Mahmoud Abdelfattah
Palestinian basketball head coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mahmoud Abdelfattah is a Palestinian-American professional basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach for the Sydney Kings of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He became the first ever Palestinian or Muslim head coach of a National Basketball Association (NBA) or NBA G League franchise when he served as head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers from 2019 to 2022.[1][2]
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Personal information | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Nationality | Palestinian / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Taft (Chicago, Illinois) |
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NBA draft | 2010: undrafted |
Position | Guard |
Coaching career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
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2011–2013 | Perspectives Charter Schools (assistant) |
2013–2017 | St. Cloud (assistant) |
2018–2019 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (assistant) |
2019–2022 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
2022–2023 | Houston Rockets (assistant) |
2023–2024 | Sydney Kings |
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