Ian Hanavan (born August 15, 1980) is an American-born Belgian retired

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player and current coach. He last coached

Phoenix Brussels Brussels Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as Circus Brussels Basketball, is a professional basketball club based in Brussels, Belgium. The team plays in the BNXT League. Home games are played at the Sports Complex Neder-Over-Heembeek. Fo ...

. Standing at , Hanavan played as

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Professional career

In October 2007, Hanavan signed with

Antwerp Giants Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgians, Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketbal ...

. On August 2, 2013, Hanavan signed with

Okapi Aalstar Okapi Aalst is a Belgian professional basketball club from Aalst, Belgium. The club competes in the top tier BNXT League and plays its home games in the Okapi Forum, which has a seating capacity of 2,800 people. Okapi is a long-time participant o ...

for the 2013–14 season. On August 23, 2016, the retirement of Hanavan was announced.

Coaching career

In 2018, Hanavan started his coaching career as assistant with the

Beijing Ducks The Beijing Shougang Ducks (''simplified Chinese'': 北京首钢鸭俱乐部篮球队), also known as Beijing Shougang or Beijing Ducks, are a professional basketball team based in Beijing, China, which plays in the North Division of the Chi ...

in the

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basi ...

(CBA). On March 13, 2020, Hanavan was hired as head coach of

for the 2020–21 season. On October 18, 2021, Hanavan was fired by Brussels after a disappointing 1–3 start in the

BNXT League The BNXT League, for sponsorship reasons the betFirst BNXT League, is a professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The league is the first tier in both the Dutch and Belgian system, replacing the DBL and PBL. The inaugural s ...

Personal

Hanavan received Belgian citizenship in 2009.

Honours

Club

APOEL B.C. APOEL Basketball Club, better known simply as APOEL, is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in the city of Nicosia. It is a part of the APOEL Nicosia, APOEL Sports club, multi-sport club. APOEL is one of the most successful basketball ...

*Cypriot Supercup (1): 2011

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champio ...

(1): 2014

Individual

BC Omniworld Almere Almere Pioneers is a Dutch amateur basketball team based in Almere. The team plays in the Promotiedivisie, the Dutch second tier league. History The club was founded in 1999 as a professional basketball club named BC Omniworld Almere and particip ...

DBL All-Star The Dutch Basketball League All-Star Gala was a yearly basketball event in the Netherlands, organised by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). During the event the yearly All-Star Game was played, which included the best players of a given ...

(1): 2004 *

DBL Statistical Player of the Year The Dutch Basketball League Statistical Player of the Year is an award given to the player who has the best statistical season in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The player with the highest Player efficiency rating receives the ...

(1): 2003–04

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanavan, Ian 1980 births Living people Almere Pioneers players American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American men's basketball players APOEL B.C. players Basketball coaches from Illinois Basketball players from Illinois BBC Aalstar players Belgian basketball coaches Belgian men's basketball players Brussels Basketball coaches Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball players Leuven Bears players Okapi Aalstar players Power forwards UIC Flames men's basketball players