Gordon Herbert

Gordon Herbert is one of the most successful basketball coaches of recent years. As head coach of the German national basketball team, he led Germany to its first-ever FIBA World Cup title at the 2023 tournament in Japan and the Philippines.

On the road to gold, the German team made headlines with a spectacular 113–111 semi-final victory over the NBA stars of Team USA. In the final, Gordon Herbert and his team completed their historic run and were crowned world champions without losing a single game.

Herbert also continued his success at club level: As head coach of FC Bayern Munich Basketball, he won the German Championship in 2025. Since summer 2026, Gordon Herbert has been head coach of the Canadian men’s national team. Born in Penticton, British Columbia, he is preparing Team Canada for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Gordon Herbert Lecture topics

• LEADERSHIP

Leadership – more than leadership, developing and motivating people and teams in a positive way, the leadership axis, leaders as role models

• VISIONS / GOALS

Dreams, wishes, visions, agreeing and achieving goals, moderating conflicts of objectives, when dreams come true… , from game to game to the goal, defeating winners (D-USA)

• TEAM IDENTITY

Nominating, building and leading teams to success, The match plan for success, Success factors for teams and the teams behind the team

The year before, he laid the foundation for the team’s greatest success to date with 3rd place at the home European Championships. Gordon Herbert finished fourth with his team at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

As a club coach in the Bundesliga, he became German champion and European Cup winner with the Frankfurt Skyliners, coached Alba Berlin, Würzburg as well as in the NBA (co-coach in USA, Canada) and in Finland, France, Austria and Greece.

Experience basketball world champion coach Gordon Herbert live at corporate events with employees and customers – live on stage, in the studio or online via video link.

Take a look behind the scenes of professional basketball with Gordon Herbert, take a seat with your teams in the stars’ changing room and stand in the middle of the floor under the basket in Germany’s biggest arenas.

Who is Gordon Herbert?

Gordon Herbert (born February 16, 1959, in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian-Finnish basketball coach and former player. Until mid-December 2025, he was head coach of FC Bayern Munich in the Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroLeague.

Herbert began his playing career in Finland, where he played professional basketball for twelve years. After retiring in 1994, he started his coaching career in Finland and later coached teams in Germany, France, Greece, and Canada. With the Skyliners Frankfurt, he won the German championship in 2004 and the FIBA Europe Cup in 2016.

From 2021 to 2024, Herbert was the head coach of the German national basketball team, leading them to a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championship and the World Championship title in 2023. After the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he stepped down as national coach and took over as head coach of FC Bayern Munich.

In exclusive workshops and seminars for entrepreneurs and managers, Germany’s coach of the year trains and coaches the perfect teamwork in successful teams.