Muli Katzurin
Samuel " Muli " cat urine (Hebrew מולי ( שמואל ) קצורין; born November 30, 1954 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli basketball coach, who is also next to two Israeli national champion titles in the series champion Maccabi from his hometown as well as championships in Poland and the Czech Republic has worked as a coach in his home country and in Poland. Most recently, he coached from July 2011 to April 2013, the German Basketball Bundesliga team of the Skyliners Frankfurt.
Katz urine became coach at a young age and was initially 1978-1982 assistant coach at Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Ramat Gan and Beitar Tel Aviv. With nearly 28 years he was head coach at Maccabi South in his home town, after two years, he transferred to the first division side Maccabi Ramat Gan. After several coach stations, including five years with Hapoel Galil Elyon, he was finally in 1993 Trainer of the Series champion Maccabi Tel Aviv, which in that year for the first time since 1969, again the championship in Israel just against his longtime Hapoel Galil Elyon under the later Maccabi - Pini Gershon legendary coach had missed. Katz urine ushered in a new winning streak of 14 consecutive championships in 2007 and took up with the team in 1994 even the double of league and cup, which was in 1991 last succeeded. However, in 1995 he had to leave again and moved to the Cup Winners' Cup Bnei Herzliya from the coach of Maccabi chair.
In 1997, he was then coach of Israel, from 1998 first. In personal union as a club coach of Ironi Ramat Gan, then as a club coach of the Polish club Slask Wroclaw from From 2000, he renounced first on another club coach activity. In 2003, he finally reached the seventh place at the European Championship 2003, the best final placement with the Israeli national team under his aegis, the then so far could not be reached again. In the same year he was again coach at Slask, but the following year he was even then the two activities to initially working among other things as TV commentator in his home country.
Only in 2006, he resumed his work as a trainer in Central Europe back on and was coach of the top Czech club ČEZ Nymburk, Czech double winners four times which could be as a coach with him. In addition, he was able to lead the Czech club team surprisingly reached the quarter final of the Eurocup 2009/10. He was also from 2007 national coach of Poland and coached the team at the European Championships in 2009, at the Polish Association hosted. Poland missed the quarter-finals after being defeated even the neighbors from Lithuania and coached by Pini Gershon Bulgaria in the first round. The ninth place was reached but still the best placement for Poland since 1997.
In 2010 he returned to Israel and became sports director at the Israeli Association. However, his duties as sports director did not meet his expectations. So he was pleased with the offer of Alba Berlin in January 2011, to be successor to the dismissed Luka Pavićević and return to Central Europe. After the end of the 2010/2011 season it was announced that cat urine is no longer train in the next season at Alba Berlin.
Then coached from the 2011/2012 season until the end of the season 2012/2013 in April 2013, the Fraport Skyliners. His two- year contract was subsequently not renewed. During his time at the Frankfurt Team 2011/12 stood at the end of the season in ninth place and at the end of season 2012/ 13 on the 14th place in the table.