for the German national basketball team. Rödl played on the team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and led the German team to the European Basketball Championship in 1993. He also played on the team that won the bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. Rödl also played for the German team in the 1995, 1997 and 1999 European championship tournaments.

Notes

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball 1992–93 NCAA Champions

00 Eric Montross 3 Pat Sullivan 5 Henrik Rödl 11 Scott Cherry 14 Derrick Phelps 21 Donald Williams (MOP) 24 Dante Calabria 31 Brian Reese 33 Kevin Salvadori 34 George Lynch 50 Matt Wenstrom Head Coach Dean Smith Assistant Coaches Bill Guthridge Phil Ford

v t e Germany squad – 1993 EuroBasket – Gold medal

4 Kleine-Brockhoff 5 Rödl 6 Koch 7 Welp 8 Öztürk 9 Harnisch 10 Behnke 11 Baeck 12 Gnad 13 Nürnberger 14 Kujawa 15 Jackel Coach: Pešić

v t e Germany squad – 1994 FIBA World Championship – 12th place

4 Harnisch 5 Behnke 6 Gnad 7 Koch 8 Hupmann 9 Nürnberger 10 Rödl 11 King 12 Herkelmann 13 Neuhaus 14 Musch 15 Knorr Coach: Bauermann

v t e Germany squad – 2002 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal

4 Lütcke 5 Arigbabu 6 Nikagbatse 7 Garris 8 Maras 9 Demirel 10 Pesic 11 Roller 12 Rödl 13 Femerling 14 Nowitzki (MVP) 15 Okulaja Coach: Dettmann

Persondata
Name	Rodl, Henrik
Alternative names
Short description	German basketball player-coach
Date of birth	March 4, 1969
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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