Eran Ganot
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Hawaii |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 71–42 (.628) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Tenafly, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2003 | Swarthmore |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007–2010 | Hawaii (asst.) |
| 2010–2015 | St. Mary's (asst.) |
| 2015–present | Hawaii |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2006–2007 | Hawaii (Director of Ops.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 71–42 (.628) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
Big West regular season championship (2016) Big West Tournament championship (2016) | |
| Awards | |
| Big West Coach of the Year (2016) | |
Eran Ganot (born September 1981) is an American college basketball head coach for the University of Hawaii. In 2015-16, his first season as head coach at Hawaii, he earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades.
Contents
1 Early and personal life
2 College
3 Coaching career
4 Head coaching record
5 References
6 External links
Early and personal life
Ganot was born in Philadelphia, and raised in his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey.[1][2] He is Jewish.[3] His father immigrated to the United States from Romania, and his mother immigrated to the US from Israel.[4] He has a twin brother, named Asaf, a high-end fashion designer.[4][5]
Ganot attended Tenafly High School, graduating in 1999.[6] Playing for his high school basketball team, he was a two-time all-league first-team selection, and was named all-county as a senior.[6] He now lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his wife Barbea and his daughter Zeza.[1]
College
Ganot lettered at Swarthmore College from 1999 to 2003, and was a two-time team captain.[1] He graduated with a degree in Economics and Sociology/Anthropology in 2003.[1]
Coaching career
Ganot was the assistant coach at Hawaii from 2007 to 2010.[1] From 2010 to 2015, he served as assistant coach at St. Mary's in Moraga, California, and was acting head coach for five games in 2013-14, compiling a 3-2 record.
On April 9, 2015, Ganot was named Hawaii head coach, and signed to a three-year contract.[7][8] At 33 years of age he was the second-youngest head coach in school history, and the 21st head coach ever for the university.[1][9] His base salary was $225,000.[4]
In 2015-16, his first season as head coach at Hawaii, he led the Rainbow Warriors to the Big West regular season and tournament titles, the most wins in university history (28), the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002, and an opening-round upset over California for the teams's first-ever NCAA Tournament win.[8] He earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades.[10] He also received the CollegeInsider.com’s Joe B. Hall Award, awarded to the top first-year head coach, as well as the Red Auerbach College Coach of the Year Award, selected by members of the Jewish Coaches Association as the top Jewish head basketball college coach.[1]
In September 2016 the university gave him a two-year contract extension.[8]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saint Mary's Gaels (West Coast Conference) (2013–2014) | |||||||||
2013–14 | Saint Mary's (CA) | 3–2 | 2–2 | (acting)* | |||||
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (Big West Conference) (2015–present) | |||||||||
2015–16 | Hawaii | 28–6 | 13–3 | T–1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
2016–17 | Hawaii | 14–16 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
2017–18 | Hawaii | 17–13 | 8–8 | 6th | |||||
2018–19 | Hawaii | 12–7 | 3-2 | ||||||
Hawaii: | 71–42 (.628) | 29–19 (.604) | |||||||
| Total: | 71–42 (.628) | ||||||||
National champion | |||||||||
*Ganot served as acting head coach from December 29, 2013 to January 9, 2014 due to head coach Randy Bennett's suspension for NCAA rules violations.[11]
References
^ abcdefg Hawaii Athletics
^ "For the love of hoops" | Midweek.com
^ The Great Rabbino: Coach of the Year: Eran Ganot
^ abc "Calm, 'non-charismatic' coach Eran Ganot leads Hawaii on thrilling run"
^ "Meet Asaf Ganot, Rainbow Warriors head coach Eran Ganot’s twin brother" | KHON2
^ ab "Eran Ganot Bio" - Saint Mary Gaels
^ "Ganot Hired As Men's Basketball Head Coach". University of Hawaii. Retrieved March 8, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ abc "Eran Ganot Receives Two-Year Contract Extension at Hawaii"
^ "Eran Ganot hired as Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball coach"
^ "Big West Announces Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Big West Conference. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
^ "Saint Mary's will be led by Eran Ganot during Bennett's suspension". East Bay Times. December 29, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
