Guy Molloy

Guy Molloy (born 4 November 1965) is an Australian basketball coach, who most recently served as the head coach of the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Early life Molloy was born in Young, New South Wales. He moved to Canberra to study one of the first sports science degrees, with a major in coaching, at the University of Canberra in 1984. He became ACT Basketball's development officer and later the ACT director of coaching. He also spent a year as a coach with the ACT Academy of Sport.

Coaching career WNBL Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the Canberra Capitals in the 1989 WNBL season.

Between 1993 and 1996, Molloy served as head coach of the Perth Breakers. The Breakers reached the finals in all four of Molloy's seasons, including reaching the 1993 WNBL Grand Final.

In 2013, Molloy returned to the WNBL, as head coach of the newly branded Melbourne Boomers. In his first season back, after leading the Boomers to the semi-finals, he was named the WNBL Coach of the Year for the second time. He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season after leading them to the championship.

In April 2023, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Sydney Flames. He guided the team to 11 wins and 10 losses in the 2023–24 WNBL season. He returned to the Flames for the 2024–25 WNBL season. In February 2025, he coached his 350th WNBL game.

NBL In 1991 and 1992, Molloy served as assistant coach of the Canberra Cannons in the NBL.

Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans in 2001. He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons. Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons. He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009.

In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season. He re-signed with the Sharks for two more seasons on 7 September 2023. He parted ways with the Sharks in October 2024.

National teams Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989 to 1994. During this time, he was on board during both the 1990 and 1994 FIBA World Championship tournaments.

In 2009, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Australia U-17 men's team, leading into the inaugural FIBA Under-17 World Championship in 2010. Following Australia's sixth-place finish in 2010, Molloy was reappointed leading into the next tournament in 2012. Here, Molloy coached a Dante Exum-led team to a silver medal.

In 2017, Molloy was appointed as assistant coach to Kennedy Kereama with the New Zealand Tall Ferns, leading into the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup. In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns.

Coaching record

WNBL

23 8 15

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18 12 6

3 2 1

18 12 6

2 1 1

18 12 6

1 0 1

18 11 7

3 2 1

24 14 10

1 0 1

22 11 11

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24 8 16

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24 5 19

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21 12 9

5 3 2

21 15 6

2 0 2

21 15 6

3 1 2

13 9 4

2 1 1