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Mickey Gorka

Mickey Gorka is an Israeli basketball coach and former player who has coached clubs such as Bnei Herzliya and Maccabi Haifa and the Romania national team.

born 1972Coaching Bnei HerzliyaCoaching Maccabi HaifaCoaching Romania's national team

Born: 15 November 1972, Israel
Occupation: basketball coach
Education: Spring Hill College, Wallace State Community College

Mickey Gorka was born in 1972 in Israel

Gorka was born in Haifa on November 15, 1972. He came up through the youth teams of Hapoel Haifa and played his first Premier League game in February 1990, against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

He played college basketball in the United States for West Florida, Wallace State Community College and Spring Hill College in Alabama. Back in Israel, he played point guard for Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Kiryat Bialik and Maccabi Ramat Gan.

He began coaching youth teams and also worked as a player agent. In 2006 he became an assistant coach at Ironi Nahariya, and in 2008 he moved to Maccabi Haifa as an assistant. In March 2011 he became Haifa's head coach, and the team finished ninth and stayed in the Premier League, but he left in January 2012.

In 2014 he joined Bnei Herzliya as assistant to Muli Katzurin and replaced him as head coach in February 2015. He was named league Coach of the Month twice and led Herzliya to the 2017 playoffs, leaving the club in December 2017.

He then coached at Hapoel Jerusalem as an assistant, and later at Ironi Nahariya, Maccabi Rehovot and Bnei Herzliya again. In 2023 he took charge of the Romania men's national team.