Armand Salomon

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Armand Salomon
Feyenoord
Position Head coach / Technical director
League Dutch Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1962-02-02) 2 February 1962 (age 61)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Coaching career2014–present
Career history
As coach:
2013–2014 Rotterdam (assistant)
2013–2014Rotterdam 2
2014–2018Rotterdam
2023–present Feyenoord (interim head coach)

Armand Salomon (born 2 February 1962) is a Dutch basketball coach. He currently serves as a director for Feyenoord Basketbal [1] of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). From 2014 until 2018, 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]

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

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