Gordon Herbert

Gordon Walter Herbert (born February 16, 1959) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player. He was named the head coach of the Germany national team in 2021 and guided them to a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships and to the gold medal at the 2023 World Cup. Due to the long time spent playing and coaching in Finland, he became a naturalized citizen.

Gordon Herbert
Herbert in 2023
Personal information
Born (1959-02-16) February 16, 1959
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
High schoolPenticton Secondary School Lakers under Coach Fred Fedorak
College
NBA draft1982: undrafted
Playing career1982–1994
PositionSmall forward
Coaching career1994–present
Career history
As player:
1982–1983Hyvinkään Tahko
1983–1984BBC Toptours Aarschot
1984–1985Hyvinkään Tacho
1985-1988Turun NMKY
1988–1989Forssan Koripojat
1989–1991NMKY Helsinki
1991–1994Korihait
As coach:
1994–1996Korihait
1996–1999Espoon Honka
1999–2000Oberwart Gunners
2000–2001s.Oliver Würzburg
2001–2004Skyliners Frankfurt
2004–2006Paris Basket Racing
2005–2006Georgia
2006–2007Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2007–2008Aris
2008–2009Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2009–2010Espoon Honka
2010–2011Skyliners Frankfurt
2011–2012Alba Berlin
2013–2020Skyliners Frankfurt
2018Canada
2019Canada (assistant)
2020–2021Avtodor
2021–Germany
Career highlights and awards
As head coach
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Canada
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1983 Edmonton
Men's basketball
Head Coach for  Germany
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place2022 Germany

Playing career

Born and raised in Penticton, British Columbia, Herbert attended two-year North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene,[1] and transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1979, where he played college basketball for the Vandals under head coach Don Monson.[2][3] Prior to his senior season in 1980–81, he injured his wrist and was redshirted;[3] the Vandals were 25–4 and went to the NCAA tournament as Big Sky champions.

As a fifth-year senior in 1981–82, Herbert started at forward and Idaho won its first sixteen games, went 24–2 in the regular season,[4] and were sixth in the AP and UPI polls.[5][6] They advanced to the Sweet Sixteen,[7][8][9] and finished with the best record in school history at 27–3. While undefeated at 15–0, an article on the team appeared in Sports Illustrated.[10] Twice during the regular season, Herbert was the Big Sky player of the week,[11][12] and was second team all-conference.[13]

After college, he played professionally in Finland for 12 years with various teams. His club playing career ended in 1994, when he started coaching.

Herbert also played with the senior Canadian national team at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where they finished just out of medal position in fourth place. He also played with Canada at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.

Coaching career

Herbert has coached many teams, including Frankfurt Skyliners, with which he won the German League title in 2004. He led the Skyliners to their 3rd German League finals appearance, against the league's first place Brose Bamberg, after beating other top-rated German teams, such as Alba Berlin, in the playoffs. He also coached French teams Paris and Pau Orthez, with which he won the French Cup in the 2006–07 season.

On July 7, 2007, he officially became the head basketball coach of the Greek club Aris. Herbert has also been an assistant coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors.[14] In the 2015–16 season, Herbert won the FIBA Europe Cup with the Skyliners, after his team defeated Pallacanestro Varese in the Final. Herbert was also named the German Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year that season.[15]

Herbert's contract with the Skyliners ended in May 2020.[16] On July 2, 2020, he signed with Avtodor of the VTB United League.[17] He was sacked in March 2021.[18] In September 2021, he was named head coach of the Germany national team.[19] He guided the German team to a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships[20] and to the gold medal in the 2023 World Cup.[21]

Coaching titles

See also

References
  1. "Herbert awaiting call from homeland". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 3, 1979. p. 22.
  2. "Idaho gets NIC ace". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). May 16, 1979. p. 24.
  3. Missildine, Harry (January 13, 1982). "Vandals are lucky Herbert didn't choose hockey". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 17.
  4. Missildine, Harry (March 5, 1982). "Monson expects tougher tourney". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
  5. "Vandals No. 6". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). wire services. March 2, 1982. p. 13.
  6. "Vandals climb to sixth place in AP national poll". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). wire services. March 3, 1982. p. 1C.
  7. Missildine, Harry (March 15, 1982). "Idaho: Next stop, Provo". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 15.
  8. Van Sickel, Charlie (March 15, 1982). "Vandals: Sweet Sixteen and..." Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
  9. Killen, John (March 15, 1982). "Kellerman's last shot paves way to Provo". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  10. McCallum, Jack (January 25, 1982). "A case of Vandalism in Big Sky country". Sports Illustrated. pp. 20–21.
  11. "Idaho's Herbert shares Big Sky MVP honors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 12, 1982. p. 2C.
  12. "Vandals' Herbert week's top player". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 23, 1982. p. 22.
  13. "Owens: Vandal guard named MVP". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 10, 1982. p. 1C.
  14. "Raptors:Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment – Management". NBA.com. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  15. "Beko BBL – Award Wanamaker und First Team". Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  16. "Re-Start auch für Skyliners: Basketball-Bundesliga darf Saison mit Turnier fortsetzen". hessenschau.de. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  17. "Gordie Herbert is the new head coach of Avtodor Saratov". Sportando. July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  18. Sunyer, Xavier Garcia i (April 7, 2020). "Gordon Herbert, cesado como entrenador del Avtodor Saratov". BasketMe (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  19. "Gordon Herbert ist neuer Herren-Bundestrainer". basketball-bund.de (in German). September 6, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  20. "Deutsche Basketballer gewinnen Bronze". Deutsche Welle (in German). September 18, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  21. "Schroder delivers, Germany win the World Cup". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
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