Guy Molloy
Australian basketball coach (born 1965)
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Guy Molloy (born 4 November 1965)[1] 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).
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| Born | 4 November 1965 Young, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1989 | Canberra Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Canberra Cannons (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Canberra Gunners | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Perth Breakers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | South East Melbourne Magic (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Victoria Titans (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Cairns Taipans | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | South Dragons (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2022 | Melbourne Boomers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Wellington Saints | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Southland Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Sydney Flames | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Molloy was born in Young, New South Wales.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Coaching career
WNBL
Molloy began his coaching career as head coach of the Canberra Capitals in the 1989 WNBL season.[5]
Between 1993 and 1996, Molloy served as head coach of the Perth Breakers.[6] The Breakers reached the finals in all four of Molloy's seasons, including reaching the 1993 WNBL Grand Final.[6] In 1995, Molloy was named the WNBL Coach of the Year.[3][7]
In 2013, Molloy returned to the WNBL, as head coach of the newly branded Melbourne Boomers.[8] 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.[9] He parted ways with the Boomers at the end of the 2021–22 WNBL season[10] after leading them to the championship.[11]
In April 2023, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Sydney Flames.[12] He guided the team to 11 wins and 10 losses in the 2023–24 WNBL season.[13] He returned to the Flames for the 2024–25 WNBL season.[14][15] In February 2025, he coached his 350th WNBL game.[3]
On 29 November 2025, Molloy stepped down as head coach of the Sydney Flames and moved into an advisory role with the club for the rest of the 2025–26 WNBL season.[16]
NBL
In 1991 and 1992, Molloy served as assistant coach of the Canberra Cannons in the NBL.[4] At the same time, he served as head coach of the Canberra Gunners in the South East Australian Basketball League.[4]
Following his time with the Perth Breakers, Molloy moved to Melbourne and assisted Brian Goorjian at the South East Melbourne Magic.[3] After two seasons with the Magic, he served as assistant with the Victoria Titans between 1998 and 2000.[17]
Molloy was appointed head coach of the Cairns Taipans in 2001.[18] He left the Taipans in 2005 after four seasons.[19] Between 2006 and 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the South Dragons.[20] He was a member of their championship-winning team in 2009.[19]
NZNBL
In November 2021, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Wellington Saints for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[19] As defending champions and the most successful club in NZNBL history with 12 titles, the Saints went 3–7 over the first ten games to be in danger of missing the top six finals for the first time since 2007. As a result, Molloy was sacked on 21 June 2022.[21]
In December 2022, Molloy was appointed head coach of the Southland Sharks for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.[22][23] He re-signed with the Sharks for two more seasons on 7 September 2023.[24] He parted ways with the Sharks in October 2024.[25]
National teams
Molloy served as an assistant coach with the Australian Opals from 1989 to 1994.[26] 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.[27] 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.[28]
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.[29] In 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Tall Ferns.[19] He led the Tall Ferns to the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[19] He parted ways with the Tall Ferns in March 2024 after six years as head coach.[30]
Coaching record
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
WNBL
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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| Canberra | 1989 | 23 | 8 | 15 | .348 | 9th of 12 | – | – | – | – | |
| Perth | 1993 | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3rd of 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost Grand Final |
| Perth | 1994 | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4th of 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost Preliminary Final |
| Perth | 1995 | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4th of 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost Semi Finals |
| Perth | 1996 | 18 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4th of 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost Preliminary Final |
| Melbourne | 2013–14 | 24 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4th of 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost Semi Finals |
| Melbourne | 2014–15 | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 6th of 8 | – | – | – | – | |
| Melbourne | 2015–16 | 24 | 8 | 16 | .333 | 8th of 9 | – | – | – | – | |
| Melbourne | 2016–17 | 24 | 5 | 19 | .208 | 7th of 8 | – | – | – | – | |
| Melbourne | 2017–18 | 21 | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4th of 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Lost Grand Final |
| Melbourne | 2018–19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2nd of 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost Semi Finals |
| Melbourne | 2019–20 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3rd of 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost Semi Finals |
| Melbourne | 2020 | 13 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4th of 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost Preliminary Final |
| Career | 265 | 144 | 121 | .543 | 22 | 10 | 12 | .455 |