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Guy Molloy

Guy Molloy

Australian basketball coach (born 1965)

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). He is also interim head coach of the Sydney Flames in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

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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]

NBL

Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans of the NBL in 2001.[10] He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons.[11] Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons.[12] He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009.[11]

NZNBL

In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Wellington Saints for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[11] 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.[13]

In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.[14][15] He re-signed with the Sharks for two more seasons on 7 September 2023.[16]

National teams

Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989 to 1994.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]

In 2007, Molloy was appointed as assistant coach to Kennedy Kereama with the New Zealand Tall Ferns, leading into the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup.[20] In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns.[11] He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[11] He parted ways with the Tall Ferns in March 2024 after six years as head coach.[21]

Coaching record

Legend
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

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References

  1. [1]
    "Team Australia profile". kaunas2012.fiba.com.[dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Guy Molloy". sharksbasketball.co.nz. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "2015-16_MediaGuide-Melbourne.pdf" (PDF). wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Guy Molloy – a coach of all… for all". basketballvictoria.com.au.
  5. [5]
    "Molloy to coach Bulleen Boomers". thecourier.com.au.
  6. [6]
    "Guy Molloy named WNBL coach of year two decades after first winning award". heraldsun.com.au.
  7. [7]
    "COACH MOLLOY HEADING TO NZ AT END OF WNBL 21/22". wnbl.basketball. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. [8]
    "MELBOURNE BOOMERS ARE THE WNBL 2021/22 CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. [9]
    "FLAMES APPOINT GUY MOLLOY AS INTERIM HEAD COACH". wnbl.basketball. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  10. [10]
    "History – Official Website of the CQUniversity Cairns Taipans". taipans.com.
  11. [11]
    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.
  12. [12]
    "Molloy happy to plot moves". theage.com.au.
  13. [13]
    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.
  14. [14]
    "Molloy appointed new Sharks' coach". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  15. [15]
    "New Sharks coach learns from 'bitter' experience". Southland Tribune. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  16. [16]
    "Coach Molloy extends for further two seasons". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. [17]
    "TESTIMONIAL FROM COACH GUY MOLLOY". hoops101.net.
  18. [18]
    "Basketball Australia announces Under-17 squads". basketball.net.au.
  19. [19]
    "U17 Men take home silver at World Champs + VIDEO". basketball.net.au.
  20. [20]
    "New Tall Ferns assistant coach brings wealth of experience". nzherald.co.nz.
  21. [21]
    "MOLLOY STEPS DOWN AS 2DEGREES TALL FERNS COACH". nz.basketball. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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