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Tom Maher (born 4 September 1952 inMelbourne,Victoria) is an Australianbasketball coach.
Maher is the most successful coach in history of theWomen's National Basketball League (WNBL), having won nine championships. He coached theNunawading Spectres to six titles, before leading Perth, Canberra and Bulleen to one apiece. He was namedWNBL Coach of the Year in 1987, 1992, 2010 and 2011.
Maher led theAustralia women's national basketball team to their first Olympic medal (bronze) in 1996 and then on to silver at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney. He was head coach ofNew Zealand in Athens 2004, and coached the Tall Ferns to their best-ever performance of eighth. He coached theChina women's national basketball team at theBeijing Olympics in 2008, finishing fourth. In 2009, he was appointed coach of theGreat Britain women's team. He coached Great Britain at the2012 Summer Olympics, finishing eleventh. Maher returned as the head coach of the Chinese national women's team for the2016 Summer Olympics, marking his sixth consecutive Olympic Games as a national head coach.[1] The team finished tenth overall.
In 2021, Maher was inducted to theFIBA Hall of Fame.[2]
Maher is married to formerAustralia women's national basketball team captainRobyn Maher.
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