Guy Molloy

Guy Molloy
Sydney Flames
PositionHead coach
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1965-11-04) 4 November 1965 (age 59)
Young, New South Wales, Australia
Career history
As coach:
1989Canberra Capitals
1991–1992Canberra Cannons (assistant)
1991–1992Canberra Gunners
1993–1996Perth Breakers
2001–2005Cairns Taipans
2006–2009South Dragons (assistant)
2013–2022Melbourne Boomers
2022Wellington Saints
2023–2024Southland Sharks
2023–presentSydney Flames
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Basketball coach
Representing  Australia
FIBA Under-17 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2012 Lithuania
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast

Guy Molloy (born 4 November 1965)[1] is an Australian basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Early life

Molloy was born in Young, New South Wales.[2]

Coaching career

WNBL

Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the Canberra Capitals for the 1989 WNBL season.[3] Between 1993 and 1996, he served as head coach of the Perth Breakers.[4] The Breakers reached the finals in all four of Molloy's seasons, including reaching the 1993 Grand Final. In 1995, Molloy was named the WNBL Coach of the Year.

In 2013, Molloy returned to the WNBL, as head coach of the newly branded Melbourne Boomers.[5] In his first season back, after leading the Boomers to the semi-finals, he was named the WNBL Coach of the Year for the second time.[6] He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season[7] after leading them to the championship.[8]

In April 2023, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Sydney Flames.[9] He guided the team to 11 wins and 10 losses in the 2023–24 WNBL season.[10] He returned to the Flames for the 2024–25 WNBL season.[11][12]

NBL

In 1991 and 1992, Molloy served as assistant coach of the Canberra Cannons in the NBL.[13] At the same time, he served as head coach of the Canberra Gunners in the South East Australian Basketball League.[13]

Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans in 2001.[14] He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons.[15] Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons.[16] He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009.[15]

NZNBL

In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Wellington Saints for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[15] As defending champions and the most successful club in NZNBL history with 12 titles, the Saints went 3–7 over the first ten games to be in danger of missing the top six finals for the first time since 2007. As a result, Molloy was sacked on 21 June 2022.[17]

In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.[18][19] He re-signed with the Sharks for two more seasons on 7 September 2023.[20] He parted ways with the Sharks in October 2024.[21]

National teams

Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989 to 1994.[22] During this time, he was on board during both the 1990 and 1994 FIBA World Championship tournaments.

In 2009, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Australia U-17 men's team, leading into the inaugural FIBA Under-17 World Championship in 2010.[23] Following Australia's sixth-place finish in 2010, Molloy was reappointed leading into the next tournament in 2012. Here, Molloy coached a Dante Exum-led team to a silver medal.[24]

In 2017, Molloy was appointed as assistant coach to Kennedy Kereama with the New Zealand Tall Ferns, leading into the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup.[25] In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns.[15] He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[15] He parted ways with the Tall Ferns in March 2024 after six years as head coach.[26]

Coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %

WNBL

Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Canberra 1989 23 8 15 .348 9th of 12 – – – –
Perth 1993 18 12 6 .667 3rd of 10 3 2 1 .667 Lost Grand Final
Perth 1994 18 12 6 .667 4th of 10 2 1 1 .500 Lost Preliminary Final
Perth 1995 18 12 6 .667 4th of 10 1 0 1 .000 Lost Semi Finals
Perth 1996 18 11 7 .611 4th of 10 3 2 1 .667 Lost Preliminary Final
Melbourne 2013–14 24 14 10 .583 4th of 9 1 0 1 .000 Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne 2014–15 22 11 11 .500 6th of 8 – – – –
Melbourne 2015–16 24 8 16 .333 8th of 9 – – – –
Melbourne 2016–17 24 5 19 .208 7th of 8 – – – –
Melbourne 2017–18 21 12 9 .571 4th of 8 5 3 2 .600 Lost Grand Final
Melbourne 2018–19 21 15 6 .714 2nd of 8 2 0 2 .000 Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne 2019–20 21 15 6 .714 3rd of 8 3 1 2 .333 Lost Semi Finals
Melbourne 2020 13 9 4 .692 4th of 8 2 1 1 .500 Lost Preliminary Final
Career 265 144 121 .543 22 10 12 .455

References

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  2. ^ "Guy Molloy". sharksbasketball.co.nz. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2015-16_MediaGuide-Melbourne.pdf" (PDF). wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Guy Molloy – a coach of all… for all". basketballvictoria.com.au.
  5. ^ "Molloy to coach Bulleen Boomers". thecourier.com.au. 9 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Guy Molloy named WNBL coach of year two decades after first winning award". heraldsun.com.au.
  7. ^ "COACH MOLLOY HEADING TO NZ AT END OF WNBL 21/22". wnbl.basketball. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ "MELBOURNE BOOMERS ARE THE WNBL 2021/22 CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ Cward (18 April 2023). "FLAMES APPOINT GUY MOLLOY AS INTERIM HEAD COACH". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  10. ^ Badkin, Liam (5 April 2024). "2023/24 WNBL Team Wrap – Sydney Flames". central.rookieme.com. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Molloy puts Sydney role ahead of Southland". Otago Daily Times Online News. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Molloy takes plenty of positives away from Townsville trip - Sydney Flames". Sydney Flames. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  13. ^ a b Lilley, John (15 January 1993). "Premier job for Gunners coach". The Canberra Times. p. 21. Retrieved 15 June 2024 – via Trove.
  14. ^ "History – Official Website of the CQUniversity Cairns Taipans". taipans.com.
  15. ^ a b c d e Hinton, Marc (19 November 2021). "Double team: Guy Molloy shifts to New Zealand for Tall Ferns role, takes on Saints job". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Molloy happy to plot moves". theage.com.au. 30 November 2006.
  17. ^ Egan, Brendon (21 June 2022). "Wellington Saints move on from head coach Guy Molloy after 3-7 start". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Molloy appointed new Sharks' coach". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  19. ^ "New Sharks coach learns from 'bitter' experience". Southland Tribune. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Coach Molloy extends for further two seasons". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Molloy not returning to Sharks role". sharksbasketball.co.nz. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  22. ^ "TESTIMONIAL FROM COACH GUY MOLLOY". hoops101.net.
  23. ^ "Basketball Australia announces Under-17 squads". basketball.net.au.
  24. ^ "U17 Men take home silver at World Champs + VIDEO". basketball.net.au.
  25. ^ "New Tall Ferns assistant coach brings wealth of experience". nzherald.co.nz. 22 May 2017.
  26. ^ "MOLLOY STEPS DOWN AS 2DEGREES TALL FERNS COACH". nz.basketball. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.