Paul Henare
Shimane Susanoo Magic
PositionHead coach
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1979-03-04) 4 March 1979 (age 44)
Napier, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight83 kg (183 lb)
Career information
High schoolNapier Boys' (Napier, New Zealand)
CollegeUtah Valley (1999–2000)
Playing career1995–2014
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
1995–1997Hawke's Bay Hawks
1998–2001Auckland Stars
2002–2008Hawke's Bay Hawks
2002–2003OKK Beograd
2003–2011New Zealand Breakers
2006Banvit B.K.
2009Christchurch Cougars
2010Hawke's Bay Hawks
2014Southland Sharks
As coach:
2011–2012Hawke's Bay Hawks
2012–2015New Zealand Tall Blacks (asst.)
2013–2015Southland Sharks
2013–2016New Zealand Breakers (asst.)
2015–2019New Zealand Tall Blacks
2016–2018New Zealand Breakers
2018–2019Melbourne United (asst.)
2019Wellington Saints
2019–2021Kagawa Five Arrows
2021–presentShimane Susanoo Magic
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Team Competition

Paul Donald Henare (born 4 March 1979) is a New Zealand professional basketball coach and former player.

Junior career

Henare attended Napier Boys' High School and played one season of college basketball for Utah Valley State College. He played for New Zealand at U/16, U/18 and U/20 junior levels.

Professional career

New Zealand NBL

Henare began his playing career in 1995 with the Hawke's Bay Hawks. After three seasons with the Hawks, he joined the Auckland Stars, where he won championships in 1999 and 2000. He returned to Hawke's Bay in 2002 and played the next seven seasons there, helping the Hawks win their inaugural championship in 2006. In 2009, he played for the Christchurch Cougars,[1] and in 2010, he played his final season with the Hawks. On 30 May 2014, Henare came out of retirement to be the temporary player/coach of the Southland Sharks after multiple players were suspended.[2]

New Zealand Breakers and overseas

After a season abroad in Serbia with OKK Beograd in 2002–03, Henare debuted with the New Zealand Breakers in their inaugural season in the NBL in 2003–04. In 2006, he had his second overseas stint, this time in Turkey with Banvit B.K.

In 2010–11, Henare was a member of the Breakers' maiden championship-winning team. He subsequently retired from the Breakers after eight seasons and was honoured by becoming the first Breakers player to have his number (32) retired.[3]

National team

Henare debuted for the Tall Blacks in 1998, with his first major tournament being the Sydney Olympics in 2000. His final outing with the Tall Blacks came in 2007 with the FIBA Oceania Championship.[4][5]

Coaching career

New Zealand NBL

Henare made his coaching debut in 2011 as head coach of the Hawke's Bay Hawks. After two seasons with the Hawks, he served as head coach of the Southland Sharks in 2013, 2014 and 2015, winning championships in 2013 and 2015.[6][7] In 2019, he returned to the New Zealand NBL for the first time since 2015,[8] coaching the Wellington Saints to the championship.

Australian NBL

Between 2013 and 2016, Henare served as an assistant coach with the New Zealand Breakers.[9] He was promoted to head coach for the 2016–17 season, but after two seasons, he stepped down from the role.[10][11]

For the 2018–19 NBL season, Henare served as an assistant coach with Melbourne United.[12] He departed United in October 2019 to take up a head coaching opportunity in Japan.[13]

National team

Between 2012 and 2015, Henare served as an assistant coach with the New Zealand Tall Blacks.[14] Between 2015 and 2019, he served as head coach of the Tall Blacks.[15][16]

Japan

In October 2019, Henare signed a three-year deal as head coach of Japanese second division club, Kagawa Five Arrows.[17][18][19]

In July 2021, Henare was appointed head coach of Shimane Susanoo Magic.[20]

References

  1. ^ HENARE MAKES HISTORY
  2. ^ Henare, Peck make comeback for the Sharks
  3. ^ Henare keen to share will to win with Sharks
  4. ^ Paul Henare – basketball.org.nz
  5. ^ Paul Henare – fiba.com
  6. ^ Paul Henare new Southland Sharks coach
  7. ^ Henare extends Sharks' stay on top of new role
  8. ^ Paul Henare to replace Kevin Braswell as Wellington Saints coach next year
  9. ^ BREAKERS FAVOURITE SON RETURNS HOME Archived 8 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Basketball: Paul Henare out as Breakers coach
  11. ^ Paul Henare opens up on Breakers exit, hopes Steven Adams ends Tall Blacks exile
  12. ^ Tall Blacks coach Paul Henare set to join Dean Vickerman at Melbourne United
  13. ^ Paul Henare's departure a testament to Melbourne United's culture
  14. ^ Paul Henare Steps to the next level
  15. ^ New Zealand Breakers assistant Paul Henare named head coach of Tall Blacks
  16. ^ Paul Henare steps down as Tall Blacks coach to explore opportunity in Asia
  17. ^ Hinton, Marc (26 October 2019). "Departing Tall Blacks coach Paul Henare: It's tough to turn my back on this team". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  18. ^ Haimona-Riki, Mare (26 October 2019). "Paul Henare lands head coach role of the Kagawa Five Arrows". teaomaori.news. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  19. ^ "ヘッドコーチ交代のお知らせ". fivearrows.jp (in Japanese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  20. ^ "島根の新指揮官にポール・ヘナレ氏が就任「CSをかけて戦えるチームになるのが目標」". basketballking.jp (in Japanese). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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Japanese B.League head coaches
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