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Mody Maor

Mody Maor is an American-Israeli basketball coach who coached Hapoel Jerusalem, the New Zealand Breakers and Nagasaki Velca, and is an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks.

born 1985Head coach of Hapoel JerusalemCoaching the New Zealand BreakersJapanese title with Nagasaki VelcaDallas Mavericks assistant coach

Born: 27 June 1985, Los Angeles
Occupation: basketball coach, basketball player

Mody Maor was born in 1985 in Los Angeles

Mody Maor was born on June 27, 1985, in Los Angeles. He moved to Israel in 1992 and grew up in Herzliya. He played for the youth team of Bnei Herzliya.

He began his military service at 18 and served as a combat officer. He reached the rank of captain.

After the army he coached youth teams at Ironi Kiryat Ono. From 2012 he was an assistant coach at Hapoel Holon and later at Maccabi Ashdod Be'er Tuvia, which reached the State Cup final. He also held roles with Israel's national teams, including scout of the senior team from 2015 to 2017.

In 2016 he joined Hapoel Jerusalem as an assistant, and the team won the Israeli championship. He became its head coach in November 2017 and was dismissed in February 2018. In 2019 he joined the New Zealand Breakers as an assistant, became head coach in 2022 and reached the 2022-23 NBL grand final series.

In 2024 he became head coach of Nagasaki Velca in Japan, and in his second season the team won the Japanese league title. In 2026 he joined the University of Michigan as an assistant and then the Dallas Mavericks. He has two daughters, both born in New Zealand.