The 65-year-old guided Germany to the gold medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup
Bayern tabs world champion Gordie Herbert as head coach
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FC Bayern Munich has chosen the head coach who led Germany to the gold medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Gordie Herbert, to become its next head coach. He has signed a two-year deal at the club.
Herbert, 65, replaces Pablo Laso, who served one season in the position in Munich before resigning to return home to Spain.
Herbert returns to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 15 years after he last headed a bench in the continent's top competition, doing so with Aris Thessaloniki of Greece in the 2007-08 season.
He had debuted as a EuroLeague coach with Frankfurt Skyliners of Germany in 2001-02 for a single season and spent the same amount of time with Pau-Orthez of France in 2006-07. He led both Pau and Aris past the regular season and into the Top 16.
His overall record in the competition stands at 25-29.
Herbert started his coaching career in Finland, where he had played professionally between 1982 and 1994. His club coaching career subsequently took him to Austria, Germany, France, his native Canada, Finland again, and Russia, always in a head-coaching role except for when he was an assistant with the NBA's Toronto Raptors.
In addition to his EuroLeague experience, Herbert coached four seasons in the EuroCup, including two stints with Frankfurt, the last in the 2018-19 season, and one with ALBA Berlin. His overall record in the EuroCup is 21-27.
Along the way, he coached the national teams of Georgia and Canada before taking over the German team in 2021. He led Germany to the bronze medal at EuroBasket 2022 before the team thrilled observers by going unbeaten at 8-0, two wins better than any other team, to win the World Cup with an 83-77 final victory over Serbia in Manila, Philippines, on September 10.
Herbert will take charge of Germany at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, before stepping down from his position as national team head coach.