Oded Kattash

Oded Kattash
עודד קטש
	Kattash in 2022
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Position	Head coach
League	EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	October 10, 1974 (age 50); Giv'atayim, Israel
Listed height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1996: undrafted
Playing career	1991–2001
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	2004–present
Career history
As player:
1991–1992	Maccabi Darom
1992–1993	Maccabi Ramat Gan
1994–1995	Hapoel Galil Elyon
1995–1999	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1999–2001	Panathinaikos
As coach:
2004–2007	Hapoel Galil Elyon
2007–2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2008–2010	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2010–2013	Israel (assistant)
2010–2011	Hapoel Jerusalem
2012–2014	Hapoel Eilat
2014–2015	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2015–2017	Hapoel Eilat
2017	Israel U-20
2017–2021	Israel
2018–2021	Hapoel Jerusalem
2021	Panathinaikos
2022–present	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Career highlights and awards
	As player: FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer (1997); EuroLeague champion (2000); 2× FIBA EuroStar (1997, 1999); 2× Greek League champion (2000, 2001); Greek League All-Star (1999); 4× Israeli League champion (1996–1999); Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP (1998); 2× Israeli Cup winner (1998, 1999); As head coach: 2 x Israeli League champion (2010, 2023); 2× Israeli Cup winner (2019, 2020); Greek Cup winner (2021); Greek League champion (2021); Israeli League Cup winner (2019); Israeli League Coach of the Year (2007);
Men's Basketball
Head Coach for Israel
FIBA Europe Under-20

Oded Kattash (Hebrew: עודד קטש, born October 10, 1974) is an Israeli professional basketball coach for Maccabi Tel Aviv and former player. During his playing career, at a height of 194 cm (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in), he played at the point guard position. He was the 1998 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. As a player, he won the EuroLeague title in the 1999–2000 season, while playing with Panathinaikos.

Early career

When Kattash was 9 years old, he joined the junior youth department of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He then played with Maccabi Darom, which was Maccabi Tel Aviv's farm team at the time.

Professional career

Kattash played with Maccabi Ramat Gan, and Hapoel Galil Elyon, before returning in 1995, to Maccabi Tel Aviv, to join their senior men's team. With Macabbi's senior team, he won 4 Israeli League championships and 2 Israeli State Cups. He was the 1998 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. After leading the 1997 EuroBasket in scoring, he subsequently agreed to play with the New York Knicks, but he never actually played in the NBA, because of the 1998–99 NBA season lockout, that started on July 1, 1998.

Eventually, he signed a three-year contract with Panathinaikos. In the 2000 EuroLeague Finals game, he scored 17 points, against his former team Maccabi Tel Aviv, to win the EuroLeague championship with Panathinaikos. His career ended prematurely a few months later, when he suffered a serious knee injury.

National team career

Kattash played at the 1997 edition of the EuroBasket, with the senior Israeli national team, scoring 22 points per game during the tournament.

Coaching career

After Kattash retired from playing basketball, he took up basketball coaching, and he first coached Hapoel Galil Elyon. He was the head coach of Macabbi Tel Aviv, from summer of 2007, until January 1, 2008, when he resigned.^[1]

Shortly after, he returned to Galil Elyon, and helped the team stay in the Israeli first division. In 2009, he remained with Galil, leading them against the odds, to the Israeli League Final Four, and coming within a last shot of knocking out Maccabi Tel Aviv in the semifinals. In 2010, he won the Israeli League championship with Galil, after a win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the league finals.

In June 2010, Kattash was appointed as Hapoel Jerusalem's head coach, signing a three-year contract.^[2]

On June 21, 2012, Kattash was appointed the head coach of Hapoel Eilat, as the team was re-included into the Israeli Premier League, for the 2012-13 season.^[3]

On June 27, 2014, at the end of his contract, Kattash signed a three-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv. On November 3, 2015, he was dismissed, after only four games, after three consecutive losses. He subsequently returned to Hapoel Eilat. However, On July 18, 2017, Hapoel Eilat and Kattash decided to part ways. During that summer, Kattash led the Israel men's under-20 national team to a silver medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

On October 10, 2017, The Basketball Federation of Israel, named Kattash the new head coach of the senior Israeli national team, for the next four years.^[4]

On February 22, 2018, Kattash returned for a second stint to Hapoel Jerusalem, signing a one-and-a-half-year deal.^[5]^[6]

On January 14, 2021, Kattash signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.^[7]

Coaching record

Legend
G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Result
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2007–08	9	6	3	.667	Resigned
Panathinaikos	2020–21	16	5	11	.313	Eliminated in the regular season
Career		25	11	14	.440

Personal life

Kattash is of Algerian descent.
Kattash is known to have different-coloured irises, a condition known as heterochromia of the irises (heterochromia iridis).
Kattash is a good friend with the former player and current coach Dror Cohen. They have a long history of playing and coaching together.^[8]

References

^ Arbel, Tel Aviv, Yarone (1 January 2008). "Maccabi bench: Kattash resigns, Sherf in". euroleague.net. Euroleague. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^ Last, Jeremy (15 June 2010). "Local Hoops: Hapoel J'lem signs Katash for 3-year stint". Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^ Gellar, Raphael (11 October 2012). "Israeli Basketball Preview 2012-2013". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^ "עודד קטש מונה למאמן נבחרת ישראל". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
^ "Hapoel Jerusalem name Oded Katash head coach". Sportando.com. February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "שינוי על הקווים: קטש חוזר לבירה". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
^ Panathinaikos announces Oded Katash
^ "אנחנו לא נחותים משום נבחרת באירופה" Yaakov Meir (Israel Hayom), 22 February 2021. Accessed 5 July 2021.(in Hebrew)

External links

FIBA Profile
FIBA Europe Profile
Article about Kattash
Kattash and Knicks
News piece about coaching Maccabi
Sinai, Allon (January 1, 2008). "Local Hoops: Kattash steps down as Maccabi TA coach". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved March 17, 2008.^{[dead link‍]}

[1] Arbel, Tel Aviv, Yarone (1 January 2008). "Maccabi bench: Kattash resigns, Sherf in". euroleague.net. Euroleague. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

[2] Last, Jeremy (15 June 2010). "Local Hoops: Hapoel J'lem signs Katash for 3-year stint". Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

[3] Gellar, Raphael (11 October 2012). "Israeli Basketball Preview 2012-2013". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

[4] "עודד קטש מונה למאמן נבחרת ישראל". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[5] "Hapoel Jerusalem name Oded Katash head coach". Sportando.com. February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "שינוי על הקווים: קטש חוזר לבירה". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.

[7] Panathinaikos announces Oded Katash

[8] "אנחנו לא נחותים משום נבחרת באירופה" Yaakov Meir (Israel Hayom), 22 February 2021. Accessed 5 July 2021.(in Hebrew)

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