Guy Molloy

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Guy Molloy
Sydney Flames
PositionHead coach
League WNBL
Personal information
Born (1965-11-04) 4 November 1965 (age 59)
Young, New South Wales, Australia
Career history
As coach:
1989 Canberra Capitals
1991–1992 Canberra Cannons (assistant)
1991–1992 Canberra Gunners
1993–1996 Perth Breakers
1997–1998 South East Melbourne Magic (assistant)
1998–2000 Victoria Titans (assistant)
2001–2005 Cairns Taipans
2006–2009 South Dragons (assistant)
2013–2022 Melbourne Boomers
2022 Wellington Saints
2023–2024 Southland Sharks
2023–present Sydney Flames
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Basketball coach
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
FIBA Under-17 World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Lithuania
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast

Guy Molloy (born 4 November 1965) [1] is an Australian basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

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Early life

Molloy was born in Young, New South Wales. [2] He moved to Canberra to study one of the first sports science degrees, with a major in coaching, at the University of Canberra in 1984. [3] He became ACT Basketball's development officer and later the ACT director of coaching. He also spent a year as a coach with the ACT Academy of Sport. [4]

Coaching career

WNBL

Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the Canberra Capitals in the 1989 WNBL season. [5]

Between 1993 and 1996, Molloy served as head coach of the Perth Breakers. [6] The Breakers reached the finals in all four of Molloy's seasons, including reaching the 1993 WNBL Grand Final. [6] In 1995, Molloy was named the WNBL Coach of the Year. [3] [7]

In 2013, Molloy returned to the WNBL, as head coach of the newly branded Melbourne Boomers. [8] 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. [9] He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season [10] after leading them to the championship. [11]

In April 2023, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Sydney Flames. [12] He guided the team to 11 wins and 10 losses in the 2023–24 WNBL season. [13] He returned to the Flames for the 2024–25 WNBL season. [14] [15] In February 2025, he coached his 350th WNBL game. [3]

NBL

In 1991 and 1992, Molloy served as assistant coach of the Canberra Cannons in the NBL. [4] At the same time, he served as head coach of the Canberra Gunners in the South East Australian Basketball League. [4]

Following his time with the Perth Breakers, Molloy moved to Melbourne and assisted Brian Goorjian at the South East Melbourne Magic. [3] After two seasons with the Magic, he served as assistant with the Victoria Titans between 1998 and 2000. [16]

Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans in 2001. [17] He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons. [18] Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons. [19] He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009. [18]

NZNBL

In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Wellington Saints for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season. [18] As defending champions and the most successful club in NZNBL history with 12 titles, the Saints went 3–7 over the first ten games to be in danger of missing the top six finals for the first time since 2007. As a result, Molloy was sacked on 21 June 2022. [20]

In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season. [21] [22] He re-signed with the Sharks for two more seasons on 7 September 2023. [23] He parted ways with the Sharks in October 2024. [24]

National teams

Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989 to 1994. [25] 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. [26] 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. [27]

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. [28] In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns. [18] He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [18] He parted ways with the Tall Ferns in March 2024 after six years as head coach. [29]

Coaching record

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %

WNBL

TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Canberra 1989 23815.3489th of 12––––
Perth 1993 18126.6673rd of 10321.667Lost Grand Final
Perth 1994 18126.6674th of 10211.500Lost Preliminary Final
Perth 1995 18126.6674th of 10101.000Lost Semi Finals
Perth 1996 18117.6114th of 10321.667Lost Preliminary Final
Melbourne 2013–14 241410.5834th of 9101.000Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne 2014–15 221111.5006th of 8––––
Melbourne 2015–16 24816.3338th of 9––––
Melbourne 2016–17 24519.2087th of 8––––
Melbourne 2017–18 21129.5714th of 8532.600Lost Grand Final
Melbourne 2018–19 21156.7142nd of 8202.000Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne 2019–20 21156.7143rd of 8312.333Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne 2020 1394.6924th of 8211.500Lost Preliminary Final
Career265144121.543221012.455

References

  1. ↑ "Team Australia profile". kaunas2012.fiba.com.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Guy Molloy". sharksbasketball.co.nz. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Milestone Man: Guy Molloy's coaching journey comes full circle as he hits 350 WNBL Games". WNBL. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Lilley, John (15 January 1993). "Premier job for Gunners coach". The Canberra Times . p. 21. Retrieved 15 June 2024– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "2015-16_MediaGuide-Melbourne.pdf" (PDF). wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 "YEAR BY YEAR". wnbl.basketball/perth. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "GUY Molloy has always searched for his next great challenge". basketballvictoria.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Molloy to coach Bulleen Boomers". thecourier.com.au. 9 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Guy Molloy named WNBL coach of year two decades after first winning award". heraldsun.com.au.
  10. ↑ "COACH MOLLOY HEADING TO NZ AT END OF WNBL 21/22". wnbl.basketball. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "MELBOURNE BOOMERS ARE THE WNBL 2021/22 CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  12. ↑ Cward (18 April 2023). "FLAMES APPOINT GUY MOLLOY AS INTERIM HEAD COACH". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  13. ↑ Badkin, Liam (5 April 2024). "2023/24 WNBL Team Wrap – Sydney Flames". central.rookieme.com. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Molloy puts Sydney role ahead of Southland". Otago Daily Times Online News. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Molloy takes plenty of positives away from Townsville trip - Sydney Flames". Sydney Flames. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "2001 Taipans Coaching Staff". taipans.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2001. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  17. ↑ "History – Official Website of the CQUniversity Cairns Taipans". taipans.com.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 Hinton, Marc (19 November 2021). "Double team: Guy Molloy shifts to New Zealand for Tall Ferns role, takes on Saints job". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "Molloy happy to plot moves". theage.com.au. 30 November 2006.
  20. ↑ Egan, Brendon (21 June 2022). "Wellington Saints move on from head coach Guy Molloy after 3-7 start". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Molloy appointed new Sharks' coach". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  22. ↑ "New Sharks coach learns from 'bitter' experience". Southland Tribune. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  23. ↑ "Coach Molloy extends for further two seasons". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "Molloy not returning to Sharks role". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  25. ↑ "TESTIMONIAL FROM COACH GUY MOLLOY". hoops101.net.
  26. ↑ "Basketball Australia announces Under-17 squads". basketball.net.au.
  27. ↑ "U17 Men take home silver at World Champs + VIDEO". basketball.net.au.
  28. ↑ "New Tall Ferns assistant coach brings wealth of experience". nzherald.co.nz. 22 May 2017.
  29. ↑ "MOLLOY STEPS DOWN AS 2DEGREES TALL FERNS COACH". nz.basketball. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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