Thomas Tab Baldwin Profile:
Position: Head Coach
Born: 1958
Team: Kepez Bld (Turkey) (2009-10)
Nationality: - New Zealand
Previous teams:
Auckland (New Zealand)
Thomas Baldwin Basketball Career
Thomas Baldwin (Photo: NZOOM)
Born: May 16, 1958 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Full name: Thomas Antoni Baldwich
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Head Coach:
1983-1986: Auburn-Montgomery (NCAA2)
1986-1988: Cent.Florida (NCAA)
1988-1990: Otago Nuggets (New Zealand)
1991: Southland Under-18s
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Coach Assistant:
1992: Auckland
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Head Coach:
1994-2000: Auckland
2001: Auckland
2004-2005: In Jan.'05 signed at Banvit Basketbol Kulübü (Turkey-D1)
2005-2006: Banvit Basketbol Kulübü (Turkey-D1)
2007-2008: PAOK Marfin Thessaloniki (Greece-A1), left in Dec.'07, next month was hired by Univ Mobitelco Cluj Napoca (Romania-Div.A)
2008-2009: Univ Mobitelco Cluj Napoca (Romania-Div.A)
2009-2010: Kepez Bld Antalya (Turkey-TBL), left in Feb.'10
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Awards/Achievements:
New Zealand Champion -95, 97, 99, 00
New Zealand Coach of the Year -95, 97, 99
Head Coach: New Zealand National Team -01-06
New Zealand NZBL All-Star Game -01
New Zealand League Semifinals -01
Goodwill Games in Brisbane (Australia) - 01
World Championships in Indianapolis (USA) -02
Olympic Games in Athens -04
FIBA Europe Cup South Conference Champion -05
FIBA Europe Cup Semifinals -05
Commonwealth Games in Melbourne -06 (Silver)
Turkish League Semifinals -06
Eurobasket.com All-Turkish League Coach of the Year -06
World Championships in Japan -06
Romanian League Finalist -08
Romanian League All-Star Game -09
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He remains the most victorious coach in the history of the New Zealand NBL. In 2001, he took the reins of the National Team. By winning the 2001 FIBA Oceania championship, the Tall Blacks qualified to the 2002 FIBA World Championship and even reached the semi-finals - the best performance by an Oceania team in the history of FIBA World Championship. Baldwin has coached Banvitspor in Turkey, PAOK Thessaloniki B.C. in Greece and U Mobitelco Cluj in Romania.
Baldwin was made an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours 2003, for services to basketball.
Originally from Jacksonville Florida, he left Notre Dame University with an accountancy degree and came to New Zealand in 1988 to help Otago gain promotion from the second division into the national league. He also masterminded the dynasty that saw Auckland win five NBL titles in six years from 1995-2000. He became the New Zealand National Coach in 2001.
*As former coach of the NZ Tall Blacks. he guided them to a remarkable fourth place finish at the World Championsips at the 2002 FIBA World Championships in Indianapolis.
*The world basketball championships topped off a fairytale run for the Tall Blacks during 2002. They scored a stunning series win over Australia to become the Oceania qualifiers for the world championships. During their build-up they scored wins over higher ranked Hungary, China and the defending world champions Yugoslavia.
*They went into the Indianapolis Championships with a world ranking of 23, and in pool play scored come-from-behind wins over Russia and China and then toppled Puerto Rico in the quarterfinals to reach the final four.
*Their performance at the world championships earned the Tall Blacks a place at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and also gained Oceania a second automatic berth at those Games. In recognition of his contribution to basketball Tab was made an Honorary Officer of the Order of Merit in the 2003 New Year Honours list.
*Further accolades followed with the Tall Blacks receiving both the Teams Award and prestigious Supreme award at the Halberg Awards with Tab taking out Coach of the Year the same evening.
*Recent performances at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games showed their class with close scores against the top world teams.
*Tab is now coaching overseas in Europe but continues to monitor the continued development of Basketball New Zealand’s elite athletes and coaches. His Turkish club Banvitspor reached it's first ever playoff making the semi-finals in just its second season in 1st Division and he's now coaching in Romania
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