Armand Salomon

{{short description|Dutch basketball coach (born 1962)}}

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| name = Armand Salomon

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| league = Dutch Basketball League

| team = Rotterdam City

| position = Technical Director

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|2|2}}

| birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands

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| nationality = Dutch

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| coach_start = 2014

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| cyears1 = 2013–2014

| cteam1 = Rotterdam (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2013–2014

| cteam2 = Rotterdam 2

| cyears3 = 2014–2018

| cteam3 = Rotterdam

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| cyears4 = 2023

| cteam4 = Feyenoord (interim head coach)

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Armand Salomon (born 2 February 1962) is a Dutch basketball coach and executive. He currently serves as the Technical Director for Rotterdam City Basketball{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballleague.nl/speler/354|title=Basketballleague|website=www.basketballleague.nl|access-date=2017-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623032742/http://www.basketballleague.nl/speler/354|archive-date=2018-06-23|url-status=dead}} of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). From 2014 until 2018, and in 2023, he coached Rotterdam.

Coaching career

On 16 May 2014, Salomon was appointed head coach of Rotterdam Basketbal.{{cite web|url=http://www.squirrels.nl/armand-salomon-hoofdcoach-challenge-sports-rotterdam|title=Armand Salomon coach Challenge Sports Rotterdam|website=Squirrels.nl|date=16 May 2014|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831041333/http://www.squirrels.nl/armand-salomon-hoofdcoach-challenge-sports-rotterdam|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=dead}} In May 2018, Rotterdam reached the DBL semi-finals for the first time in 12 years, after upsetting Den Bosch in the quarter-finals, 1–2.[https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/168075/Rotterdam-Basketbal-stunt-op-bezoek-bij-Den-Bosch Rotterdam Basketbal stunt op bezoek bij Den Bosch]

On 23 June 2018, Salomon became director of Feyenoord Basketball, the new name of the club, while Richard den Os took over head coaching duties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/169919/Den-Os-nieuwe-coach-Feyenoord-Basketbal|title = Den Os nieuwe coach Feyenoord Basketbal}}

After five years without coaching, Salomon took over Feyenoord again in April 2023 after he and the management had made the decision to fire head coach Toon van Helfteren.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-04-21 |title=Feyenoord Basketball en coach Van Helfteren uit elkaar |url=https://www.feyenoordbasketball.nl/feyenoord-basketball-en-coach-van-helfteren-uit-elkaar/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord Basketball |language=en-US}} He later returned to being the technical director again.

Coaching record

=Dutch Basketball League=

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| align="left" rowspan=4 | Rotterdam

| align="left" |2014–15

|30||8||22||{{Winning percentage|8|22}}|| align="center" | Lost in quarterfinals

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| align="left" |2015–16

|30||9||21||{{Winning percentage|9|21}}|| align="center" | Lost in quarterfinals

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| align="left" |2016–17

|30||12||18||{{Winning percentage|12|18}}|| align="center" | Lost in quarterfinals

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| align="left" |2017–18

|39||17||22||{{Winning percentage|17|22}}|| align="center" | Lost in semi-finals

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| align="center" colspan=2|Career||129||46||83||{{Winning percentage|46|83}}||

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