Willy Workman

Willy Workman was born in 1990 in Northampton

Willy Workman was born on March 14, 1990, in Northampton, Massachusetts, to a Jewish family. His father, Danny, runs restaurants, and his mother, Dina Fein, is a judge in Springfield. He went to Northampton High School and then spent a postgraduate year at Deerfield Academy, where he returned to basketball after injuries.

He played for Amherst College from 2009 to 2013. In his final year the team won the NCAA Division III championship, and he received several All-America and conference honors.

He began his professional career in 2013 with Hapoel Galil Elyon and moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2014. He then played for Maccabi Ashdod and Maccabi Haifa, reaching the 2017 league finals with Haifa and helping the club win the 2019 National League title and promotion. He later played for Hapoel Holon, where he won the Balkan League, and for Hapoel Jerusalem.

In 2022 he joined Maccabi Ra'anana, and in 2023 he signed with Bnei Herzliya. He played for Hapoel Haifa in 2024 and returned to Maccabi Ra'anana in March 2025, winning the National League title with the club that year. He married in 2019.