Josh Oppenheimer

Josh Oppenheimer
Milwaukee Bucks
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	January 15, 1969
Nationality	American / Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High school	Notre Dame; (Sherman Oaks, California)
College	Rhode Island (1987–1989); Northern Arizona (1989–1991); CSU Dominguez Hills (1991–1992);
NBA draft	1992 / Undrafted
Playing career	1992–1998
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1998–present
Career history
As player:
0000	Atlanta Trojans
0000	Philadelphia Spirit
0000	Palm Beach Stingrays
0000	Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets
1995–1996	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1996–1998	Elitzur Givat Shmuel
0000	Maccabi Raanana
0000	Hapoel Zevat
0000	Maccabi Jerusalem
As coach:
1998–2000	Duquesne (assistant)
2000–2002	Delaware (assistant)
2002–2005	DePaul (assistant)
2005–2008	Kent State (assistant)
2013–2016	Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
2016–2017	Houston Rockets (assistant)
2017–2019	Long Island Nets (assistant)
2019–2020	James Madison (assistant)
2020–present	Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: Israeli Basketball Premier League champion (1996);

Josh Oppenheimer (born January 15, 1969) is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Playing career

Oppenheimer played collegiately for Rhode Island and later Northern Arizona before embarking on a professional career in the United States and Europe. He spent two summers in the United States Basketball League playing for Atlanta, Philadelphia and Palm Beach and also logged a season in the Continental Basketball Association with Cedar Rapids. He also played the NBA Summer League and attended training camp with the Atlanta Hawks, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Sacramento Kings respectively. Oppenheimer spent six seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Oppenheimer has coaching experience in the college ranks from Duquesne, Delaware, DePaul and Kent State.

In 2013, Oppenheimer joined the Milwaukee Bucks coaching staff of head coach Larry Drew.[1] At the start of the 2016–17 NBA season, the Houston Rockets added Oppenheimer to their coaching staff as an assistant coach.[2]

At the start of the 2017–18 NBA G League season, the Brooklyn Nets added Oppenheimer to the Long Island Nets coaching staff as an assistant coach.[3]

On August 15, 2019, it was announced that added Oppenheimer to the James Madison coaching staff as an assistant coach.[4]

On November 17, 2020, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that Oppenheimer has returned to the team as an assistant coach.[5]

Oppenheimer and his wife Adrienne have two daughters, Gabriella "Gabbi" (born July 2, 1996) and Nicolette "Nikki" (born June 22, 1999).[6] Adrienne is a former college volleyball player from Puerto Rico. His daughter Gabbi works in finance.[7] Nicolette is a basketball player and plays for James Madison University; she previously played for the Syracuse University and Montini Catholic High School.[8] Nicolette represented the Puerto Rico women's national under-18 team at the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women.[9]

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Milwaukee Bucks roster
0 DiVincenzo 3 Craig 5 Wilson 6 Adams (TW) 7 Forbes 9 Portis 11 Lopez 12 Augustin 13 Nwora 15 Merrill 21 Holiday 22 Middleton 24 Connaughton 25 Diakite (TW) 34 G. Antetokounmpo 43 T. Antetokounmpo
Head coach: Budenholzer Assistant coaches: Baker Dunlap Forcier Ham Lee Oppenheimer St. Andrews Sullivan