en Oren Amiel

Oren Amiel
אורן עמיאל
	Amiel as the head coach of Brose Bamberg in 2022
Personal information
Born	December 19, 1971 (age 53)
Nationality	Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
Playing career	1994–1999
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	2004–present
Career history
As player:
1994–1999	Hapoel Galil Elyon
As coach:
2004–2006	Hapoel Galil Elyon (assistant)
2006	Hapoel Galil Elyon
2006–2007	Hapoel Galil Elyon (assistant)
2007–2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2008–2009	Hapoel Yokneam/Megido
2009–2011	Hapoel Nazareth Elite
2011–2014	Nymburk (assistant)
2014–2015	Hapoel Jerusalem (assistant)
2015–2017	Nymburk (assistant)
2017–2021	Nymburk
2021	Hapoel Jerusalem
2021–2024	Brose Bamberg
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach: Basketball Champions League Coach of the Year (2019–2020); 4× Czech League champion (2018–2021); 3× Czech Cup winner;

Oren Amiel (Hebrew: אורן עמיאל; born December 19, 1971), is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player.^[1]^[2]

Professional career

Hapoel Galil Elyon (1994–1999)

Amiel played point guard for Hapoel Galil Elyon from 1994 to 1999.^[3]

Coaching career

Early positions (2004–2017)

Amiel began his coaching career in 2004 as an assistant coach for Oded Kattash at Hapoel Galil Elyon. He held subsequent assistant positions at Maccabi Tel Aviv and Nymburk as well as head coaching positions in the lower Leumit League between 2007 and 2017.^[1]^[4]

Nymburk (2017–2021)

In 2017, Amiel was named head coach at Nymburk when Ronen Ginzburg resigned to take over the Czech national team full time.^[5]

In his 4 seasons at Nymburk, Amiel's teams won the Czech League championship each year in addition to winning 3 Czech Cups,^[6] and he was named the Basketball Champions League Coach of the Year after the 2019–2020 season.^[1]^[7]^[8]

Hapoel Jerusalem (2021)

On June 24, 2021, Hapoel Jerusalem announced that Amiel had signed a two-year contract to become their new head coach.^[9]

On October 28, 2021, Jerusalem fired Amiel in the wake of the team's 0–3 start in the Champions League and named Yotam Halperin as their new interim head coach.^[2]

Brose Bamberg (2021–2024)

On November 29, 2021, he has signed with Brose Bamberg of the German Basketball Bundesliga.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Halickman, Joshua (28 June 2021). "A closer look at Hapoel Jerusalem's new coach Oren Amiel". Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Nahum, Tom (28 October 2021). "זעזוע בבירה: אורן עמיאל פוטר מהפועל ירושלים". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
^ "Oren Amiel - Israel Basketball Super League". Israeli Basketball Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "Oren Amiel - Israel Basketball Super League All-Time Coaches". Israeli Basketball Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "Ginzburg becomes full-time coach of Czechs ahead of World Cup Qualifiers". FIBA. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ Haklai, Barak (28 June 2021). "עשה אקזיט: אורן עמיאל מגיע כדי להחזיר את הפועל ירושלים לטופ". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ Meir, Yaakov (29 September 2020). "אורן עמיאל מאמן העונה ב-BCL, טיישון תומאס בחמישייה". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "Oren Amiel (Era Nymburk): Coach of the Season, Basketball Champions League 2019-20". Basketball Champions League. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ Cohen, Roi (24 June 2021). "רשמי: אורן עמיאל מונה למאמן הפועל י-ם". Sports Channel (Israel) (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "Basketball: Oren Amiel wird neuer Trainer in Bamberg". br.de (in German). November 29, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

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