Erez Edelstein

{{short description|Israeli basketball coach|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Erez Edelstein<br>ארז אדלשטיין | image = Image:Erez111.JPG | caption = Edelstein in 2004 | position = Head coach | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | league = | team = | nationality = Israeli | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|8|23}} | coach_start = 1990 | coach_end = | cyears1 = 1990–1991 | cteam1 = Hapoel Gvat/Yagur (assistant) | cyears2 = 1991–1993 | cteam2 = Hapoel Gvat/Yagur | cyears3 = 1993–1994 | cteam3 = Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin | cyears4 = 1994–1995 | cteam4 = Maccabi Hadera | cyears5 = 1995–1997 | cteam5 = Hapoel Jerusalem (assistant) | cyears6 = 1997–1999 | cteam6 = Bnei Herzliya | cyears7 = 1999–2000 | cteam7 = Hapoel Galil Elyon | cyears8 = 2000–2001 | cteam8 = MaccabI Ramat Gan | cyears9 = 2001–2002 | cteam9 = Hapoel Jerusalem | cyears10 = 2002–2004 | cteam10 = Hapoel Tel Aviv | cyears11 = 2005–2006 | cteam11 = Hapoel Jerusalem | cyears12 = 2006–2008 | cteam12 = Olympiacos (assistant) | cyears13 = 2008–2010 | cteam13 = Israel (assistant) | cyears14 = 2011–2014 | cteam14 = Hapoel Tel Aviv | cyears15 = 2014–2017 | cteam15 = Israel | cyears16 = 2016 | cteam16 = Maccabi Tel Aviv }} '''Erez Edelstein''' ({{Langx|he|ארז אדלשטיין}}; born August 23, 1961) is an Israeli basketball coach.

==Coaching career== In 2014, Edelstein was hired as a head coach of the Israel national basketball team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/erez-edelstein-named-coach-of-hapoel-tel-aviv-1.18736 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113201/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/erez-edelstein-named-coach-of-hapoel-tel-aviv-1.18736 | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | title=Erez Edelstein named coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv | publisher=Schocken family | work=Haaretz | date=18 February 2003 | accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jpost.com/Sports/Local-hoops-Edelstein-earmarked-to-coach-Israel-national-team-343870 | title=Local hoops: Edelstein earmarked to coach Israel national team | publisher=Mirkaei Tikshoret | work=The Jerusalem Post | date=28 February 2014 | accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref>

On June 9, 2016, Edelstein was announced as the new head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.eurohoops.net/featured/259185/edelstein-announced-as-the-new-maccabi-t-a-coach | title = Edelstein announced as the new Maccabi T.A. coach | work = Eurohoops | date = 9 June 2016 }}</ref> On October 22, 2016, he parted ways with the club.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv dismisses Edelshtein, appoints Hadar as coach|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/7crn49rnuawnnaal|accessdate=23 October 2016|work=euroleague.net|date=23 October 2016}}</ref>

On September 13, 2017, Edelstein parted ways with the Israel national basketball team after a disappointing Eurobasket campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/national-teams/eurobasket/246772/erez-edelstein-fired-as-head-coach-of-israel-s-national-team.html|title=Erez Edelstein fired as head coach of Israel's National Team |work=Sportando.com|date=September 13, 2017|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref>

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