Eran Ganot

Eran Ganot (born September 8, 1981) is an American college basketball head coach for the University of Hawaii men's team. In 2015–16, his first season as head coach at Hawaii, he earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades.

Early and personal life Ganot was born in Philadelphia, and raised in his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey. He is Jewish. His father immigrated to the United States from Romania, and his mother immigrated to the US from Israel. He has a twin brother, named Asaf, a high-end fashion designer, and two sisters, Dani and Betty.

Ganot attended Tenafly High School, graduating in 1999. Playing for his high school basketball team, he was a two-time all-league first-team selection, and was named all-county as a senior. He now lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his wife Barbea and his daughter Zeza. At 33 years of age he was the second-youngest head coach in school history, and the 21st head coach ever for the university. His base salary was $225,000. He also received the CollegeInsider.com's Joe B. Hall Award, awarded to the top first-year head coach, as well as the Red Auerbach College Coach of the Year Award, selected by members of the Jewish Coaches Association as the top Jewish head basketball college coach. Ganot returned to coaching on December 29, in a 91–51 win over Maine.

Ganot received a three-year contract extension prior to the 2022–23 season.

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