Zvi Sherf

Zvi Sherf

Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Maccabi Ashdod
Biographical details
Born	December 18, 1951 (age 62) Tel Aviv, Israel
Playing career
1967-1970	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976-1978 1978-1980 1981-1983 1983-1987 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1992 1992 1992-1993 1993-1997 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2009 2007-2008 2009-2011 2013-2014 2015-	Maccabi Darom Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Ramat Gan Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel national basketball team Maccabi Elitzur Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Jerusalem Aris BC Israel national basketball team Hapoel Tel Aviv CSP Limoges Maccabi Tel Aviv PAOK Thessaloniki Hapoel Jerusalem Śląsk Wrocław Makedonikos BC Hapoel Galil-Elyon MBC Dynamo Moscow Israel national basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv Spartak Saint Petersburg Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ashdod

Zvi Sherf (Hebrew: צבי שרף‎, born December 18, 1951, Tel Aviv, Israel), known almost universally by his nickname Zvika (Hebrew: צביקה‎), is an Israeli basketball coach and former player.

Sherf played for the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team, starting at age 12. By age 16, Sherf was playing for Maccabi South Tel Aviv (the club's second side), and was sent to a coaching course, along with fellow future basketball coach Pini Gershon. By age 20, Sherf was coaching the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team, and by age 25 was coaching Maccabi South Tel Aviv, leading it to his first championship.

In the 1980/81 season—where Maccabi Tel Aviv won the European Championship, the Israeli League and the Israeli State Cup—Sherf was an assistant coach to Rudi D'Amico. Sherf became Maccabi Tel Aviv's head coach in 1983/84, staying through to the 1985/86 season (inclusive). In 1984 (at the age of 33), he became the Israeli national basketball team coach. His first national coaching tenure (which lasted three years) saw two Eurobasket appearances (1985, 1987) and Israel's historic 7th placing at the 1986 FIBA World Basketball Championship. Sherf's tenure as national coach ended after what was perceived as a poor performance at EuroBasket 1987 (11th position), but Sherf later returned as coach for the years 1991-97. In 2005, Sherf was again appointed coach of the Israeli national basketball team, and on January 1, 2008, was appointed head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Sherf's coaching career includes a Saporta Cup victory with Aris BC Thessaloniki (1992/93), and two Euroleague finals, 10 Israeli League Championships and six Israeli State Cups (all with Maccabi Tel Aviv).

European Titles

• 1 Saporta Cup title (1992–93, with Aris BC Thessaloniki);
• 1 Russian Basketball Cup title (2010–11, with BC Spartak Saint Petersburg)
• 3 European Championship finals (1986–87, 1988–89, 2007–08 with Maccabi Tel Aviv);
• 1 European Championship third-place (1990–91, with Maccabi Tel Aviv).

Israeli Titles

• 10 Israeli Basketball Superleague titles (1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, all with Maccabi Tel Aviv);
• 6 Israeli Basketball State Cup championships (1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, all with Maccabi Tel Aviv).

References

• Euroleague profile
• Tzahevet profile (Hebrew)
• Zvi Sherf is the new Israeli NT Coach