Alon led the team to the EuroCup Quarterfinals last season
Coach Alon to return for a third season on Jerusalem bench
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Yonatan Alon will remain the head coach of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem for the 2025-26 season, the club announced on Thursday. In his first full season on the sidelines with Jerusalem, he guided the team to the BKT EuroCup Quarterfinals with an 11-8 record and to the Israeli League Finals.
Alon, 43, joined Jerusalem as the club's general manager at the start of the 2022-23 season and became head coach in March 2024 when Ilias Kantzouris was dismissed. Alon then led Jerusalem to victory over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in that season's Israeli Cup final.
Alon began his career as youth coach in the Jerusalem system when he was in his early 20s and was promoted to assistant coach on the senior team in 2009, at the age of 28. Alon was also an assistant at Bnei Hasharon, Hapoel Holon and Maccabi Ashdod. He previously served as Jerusalem’s head coach at the end of the 2020-21 season
"We went through a long and intense season and maintained the club's spirit in the tough and good moments. We were able to connect our fans to our path and were able to provide some record moments. I am happy to continue as a coach of Jerusalem as well next season and believe that we are in a very healthy process with great continuity. We will try to get stronger in the right places. We have a job to finish."