Dutch basketball player

Geert Hendrik Hammink (born 12 July 1969) is a retired Dutch professional basketball player and current coach. He is the current head coach of ZZ Leiden of the BNXT League. He was selected by the Orlando Magic in the first round (26th overall) of the 1993 NBA Draft. Hammink played for the Magic and had a small stint with the Golden State Warriors in 3 NBA seasons. In his NBA career, Hammink appeared in 8 games and scored a total of 14 points. He played college basketball at Louisiana State University (LSU).

He had a small role as a member of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team in the movie Blue Chips.

Contents

• 1 Coaching career
  • 1.1 Dutch Windmills
  • 1.2 ZZ Leiden
• 2 Honours
  • 2.1 Playing career
    • 2.1.1 Club
    • 2.1.2 Individual
  • 2.2 Coaching career
    • 2.2.1 Club
    • 2.2.2 Individual
• 3 Personal
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Coaching career

Dutch Windmills

On 6 July 2018, Hammink was appointed as head coach of the Dutch Windmills, which made its debut season in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). Despite reaching the semi-finals of the NBB Cup and being in the fifth place in the DBL, Windmills struggled with financial problems throughout the season. In December 2018, Windmills was refused entrance to its home arena due to its payment arrears. On 10 April 2019, it was announced that Windmills would withdraw from the DBL. Its results in the second half of the compe*ion were scrapped by the DBL.

ZZ Leiden

On 17 May 2020, Hammink signed a contract as head coach of ZZ Leiden until 2021. Leiden finished in the first-placed with a 17–4 record and Hammink was named the DBL Coach of the Year after the regular season.

Honours

Playing career

Club

Alba Berlin

• 3× Basketball Bundesliga: (1998, 1999, 2000)
• 2× German Cup: (1999, 2004)

AEK Athens

• Greek Cup: (2001)

Individual

• BBL All-Star: (2004)

Coaching career

Club

ZZ Leiden

• Dutch Basketball League: (2021)
• Dutch Supercup: (2021)

Individual

• DBL Coach of the Year: (2021)
• BNXT League Dutch Coach of the Year: (2022)

Personal

Hammink's Baton Rouge, Louisiana-born sons, Shane Hammink, and twins Ryan Hammink and Nick Hammink, are also professional basketball players. Shane Hammink played for Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain's Canary Islands, was a member of the LSU Tigers basketball team and Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team. He was considered one of the top players in Europe prior to college.

References

External links

• Brief biography at BasketballReference.com
• Basket-Stats.info page