Guy Molloy

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Guy Molloy
Sydney Flames
PositionHead coach
League WNBL
Personal information
Born (1965-11-04) 4 November 1965 (age 58)
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
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).

Contents

Early life

Molloy was born in Young, New South Wales. [2]

Coaching career

WNBL

Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the Canberra Capitals for the 1989 WNBL season. [3] Between 1993 and 1996, he served as head coach of the Perth Breakers. [4] The Breakers reached the finals in all four of Molloy's seasons, including reaching the 1993 Grand Final. In 1995, Molloy was named the WNBL Coach of the Year.

In 2013, Molloy returned to the WNBL, as head coach of the newly branded Melbourne Boomers. [5] 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. [6] He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season [7] after leading them to the championship. [8]

In April 2023, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Sydney Flames. [9] He guided the team to 11 wins and 10 losses in the 2023–24 WNBL season. [10] He returned to the Flames for the 2024–25 WNBL season. [11]

NBL

In 1991 and 1992, Molloy served as assistant coach of the Canberra Cannons in the NBL. [12] At the same time, he served as head coach of the Canberra Gunners in the South East Australian Basketball League. [12]

Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans in 2001. [13] He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons. [14] Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons. [15] He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009. [14]

NZNBL

In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Wellington Saints for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season. [14] 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. [16]

In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season. [17] [18] He re-signed with the Sharks for two more seasons on 7 September 2023. [19] He parted ways with the Sharks in October 2024. [20]

National teams

Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989 to 1994. [21] 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. [22] 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. [23]

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. [24] In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns. [14] He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [14] He parted ways with the Tall Ferns in March 2024 after six years as head coach. [25]

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

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