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Tom MAHER (Australia)
Born on September 04, 1952, in Melbourne, Victoria.
Nationality:
Australia
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Enshrined as a coach in the FIBA Hall of Fame on June 18, 2021.

Clubs

  • Nunawading Spectres (1983 – 1989)
  • Perth (1991-1992)
  • Bulleen (2009 – 2012)
  • Sydney (2000)
  • WNBA Washington Mystics (2001)
  • Canberra (2002 – 2003), (2006-2007)

Club Highlights

  • Coached in four World Championships with Australia and China (1994, 1998, 2006, 2014)
  • Olympic Games bronze medalist (Australia 1996)
  • Six successive Olympic Games with Australia, New Zealand, China & Great Britain (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
  • World Championship bronze medalist with Australia (1998)
  • Olympic Games silver medalist with Australia (2000)
  • Asian Championship gold medalist with China (2005)
  • Coached in four Asian Championships with China (2005, 2006, 2013, 2015)
  • Asian Games gold medalist with China (2006)
  • Asian Championship bronze medalist with China (2013)
  • Asian Games silver medalist with China (2014)
  • Asian Championship silver medalist with China (2015)
  • Nine-time Australian League champion.

National Team

  • Australian Female National Team (1993 – 2000)
  • New Zealander Female National team (2004)
  • Chinese Female National Team (2005 – 2008)
  • British Female National Team (2009 – 2012)

Individual Highlights

  • Four-time Australian League coach of the Year (1987, 1992, 2010, 2011)
  • First coach to lead Australia to a senior basketball medal
  • First foreign coach in the WNBA
  • Inducted into the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame in 2006