Don Beck (basketball)

Don Beck (born June 2, 1953) is an American professional basketball coach.

Don Beck
Beck coaching Toyama Grouses in 2018
Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
PositionAdviser
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1953-01-02) January 2, 1953
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
Coaching career1978–present
Career history
As coach:
1978–?Santa Barbara CC (assistant)
1989–1990Santa Barbara CC (women's)
1990–1992Fresno State (assistant)
1992–1994Oostende
1994–2001TVG Trier
2001–2007EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2007–2009Euphony Bree
2009–2010EiffelTowers Den Bosch
2010–2015Toyota Alvark
2015–2018Toyota Antelopes
2018–2020Toyama Grouses
Career highlights and awards

Career

Beck began his career on the sideline as assistant coach at Santa Barbara City College in 1978. Other assistant coach stints came at Bentley College, Rutgers University and Fresno State University before taking his first head coach position at Santa Barbara City College in 1989, where he coached the women's team.[1]

In 1990, Beck accepted the interim head coaching position at Fresno State and in 1992 was named head coach of Sunair Oostende, a first-division team from Belgium.

During his seven-year tenure at German Basketball Bundesliga side TVG Trier (1994-2001), Beck guided the team to two German Cup titles (1998 and 2001) and a trip to the Bundesliga semifinals in 1998.[2] In 2001, Beck took the reins at fellow Bundesliga team EWE Baskets Oldenburg, where he worked until May 2007. He was then named head coach of Euphony Bree of Belgium until January 2009[3] and served as head coach of the Eiffel Towers Den Bosch,[4] a member of the Dutch top-flight Eredivisie, from January 2009 to April 2010.

From 2010 to 2015, Beck was at the helm of Japanese side Toyota Alvark. He received JBL Coach of the Year honors in the 2011-12 season after guiding the team to a championship title and led Alvark to a second-place finish in 2014-15.[5] He served as head coach of the Toyota Antelopes in the Women's Japan Basketball League from 2015 to 2018 and then accepted the head coaching job with the Toyama Grouses of Japan's B.League in July 2018.[6]

Head coaching record
Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Toyota Alvark 2010-11 362313.6393rd in JBL---– -
Toyota Alvark 2011-12 422913.6902nd in JBL651.833 JBL champions
Toyota Alvark 2012-13 423210.7622nd in JBL312.333 3rd place
Toyota Alvark 2013-14 54459.8332nd in NBL-E523.400 3rd place
Toyota Alvark 2014-15 544014.7413rd in NBL-E954.556 Runners-up in NBL
Toyama Grouses 2018-19 603228.5333rd in Central202.000 Lost in 1st round
Toyama Grouses 2019-20 411724.4153rd in Central---– -

References
  1. "EWE-Coach Don Beck im Portrait". 2004-03-10. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  2. volksfreund.de. "Serie zum TBB-Jubiläum: Der amerikanische Trainer Don Beck als Glücksfall für die "Germanen" - volksfreund.de". www.volksfreund.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  3. "Don Beck verlaat Bree voor Den Bosch". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  4. "Don Beck (ex-Bree) aan de slag bij EiffelTowers Den Bosch". HLN. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  5. Nagatsuka, Kaz (2015-10-18). "Beck, Oga looking to change women's basketball culture". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  6. Odeven, Ed (2018-07-05). "Globetrotting Rick Rickert reaches end of the line after 15 seasons as pro player". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
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