Armand Salomon

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Armand Salomon
Rotterdam City
PositionTechnical Director
League Dutch Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1962-02-02) 2 February 1962 (age 63)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Coaching career2014–present
Career history
As a coach:
2013–2014 Rotterdam (assistant)
2013–2014Rotterdam 2
2014–2018Rotterdam
2023 Feyenoord (interim head coach)

Armand Salomon (born 2 February 1962) is a Dutch basketball coach and executive. He currently serves as the Technical Director for Rotterdam City Basketball [1] of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). From 2014 until 2018, and in 2023, he coached Rotterdam.

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Coaching career

On 16 May 2014, Salomon was appointed head coach of Rotterdam Basketbal. [2] In May 2018, Rotterdam reached the DBL semi-finals for the first time in 12 years, after upsetting Den Bosch in the quarter-finals, 1–2. [3]

On 23 June 2018, Salomon became director of Feyenoord Basketball, the new name of the club, while Richard den Os took over head coaching duties. [4]

After five years without coaching, Salomon took over Feyenoord again in April 2023 after he and the management had made the decision to fire head coach Toon van Helfteren. [5] He later returned to being the technical director again.

Coaching record

Dutch Basketball League

TeamYearGWLWL%Result
Rotterdam 2014–15 30822.267Lost in quarterfinals
2015–16 30921.300Lost in quarterfinals
2016–17 301218.400Lost in quarterfinals
2017–18 391722.436Lost in semi-finals
Career1294683.357

References

  1. "Basketballleague". www.basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  2. "Armand Salomon coach Challenge Sports Rotterdam". Squirrels.nl. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. Rotterdam Basketbal stunt op bezoek bij Den Bosch
  4. "Den Os nieuwe coach Feyenoord Basketbal".
  5. "Feyenoord Basketball en coach Van Helfteren uit elkaar". Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord Basketball. 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2023-04-22.