Roel Moors

Roel Moors (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian retired professional basketball player and current head coach of Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga and the Champions League.

Roel Moors
Telekom Baskets Bonn
PositionHead coach
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1978-12-16) 16 December 1978
Herentals, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Playing career1996–2015
PositionPoint guard
Number4
Coaching career2015–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1997Nieuw Brabo Antwerp
1997–1998Bree
1999Cuva Houthalen
1999–2000Brussels
2000–2002Racing Antwerp
2002–2006Spirou Charleroi
2006–2007ASVEL
2007Leuven Bears
2007–2008Spirou Charleroi
2008–2009Gent Hawks
2009–2015Antwerp Giants
As coach:
2015Antwerp Giants (assistant)
2015–2019Antwerp Giants
2018–presentBelgium U20
2019–2020Brose Bamberg
2020–2023BG Göttingen
2023–presentTelekom Baskets Bonn
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

Playing career

Moors usually played at the point guard position. He was also a member of the Belgian national basketball team, whom he played with at the European championships of 2011 and 2013.[1] He played more than 100 matches for the Belgian national team.

On 8 October 2015 Moors' jersey number 4 was retired by Antwerp Giants.[2]

Coaching career

Antwerp Giants

Starting from the 2015–16 season, Moors was an assistant coach with Antwerp Giants. In November 2015, after Paul Vervaeck was fired, he was promoted to head coach.[3] In September 2016, Moors won his first trophy as coach when his team won the Belgian Supercup over Oostende.[4]

In the 2018–19 campaign, Moors unexpectedly led Antwerp to the third place in the Basketball Champions League. He was also awarded with the title Basketball Champions League Best Coach. He won the Coach of the Year of the domestic PBL again in May 2019.[5] In June 2019, it was announced that Moors would leave the club.[6]

Bamberg

On 20 June 2019, Brose Bamberg of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) announced that Moors had signed a two-year contract.[7]

Göttingen

On 13 July 2020 he signed with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga.[8]

Bonn

In June 2023, he signed as head coach of the Telekom Baskets Bonn, the Basketball Champions League winner of the previous season. [9]


References
  1. Roel Moors at eurobasket2013.com
  2. Niemand zal ooit nog het nummer 4 dragen bij de Giants
  3. Roel Moors blijft aan het roer bij Antwerp Giants
  4. Antwerp Giants verslaan kampioen Oostende in Supercup
  5. "The EuroMillions Basketball Awards 2019 results are in!". EuroMillions Basketball League. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. "Roel Moors verlaat Telenet Giants Antwerp, Christophe Beghin nieuwe coach | Meer Sport | hln.be".
  7. "Roel Moors wird neuer Head Coach bei Brose Bamberg". Brose Bamberg Basketball. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. "Göttingen announces coach Roel Moors". Sportando. July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  9. "Roel Moors ist der neue Baskets-Headcoach". www.baskets.de (in German). June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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