Gordon Herbert - FC Bayern Basketball
Head Coach
Head Coach
Personal
- Date signed
- 25/07/2024
- Contract ends
- 30/06/2026
- Date of birth
- 16/02/1959
- Place of birth
- Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Star sign
- Aquarius
Short Biography
Gordon Herbert, born 1959 in Penticton, Canada, is a Canadian-Finnish basketball coach and has been head coach of FC Bayern Basketball since 2024. As a player, he took part in the 1984 Olympic Games with Canada and finished fourth. He began his coaching career in Finland and later led the Skyliners Frankfurt to the German championship in 2004 and to victory in the FIBA Europe Cup in 2016. He was also an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors in the NBA and won the French Cup with Pau-Orthez in 2007.
Herbert took over the German national team in 2021 and led them to European Championship bronze in 2022. In 2023, he celebrated German basketball's greatest success by winning the Basketball World Cup. He then led the German team to fourth place at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Previous Clubs as Coach
1994 - 1996: Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat Korihait (FIN)
1995 - 1997: Junior national team Finland
1996 - 1999: Espoon Honka (FIN)
1999 - 2000: Oberwart Gunners (AUT)
2000 - 2001: DJK Würzburg
2001 - 2004: Skyliners Frankfurt
2002 (World Championship): Team Canada (assistant)
2004 - 2006: Paris Basket Racing (FRA)
2005 - 2006: Team Georgia
2006 - 2007: Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (FRA)
2007 - 2008: Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)
2008 - 2009: Toronto Raptors (Ass./NBA)
2009 - 2010: Espoon Honka (FIN)
2010 - 2011: Skyliners Frankfurt
2011 - 2012: Alba Berlin
2013 - 2019: Skyliners Frankfurt
2018 - 2019: Team Canada
2020 - 2021: Avtodor Saratov (RUS)
2021 - 2024: Team Germany
Previous Clubs as Player
1979 - 1982: University of Idaho (NCAA)
1982 - 1983: Hyvinkään Tahko (FIN)
1983 - 1984: BBC Aarschot (BEL)
1984 - 1985: Hyvinkään Tahko (FIN)
1985 - 1988: Turun NMKY (FIN)
1988 - 1990: Forssan Koripojat (FIN)
1990 - 1991: Helsinki NMKY (FIN)
1991 - 1994: Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat Korihait (FIN)
World Champion 2023
European Championship third place 2022
Fiba Europe Cup 2016
Finnish Cup Winner 2009
French Cup Winner 2007
German Champion 2004
German Cup Final 2004
Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
DOSB Coach of the Year 2023
German team of the year 2023
Finnish Coach of the Year 2023
All Fiba Europe Cup Coach of the Year 2016
BBL Coach of the Year 2016
French Coach of the Year 2005
Austrian Coach of the Year 2000
- Date signed
- 25/07/2024
- Contract ends
- 30/06/2026
- Date of birth
- 16/02/1959
- Place of birth
- Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Star sign
- Aquarius
Short Biography
Gordon Herbert, born 1959 in Penticton, Canada, is a Canadian-Finnish basketball coach and has been head coach of FC Bayern Basketball since 2024. As a player, he took part in the 1984 Olympic Games with Canada and finished fourth. He began his coaching career in Finland and later led the Skyliners Frankfurt to the German championship in 2004 and to victory in the FIBA Europe Cup in 2016. He was also an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors in the NBA and won the French Cup with Pau-Orthez in 2007.
Herbert took over the German national team in 2021 and led them to European Championship bronze in 2022. In 2023, he celebrated German basketball's greatest success by winning the Basketball World Cup. He then led the German team to fourth place at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Previous Clubs as Coach
1994 - 1996: Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat Korihait (FIN)
1995 - 1997: Junior national team Finland
1996 - 1999: Espoon Honka (FIN)
1999 - 2000: Oberwart Gunners (AUT)
2000 - 2001: DJK Würzburg
2001 - 2004: Skyliners Frankfurt
2002 (World Championship): Team Canada (assistant)
2004 - 2006: Paris Basket Racing (FRA)
2005 - 2006: Team Georgia
2006 - 2007: Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (FRA)
2007 - 2008: Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)
2008 - 2009: Toronto Raptors (Ass./NBA)
2009 - 2010: Espoon Honka (FIN)
2010 - 2011: Skyliners Frankfurt
2011 - 2012: Alba Berlin
2013 - 2019: Skyliners Frankfurt
2018 - 2019: Team Canada
2020 - 2021: Avtodor Saratov (RUS)
2021 - 2024: Team Germany
Previous Clubs as Player
1979 - 1982: University of Idaho (NCAA)
1982 - 1983: Hyvinkään Tahko (FIN)
1983 - 1984: BBC Aarschot (BEL)
1984 - 1985: Hyvinkään Tahko (FIN)
1985 - 1988: Turun NMKY (FIN)
1988 - 1990: Forssan Koripojat (FIN)
1990 - 1991: Helsinki NMKY (FIN)
1991 - 1994: Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat Korihait (FIN)
World Champion 2023
European Championship third place 2022
Fiba Europe Cup 2016
Finnish Cup Winner 2009
French Cup Winner 2007
German Champion 2004
German Cup Final 2004
Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
DOSB Coach of the Year 2023
German team of the year 2023
Finnish Coach of the Year 2023
All Fiba Europe Cup Coach of the Year 2016
BBL Coach of the Year 2016
French Coach of the Year 2005
Austrian Coach of the Year 2000