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Guy Molloy (born 4 November 1965)[1] is an Australian basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Wellington Saints in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL).

Guy Molloy

Wellington Saints
Position	Head coach
League	NZNBL
Personal information
Born	(1965-11-04) 4 November 1965 (age 56) Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Career history
As coach:
1989	Canberra Capitals
1989–1994	Australian Opals (assistant)
1993–1996	Perth Breakers
2001–2005	Cairns Taipans
2006–2009	South Dragons (assistant)
2009–2012	Australia U-17 Men
2013–2022	Melbourne Boomers
2017–2018	New Zealand Tall Ferns (assistant)
2018–present	New Zealand Tall Ferns
2022–present	Wellington Saints
Career highlights and awards
WNBL champion (2022) NBL champion (2009) 2× WNBL Coach of the Year (1995, 2014)
Medals Basketball coach Representing  Australia FIBA Under-17 World Championship 2012 Lithuania Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast

Coaching career

WNBL

Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the Canberra Capitals for the 1989 WNBL season.[2] Between 1993 to 1996 he served as head coach of the Perth Breakers.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season[6] after leading them to the championship.[7]

NBL

Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans of the NBL in 2001.[8] He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons.[9] Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons.[10] He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009.[9]

NZNBL

In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Wellington Saints for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[9]

National teams

Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989–1994.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

In 2017, Molloy was appointed as assistant coach to Kennedy Kereama with the New Zealand Tall Ferns, leading into the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup.[14] In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns.[9] He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[9]

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

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Canberra	1989	23	8	15	.348	9th of 12	–	–	–	–
Perth	1993	18	12	6	.667	3rd of 10	3	2	1	.667	Lost Grand Final
Perth	1994	18	12	6	.667	4th of 10	2	1	1	.500	Lost Preliminary Final
Perth	1995	18	12	6	.667	4th of 10	1	0	1	.000	Lost Semi Finals
Perth	1996	18	11	7	.611	4th of 10	3	2	1	.667	Lost Preliminary Final
Melbourne	2013–14	24	14	10	.583	4th of 9	1	0	1	.000	Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne	2014–15	22	11	11	.500	6th of 8	–	–	–	–
Melbourne	2015–16	24	8	16	.333	8th of 9	–	–	–	–
Melbourne	2016–17	24	5	19	.208	7th of 8	–	–	–	–
Melbourne	2017–18	21	12	9	.571	4th of 8	5	3	2	.600	Lost Grand Final
Melbourne	2018–19	21	15	6	.714	2nd of 8	2	0	2	.000	Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne	2019–20	21	15	6	.714	3rd of 8	3	1	2	.333	Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne	2020	13	9	4	.692	4th of 8	2	1	1	.500	Lost Preliminary Final
Career		265	144	121	.543		22	10	12	.455

References

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