Gordon Herbert - FC Bayern Basketball

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