{{Short description|Belgian basketball player and coach (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Roel Moors | image = 2024-05-17 ALBA Berlin gegen Telekom Baskets Bonn (Basketball-Bundesliga 2023-24) by Sandro Halank–061.jpg | image_size = | caption = | number = | position = [[Coach (basketball)|Head coach]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | height_footnote = | weight_lb = 209 | weight_footnote = | league = [[BNXT League]] | team = Antwerp Giants | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1978|12|16}} | birth_place = [[Herentals]], [[Belgium]] | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2015 | coach_start = 2015 | coach_end = | career_position = [[Point guard]] | career_number = 4 | years1 = 1996–1997 | team1 = Nieuw Brabo Antwerp | years2 = 1997–1998 | team2 = [[Bree BBC|Bree]] | years3 = 1999 | team3 = Cuva Houthalen | years4 = 1999–2000 | team4 = [[RAS Maccabi Brussels|Atomics Brussels]] | years5 = 2000–2002 | team5 = [[Antwerp Giants|Racing Antwerp]] | years6 = 2002–2006 | team6 = [[Spirou Charleroi]] | years7 = 2006–2007 | team7 = [[ASVEL Basket|ASVEL]] | years8 = 2007 | team8 = [[Leuven Bears]] | years9 = 2007–2008 | team9 = Spirou Charleroi | years10 = 2008–2009 | team10 = [[Gent Hawks]] | years11 = 2009–2015 | team11 = [[Antwerp Giants]] | cyears1 = 2015 | cteam1 = [[Antwerp Giants]] (assistant) | cyears2 = [[2015–16 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2015]]–[[2018–19 Pro Basketball League|2019]] | cteam2 = [[Antwerp Giants]] | cyears3 = 2018–present | cteam3 = [[Belgian national basketball team|Belgium U20]] | cyears4 = [[2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga|2019–2020]] | cteam4 = [[Brose Bamberg]] | cyears5 = 2020–2023 | cteam5 = [[BG Göttingen]] | cyears6 = 2023–2025 | cteam6 = [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]] | cyears7 = 2025–present | cteam7 = [[Antwerp Giants]] | highlights = '''As player:''' *No. 4 retired by [[Antwerp Giants]] *3× [[Basketball League Belgium Division I|Belgian League]] champion (2003–2004, 2008) *[[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] winner (2003) *4× [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]] (2003–2004, 2011, 2013) '''As head coach:''' *[[Belgian Basketball Supercup|Belgian Supercup]] winner (2016) *2x [[Basketball League Belgium Division I Coach of the Year|Belgian League Coach of the Year]] ([[2015-16 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2016]], [[2018–19 Pro Basketball League|2019]]) *[[Basketball Champions League Best Coach]] ([[2018–19 BCL season|2019]]) *[[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] champion ([[2025–26 Belgian Basketball Cup|2026]]) | HOF = | HOF_player = | HOF_coach = | FIBA_HOF_player = | CBBASKHOF_year = | medal_templates = }} '''Roel Moors''' (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian retired professional [[basketball]] player and current head coach of [[Antwerp Giants]] of the [[BNXT League]].
==Playing career== Moors usually played at the [[point guard]] position. He was also a member of the [[Belgium national basketball team|Belgian national basketball team]], whom he played with at the [[EuroBasket|European championships]] of [[EuroBasket 2011|2011]] and [[EuroBasket 2013|2013]].<ref>[http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/cid_04nV5LW1InMnPsDwhkujE0.playerID_20893.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2014.roundID_9682.teamID_97183.coid_ukJYJ1axHkUeaxXAeR6wd3.html Roel Moors at eurobasket2013.com]</ref> He played more than 100 matches for the Belgian national team.
On 8 October 2015 Moors' jersey number 4 was retired by [[Antwerp Giants]].<ref>[http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/zaal/basketbal/1.2463616 Niemand zal ooit nog het nummer 4 dragen bij de Giants]</ref>
==Coaching career== ===Antwerp Giants=== Starting from the 2015–16 season, Moors was an assistant coach with Antwerp Giants. In November 2015, after [[Paul Vervaeck]] was fired, he was promoted to [[head coach]].<ref>[http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20151112_01966956 Roel Moors blijft aan het roer bij Antwerp Giants]</ref> In September 2016, Moors won his first trophy as coach when his team won the [[Belgian Basketball Supercup|Belgian Supercup]] over [[BC Oostende|Oostende]].<ref>[http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20160924_02484637 Antwerp Giants verslaan kampioen Oostende in Supercup]</ref>
In the 2018–19 campaign, Moors unexpectedly led Antwerp to the third place in the [[Basketball Champions League]]. He was also awarded with the title [[Basketball Champions League Best Coach]]. He won the Coach of the Year of the domestic PBL again in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://euromillionsbasketball.be/article?id=5736|title=The EuroMillions Basketball Awards 2019 results are in!|work=EuroMillions Basketball League|accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> In June 2019, it was announced that Moors would leave the club.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hln.be/sport/meer-sport/roel-moors-verlaat-telenet-giants-antwerp-christophe-beghin-nieuwe-coach~a2d7f477/| title = Roel Moors verlaat Telenet Giants Antwerp, Christophe Beghin nieuwe coach {{!}} Meer Sport {{!}} hln.be}}</ref>
===Bamberg=== On 20 June 2019, [[Brose Bamberg]] of the German [[Basketball Bundesliga]] (BBL) announced that Moors had signed a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brosebamberg.de/saison/news/nachricht/artikel/roel-moors-wird-neuer-head-coach-bei-brose-bamberg/|title=Roel Moors wird neuer Head Coach bei Brose Bamberg|work=Brose Bamberg Basketball|accessdate=21 June 2019}}</ref>
===Göttingen=== On 13 July 2020 he signed with [[BG Göttingen]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/gottingen-announces-coach-roel-moors/|title=Göttingen announces coach Roel Moors|last=|first=|date=July 13, 2020|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref>
===Bonn=== In June 2023, he signed as head coach of the [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]], the [[Basketball Champions League]] winner of the previous season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/presse/news/artikel/roel-moors-ist-der-neue-baskets-headcoach.html|title=Roel Moors ist der neue Baskets-Headcoach|last=|first=|date=June 26, 2023|website=www.baskets.de|language=De|access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref>
===Antwerp Giants=== In February 2025, he signed as head coach of the Antwerp Giants, returning to his former club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sporza.be/nl/2025/02/19/roel-moors-keert-terug-naar-de-antwerp-giants-jill-lorent-krijgt-nieuwe-functie~1739965872653/}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Roel_Moors/Belgium/Port_of_Antwerp_Giants/25246 Eurobasket.com profile] *[https://www.basketball-reference.com/euro/players/roel-moors-1.html Basketball Reference profile]
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