Eran Ganot (born September 8, 1981)[1] is an American college basketball head coach for the University of Hawaii men's team. In 2015–16, his first season as head coach at Hawaii, he earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Hawai'i |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 156–102 (.605) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 8, 1981 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2003 | Swarthmore |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2006 | Saint Mary's (volunteer asst.) |
| 2006–2007 | Hawai'i (DBO) |
| 2007–2010 | Hawai'i (assistant) |
| 2010–2015 | Saint Mary's (assistant) |
| 2015–present | Hawai'i |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 159–104 (.605) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA Division I) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Big West regular season (2016) Big West tournament (2016) | |
| Awards | |
| Big West Coach of the Year (2016) | |
Early and personal life
editGanot was born in Brooklyn, and raised in his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey.[2][3] He is Jewish.[4] His father immigrated to the United States from Romania, and his mother immigrated to the US from Israel.[5] He has a twin brother, named Asaf, a high-end fashion designer, and two sisters, Dani and Betty.[5][6]
Ganot attended Tenafly High School, graduating in 1999.[7] 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.[8] He now lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his wife Barbea and his daughter Zeza.[2]
College
editGanot lettered at Swarthmore College from 1999 to 2003, and was a two-time team captain.[2] He graduated with a degree in Economics and Sociology/Anthropology in 2003.[2]
Coaching career
editGanot started his coaching career at St. Mary's as a volunteer assistant coach from 2003 to 2006, before joining the Hawaii men's basketball staff as their director of basketball operations. Ganot was promoted to assistant coach after one year, coaching at Hawaii from 2007 to 2010.[2] 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 the head coach at Hawaii, and signed to a three-year contract.[9][10] At 33 years of age he was the second-youngest head coach in school history, and the 21st head coach ever for the university.[2][11] His base salary was $225,000.[5]
In 2015–2016, 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.[10] He earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades.[12] 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.[2]
In September 2016, the university gave him a two-year contract extension.[10]
In November 2019, days before the Rainbow Warriors' season opener, Ganot took a leave of absence to deal with an unspecified medical issue. First year assistant Chris Gerlufsen served as acting head coach in his absence.[13] Ganot returned to coaching on December 29, in a 91–51 win over Maine.[14]
Ganot received a three-year contract extension prior to the 2022–23 season.[15]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's Gaels (West Coast Conference) (2013–2014) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Saint Mary's | 3–2[a] | 2–2 | ||||||
| St. Mary's: | 3–2 (.600) | 2–2 (.500) | |||||||
| Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Big West Conference) (2015–present) | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | Hawai'i | 28–6 | 13–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Hawai'i | 14–16 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Hawaii | 17–13 | 8–8 | 6th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Hawai'i | 18–13 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Hawai'i | 9–8[b] | 8–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Hawai'i | 11–10 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Hawai'i | 17–11 | 10–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2022–23 | Hawai'i | 22–11 | 13–7 | 5th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Hawai'i | 20–14 | 11–9 | 4th | |||||
| Hawai'i: | 156–102 (.605) | 88–64 (.579) | |||||||
| Total: | 159–104 (.605) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Notes
edit- ^ 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.[16]
- ^ Ganot missed the first 13 games of the 2019–20 season due to an undisclosed medical issue. Assistant coach Chris Gerlufsen served as acting head coach.
References
edit- ^ "Happy Birthday Eran Ganot! - University of Hawaii Men's Basketball". Facebook. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Eran Ganot - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "For the love of hoops | Curran Events | Midweek.com". archives.midweek.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Ganot to speak at Temple Emanu-El this Wednesday". Warrior Insider. May 16, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ a b c Peter, Josh (March 20, 2016). "Calm, 'non-charismatic' coach Eran Ganot leads Hawaii on thrilling run". USA Today. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ Valenzuela, Christian (March 19, 2016). "Meet Asaf Ganot, Rainbow Warriors head coach Eran Ganot's twin brother". KHON2. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Sullivan: From Tenafly to Hawaii, coach has passion for basketball". North Jersey. March 18, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Eran Ganot Bio" - Saint Mary Gaels[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ganot Hired As Men's Basketball Head Coach". University of Hawaii. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Eran Ganot Receives Two-Year Contract Extension at Hawaii". HoopDirt. September 29, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Eran Ganot hired as Hawaii basketball coach". ESPN.com. April 9, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Big West Announces Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Big West Conference. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ "Hawaii coach Eran Ganot takes medical leave days before opener". Sporting News. November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Norlander, Matt (January 1, 2020). "Court Report: Maine travels nearly 11,000 miles -- the longest ever road-game trip -- to lose by 40". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- ^ McInnis, Brian. "Hawaii basketball coach Eran Ganot gets 3-year extension through 2026". Spectrum News Hawaii. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Saint Mary's will be led by Eran Ganot during Bennett's suspension". East Bay Times. December 29, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2016.