| Maarten van Gent | |
| Birth Date: | 1947 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Coach Sport1: | Club: |
| Coach Years2: | 1970–1975 |
| Coach Team2: | AMVJ Rotterdam |
| Coach Years3: | 1975–1980 |
| Coach Team3: | Frisol Rowic Dordrecht |
| Coach Years4: | 1980–1982 |
| Coach Team4: | Nationale Nederlanden Donar |
| Coach Years5: | 1983–1984 |
| Coach Team5: | Hatrans Haaksbergen |
| Coach Years6: | 1984 |
| Coach Team6: | Rotterdam Zuid |
| Coach Years7: | 1984–1985 |
| Coach Team7: | Sunair Oostende |
| Coach Years8: | 1985–1988 |
| Coach Team8: | Hellas Gent |
| Coach Years9: | 1988–1989 |
| Coach Team9: | Sunair Oostende |
| Coach Years10: | 1989 |
| Coach Team10: | Maccabi Brussels |
| Coach Years11: | 1990–1991 |
| Coach Team11: | BSW Weert |
| Coach Years12: | 1991 |
| Coach Team12: | Houthalen |
| Coach Years13: | 1995 |
| Coach Team13: | Houthalen |
| Coach Years14: | 1996–1998 |
| Coach Team14: | Tallinna Kalev |
| Coach Years15: | 2000–2004 |
| Coach Team15: | Ehitustööriist |
| Coach Years16: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team16: | Rotterdam Challengers |
| Coach Years17: | 2009–2010 |
| Coach Team17: | EiffelTowers |
| Coach Sport18: | National team: |
| Coach Years19: | 1997–1999 |
| Coach Team19: | Estonia |
| Coach Years20: | 2001–2003 |
| Coach Team20: | Netherlands |
| Championships: | Dutch Champion (1982) Belgian Champion (1985) Estonian Champion (1996) Belgian Cup Winner (1985, 1989) |
| Awards: | DBL Coach of the Year (1984) KML Coach of the Year (1998) |
Maarten Herman van Gent (born 22 March 1947 in Rotterdam, Netherlands)[1] is a Dutch basketball coach, manager, scout and businessman.
Van Gent started playing basketball at age 17. He also played korfball and soccer in college. After serving in the Royal Netherlands Army in 1968, he became a physical education teacher. In 1970 at age 23, van Gent started coaching basketball teams. The first team was AMVJ Rotterdam. After five years with the team, he started coaching Frisol Rowic in Dordrecht. In 1982, he won the Dutch Championship with Nationale Nederlanden Donar. From 1984 to 1990, van Gent coached in Belgium and won the Belgian Championship in 1985 with Sunair Oostende. He quit coaching in 1991 after he was fired from Houthalen basketball team.
In 1992, he moved to Estonia and started working as a basketball agent for Globe Sports Management in Europe. In 1996, he started coaching again, this time in Estonia. He won the Estonian Championship in 1996 with Tallinna Kalev. From 1997 to 1999, he was also the coach of the Estonia national basketball team. From 2000 to 2004 he coached Ehitustööriist and the Netherlands national basketball team. In 2005, he again quit coaching and concentrated on business and managing. He also worked for three years as a scout for the NBA team the New York Knicks.[2]
Van Gent returned to coaching in the 2008–2009 season at Rotterdam and again in the 2009–2010 season at EiffelTowers in Den Bosch after both teams fired their previous coaches during the season.
Maarten van Gent owns a real estate company named "Vangent Holding OU".[3]