Gordie Herbert to begin coaching Canada's senior men's basketball team in 2026

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 01, 2025 10:59 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Gordie Herbert volition instrumentality implicit arsenic caput manager of the elder men's nationalist squad successful 2026, Canada Basketball announced Thursday.

The Penticton, B.C., autochthonal led Germany to a FIBA World Cup rubric successful 2023 and a fourth-place decorativeness astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics.

He replaces Jordi Fernandez, who guided Canada to a historical bronze medal astatine the 2023 World Cup and its archetypal Olympic berth successful 24 years.

Herbert, a erstwhile nationalist squad player, has served arsenic an adjunct with Canada successful aggregate planetary windows and served arsenic the interim caput manager earlier Nick Nurse took implicit successful 2019.

He near Team Canada in 2021 to go Germany's caput manager and won a Eurobasket bronze medal successful 2022.

After the Paris Olympics past summer, Herbert near to go caput manager of Bayern Munich, guiding the squad to a 19-15 record.

He has much than 30 years of acquisition successful Europe and the NBA.

The 66-year-old Herbert played for Canada astatine the 1984 Olympics and 1986 satellite championship.

Canada, ranked No. 6 successful the world, is aiming for back-to-back Olympic appearances and a podium decorativeness astatine the 2028 Games successful Los Angeles.