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NBA EXPERIENCE: Includes assistant coaching, advance scouting, college scouting and director of player personnel.
Golden State Warriors Assistant Coach/Player Development under Don Nelson 2006-07. Team made playoffs for first time in 12 years and upset number one seed Dallas in first round.
Memphis Grizzlies Assistant Coach under Hubie Brown, 2002-05. The team won 50 games and made the playoffs in second year after never having won more than 23 games before arrival.
Advance Scout Dallas Mavericks, 2000-2001. Team made playoffs.
Director of Player Personnel New Jersey Nets under General Manager Willis Reed, 1995-96. Helped build team to playoff team. Assistant Coach under John Calipari, 1996-90. Team made playoffs. Scout 1999-2000.
Milwaukee Bucks Advance Scout, College Scout and Special Assignment Coach under Del Harris and Mike Dunleavy, 1990-95. Team made playoffs.
Atlanta Hawks Assistant Coach under Hubie Brown, 1976-77. Helped team make playoffs.

COLLEGE EXPERIENCE: Compiled more than 300 wins as a collegiate head coach. Coached Florida Southern 1977-82. Led team to NCAA Division II National Championship in 1981.
Coached Division I Fordham 1971-76. Team played in NIT.
Coached Division I Lafayette 1967-71. Rebuilt team from 5 wins to 17 wins and to conference championship.
Coached Trenton State 1964-67. Rebuilt losing team to conference champions and NAIA national tournament in 1967.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Coach Dominican Republic National Team 1975.

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE: Founded BASKETBALL WORLD in 1972. Basketball World conducts basketball camps and clinics worldwide and produces and distributes books, DVDs and videos. Basketball World’s highly successful SHOOT IT BETTER Mini Camps are conducted worldwide and year round for players from NBA to youth level.

Education

Springfield College BS, Indiana University MS, Springfield College DPE

Years of Experience

47

Objective

Basketball Coach

Awards/Titles

HONORS: Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame
Sunshine State Conference Silver Anniversary Coach 1998
Florida Southern College Athletic Hall of Fame 1997
National Coach of the Year Division II 1980, National Association of Basketball Coaches
Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year 1979, 1980, 1981
East Coach of the Year Division I 1972, Coach & Athlete Magazine

PUBLICATIONS: Wissel, H. (2004) 2nd Edition. Basketball: Steps to Success. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.(Number one best selling basketball book. Over 120,000 copies sold. Translated into four languages)

Wissel, H. (1990) Becoming a Basketball Player: Individual Drills. Springfield, Massachusetts: Basketball World, Inc.

VIDEOS: Wissel, H. (1990) Five Videos Becoming a Basketball Player: Ball Handling, Shooting, Offensive Moves, Offensive Moves Off the Dribble, Defense and Rebounding. Suffield, Connecticut: Basketball World, Inc.

DVDS: Wissel, H. (2005) Basketball Shooting: Confidence, Rhythm and Mechanics. Suffield, Connecticut: Basketball World, Inc.

Wissel, H. (2005) Basketball Shooting: Off the Pass, Off the Dribble and In the Post. Suffield, Connecticut: Basketball World, Inc.

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Full Name

Dr. Hal Wissel

URL

http://www.basketballworld.com

Country

USA