Josh Oppenheimer

Josh Oppenheimer
Long Island Nets
Position Assistant coach
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (1969-01-15) January 15, 1969
Nationality American / Israeli
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High school Notre Dame
(Sherman Oaks, California)
College
NBA draft 1992 / Undrafted
Playing career 1992–1998
Position Point guard
Coaching career 1998–present
Career history
As player:
?-? Atlanta Trojans
?-? Philadelphia Spirit
?-? Palm Beach Stingrays
?-? Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets
1995–1996 Maccabi Tel Aviv
1996–1998 Elitzur Givat Shmuel
As coach:
1998–2000 Duquesne (assistant)
2000–2002 Delaware (assistant)
2002–2005 DePaul (assistant)
2005–2008 Kent State (assistant)
2013–2016 Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
2016–2017 Houston Rockets (assistant)
2017–present Long Island Nets (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

As player:

Josh Oppenheimer (born January 15, 1969) is an American-Israeli basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. He is currently working as an assistant coach for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League.

Playing career

Oppenheimer played collegiately for Rhode Island and later Northern Arizona before embarking on a professional career in the United States and Europe. He spent two summers in the United States Basketball League playing for Atlanta, Philadelphia and Palm Beach and also logged a season in the Continental Basketball Association with Cedar Rapids. He spent six seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Coaching career

Oppenheimer has coaching experience in the college ranks from Duquesne, Delaware, DePaul and Kent State.

NBA

In 2013, Oppenheimer joined the Milwaukee Bucks coaching staff of head coach Larry Drew.[1]

At the start of the 2016-17 NBA season, the Houston Rockets added Oppenheimer to their coaching staff as assistant coach.[2]

At the start of the 2017–18 NBA G League season, the Brooklyn Nets added Oppenheimer to the Long Island Nets coaching staff as assistant coach.[3]

Personal info

Oppenheimer and his wife Adrienne have two daughters, Gabriella "Gabbi" (born July 2, 1996) and Nicolette "Nikki" (born June 22, 1999).[4] Adrienne is a former college volleyball player from Puerto Rico. His daughter Gabbi attends the University of Alabama and is pursuing a career in finance after previously working as a sports reporter for TideTV, a division of the UA Athletic Department[5]. Nicolette is a basketball player and plays for James Madison University; she previously played for the Syracuse University and Montini Catholic High School.[6] Nicolette represented the Puerto Rico women's national under-18 team at the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bucks Announce Coaching and Athletic Training Staff Additions
  2. ↑ "The Rockets Hired Josh Oppenheimer". 2kvc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  3. ↑ "Long Island Nets Announce Coaching and Basketball Operations Staff Additions". Long Island Nets. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  4. ↑ http://www.collegeinsider.com/indy06/josh_oppenheimer.html
  5. ↑ "LinkedIn - Gabbi Oppenheimer".
  6. ↑ http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/Nicolette-OPPENHEIMER
  7. ↑ Syracuse recruit and long-range specialist Nikki Oppenheimer expands her horizons, ESPN
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