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Dan Shamir

Dan Shamir (Hebrew: דן שמיר; born 2 February 1975) is an Israeli professional basketball coach. In 2007 and 2008 he led Hapoel Jerusalem to consecutive Israeli State Cup titles, and in 2018 he led Hapoel Holon to the Israeli State Cup title. In 2018, Shamir was also named the Israeli Basketball Premier League Coach of the Year.

Shamir grew up in Jerusalem, where his family is from. He is Jewish, and some of his family is ultra-religious. He played for the Maccabi Jerusalem youth team as a 5' 11" point guard until he was 17 years old. He started his coaching career in the Hapoel Jerusalem youth program at the age of 16.

Shamir is married, and has three children. He and his family now live in Auckland, New Zealand.

In 1999 after completing his military service with the Israel Defense Forces, at 24 years of age Shamir spent one year training under Rick Pitino at the University of Kentucky, which according to him affected him profoundly.

He then led the Hapoel Jerusalem U-16 team to the state championship, and worked with the U-18 team. In 2001, Shamir was named the assistant coach of Hapoel Jerusalem under head coaches Yoram Harush and Erez Edelstein.

In 2003, Shamir was named the assistant coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv under head coach Pini Gershon. He won two EuroLeague titles in 2004 and 2005, and reached the Euroleague's championship game in 2006.

In 2006, Shamir was named the head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem, and signed a two-year contract. He led the team to two consecutive Israeli State Cup titles, in 2007 and 2008.

In 2008, Shamir was named the assistant coach of Dynamo Moscow, under head coach David Blatt.

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