Oded Kattash Explained

Oded Kattash
עודד קטש
Position:Head coach
Height M:1.94
Weight Kg:84
League:EuroLeague
Team:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Birth Date:October 10, 1974
Birth Place:Giv'atayim, Israel
Nationality:Israeli
Draft Year:1996
Career Start:1991
Career End:2001
Career Position:Point guard
Coach Start:2004
Years1:1991–1992
Team1:Maccabi Darom
Years2:1992–1993
Years3:1994–1995
Years4:1995–1999
Years5:1999–2001
Cyears1:2004–2007
Cteam1:Hapoel Galil Elyon
Cyears2:2007–2008
Cteam2:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Cyears3:2008–2010
Cteam3:Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Cyears4:2010–2013
Cteam4:Israel (assistant)
Cyears5:2010–2011
Cteam5:Hapoel Jerusalem
Cyears6:2012–2014
Cteam6:Hapoel Eilat
Cyears7:2014–2015
Cteam7:Hapoel Tel Aviv
Cyears8:2015–2017
Cteam8:Hapoel Eilat
Cyears9:2017
Cteam9:Israel U-20
Cyears10:2017–2021
Cteam10:Israel
Cyears11:2018–2021
Cteam11:Hapoel Jerusalem
Cyears12:2021
Cteam12:Panathinaikos
Cyears13:2022–present
Cteam13:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Highlights:As player:

As head coach:

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, 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

EuroLeague

|- | align="left"|Maccabi Tel Aviv| align="left"|2007–08| 9 || 6 || 3 || || align="center"|Resigned|- | align="left"|Panathinaikos| align="left"|2020–21| 16 || 5 || 11 || || align="center"|Eliminated in the regular season|- |-class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan=2|Career||25||11||14||||

Personal life

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maccabi bench: Kattash resigns, Sherf in. Arbel, Tel Aviv. Yarone . 1 January 2008 . euroleague.net . Euroleague. 20 November 2015.
  2. News: Last . Jeremy . 15 June 2010. Local Hoops: Hapoel J'lem signs Katash for 3-year stint. . Jerusalem . 20 November 2015.
  3. News: Gellar. Raphael. Israeli Basketball Preview 2012-2013 . The Times of Israel . 20 November 2015. 11 October 2012 .
  4. Web site: עודד קטש מונה למאמן נבחרת ישראל. October 10, 2017. basket.co.il. October 10, 2017. he.
  5. Web site: Hapoel Jerusalem name Oded Katash head coach. February 22, 2018. Sportando.com. February 22, 2018.
  6. Web site: שינוי על הקווים: קטש חוזר לבירה. February 22, 2018. basket.co.il. February 22, 2018. he.
  7. https://sportando.basketball/en/panathinaikos-announces-oded-katash/ Panathinaikos announces Oded Katash
  8. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/854081 "אנחנו לא נחותים משום נבחרת באירופה"