Will Voigt

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William Bryant "Will" Voigt (born August 18, 1976 ) is an American basketball coach .

career

Voigt, who comes from Cabot (US state Vermont ) and has German ancestors, played basketball at the local Cabot High School as a teenager and was used in the position of development player. He then studied at Pomona College (state of California ) and was a member of the local soccer team . In 1998 and 1999 Voigt was an intern with the NBA team Los Angeles Clippers and worked for a company in the IT industry. Between 1999 and 2001 he worked for the San Antonio Spurs and worked in their video department. He lived temporarily with the Texans' head coach and his family, Gregg Popovich .

In the 2001/02 game year he was entrusted with administrative tasks on the basketball staff of the University of Texas at Austin , and in 2002/03 he worked as an assistant coach at Metropolitan State University . From autumn 2003 Voigt held  the position of head coach at the Norwegian first division club Ulriken Eagles . During his time in Norway, Voigt was also the assistant coach of the Norwegian national team (Norway's then head coach Mathias Eckhoff later became Voigt's assistant for the Nigerian national team). In the summer of 2006 he took up the position of coach at the Vermont Frost Heaves in the US ABA league. The team owner had selected two candidates (including Voigt) to fill the coaching position and then let the Frost Heaves supporters vote on the appointment on the Internet. The majority named Voigt, who thus received the position. In 2007 and 2008 he was named Trainer of the Year in the ABA. He also looked after the team after they moved to the PBL league in 2008. He stayed with the Vermont Frost Heaves until 2009. At the end of July 2009 Voigt was introduced as the new head coach of the Bakersfield Jam ( NBA D-League ) team. He led Bakersfield three times into the championship round of the D-League and worked in this post until the end of the 2013/14 season.

In the 2014/15 season, Voigt was an assistant coach on the staff of the Chinese team Shanxi Brave Dragons. At the beginning of July 2015 he became the Nigerian national coach and led the team to win the African Championship in August of the same year. By winning the final, Nigeria managed to end a series of defeats against Angola that had been going on since 1987 and at the same time to become African champions for the first time. He also oversaw the selection of Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics. There Voigt led the team to a win against Croatia, the remaining four games of the Olympic tournament were lost. His contract expired after the Olympics. Voigt was again on the coaching staff of the Shanxi Brave Dragons in China in the 2016/17 season.

In November 2017 he was hired as the new head coach of the Angola national team. He received a four-year contract. At the 2019 World Cup, Angola won against the Philippines under Voigt's leadership , and they remained without a win in the other four games. In addition to his role as national coach of Angola, Voigt took up the position of head coach of the relegation-threatened German Bundesliga club Telekom Baskets Bonn at the beginning of February 2020 . He signed a contract with the Rhinelanders until the end of the 2019/20 season.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Bert Mark: Bundesliga mission: Baskets new head coach Will Voigt sees himself as a problem solver. February 6, 2020, accessed on February 6, 2020 (German).
  2. ^ A coaching odyssey: Will Voigt goes from Vermont to Angola. Retrieved February 5, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Derekmachen, Spurs Zone: Popovich once let Team Nigeria head coach crash at his place. July 28, 2016, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Ben Cohen: The Coach of Nigeria's Basketball Team Is From ... Vermont . In: Wall Street Journal . July 25, 2016, ISSN  0099-9660 ( wsj.com [accessed February 5, 2020]).
  5. ^ A coaching odyssey: Will Voigt goes from Vermont to Angola. Retrieved February 5, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ Texas colleges. October 13, 2001, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  7. ↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/gometrostate.com/documents/2009/12/15/FinalGuideWebSMALL41.pdf
  8. ↑ Will vil fortsette. February 11, 2005, accessed February 5, 2020 (Norwegian).
  9. ↑ Erlend Nesje: "Jeg har fleipet med at det he som om en fra Senegal shall come til Norge and trene oss i ski". Retrieved February 5, 2020 (nb-NO).
  10. ↑ https://www.rutlandherald.com/articles/players-make-their-case-for-spot-on-aba-roster/
  11. ↑ Alexander Wolff: WE BOUGHT A TEAM! Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Anna Grearson Times Argus Staff: Will Voigt, Frost Heaves honored by ABA. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Anna Grearson Times Argus Staff: Frost Heaves coach Voigt decides he'll stay put. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Anna Grearson staff writer: Voigt to coach D-League stars. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  15. ^ Jon L: Bakersfield Jam Names Will Voigt Head Coach. July 31, 2009, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  16. ↑ a b Angola Coach Will Voigt Reacts to Gilas Pilipina's Team (VIDEO). Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Keith Schlosser: 2014-15 NBADL Team Preview: Baskersfield Jam. November 14, 2014, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  18. ↑ http://www.newsbasket-beafrika.com/2015/07/afrobasket-2015-le-nigeria-avec-un-coach-americain.html
  19. ↑ A new beginning for African basketball? Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Alexander Wolff: Nigeria men's basketball an underdog to root for. Retrieved February 5, 2020 (American English).
  21. ↑ Nigeria at the Rio 2016 - Olympic Basketball Tournament (Men) 2016. Accessed February 5, 2020 .
  22. ^ Team Nigeria not feeling the love back home - The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 5, 2020 (American English).
  23. ↑ George Obi: Voigt Wants D'Tigers Coaching Job Full-Time. In: Complete Sports. February 27, 2017, accessed February 5, 2020 (American English).
  24. ^ Angola appoint Will Voigt as head coach. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Voigt on Angola: We are the underdogs in Group C . Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Angola at the FIBA ​​Coupe du Monde de Basketball 2019. Accessed February 5, 2020 (French).
  27. ↑ Will Voigt is the new Baskets head coach. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Voigt, Will
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Voigt, William Bryant (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball coach
DATE OF BIRTH 18th August 1976