Danny Franco grew up in Holon, where he played for Hapoel Holon's youth team.
13 Facts About Danny Franco
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Danny Franco led Blich to three championship games - in 2005,2008, and 2013.
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Danny Franco led the Israel National Cadet Team at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Greece, and brought his team to the number 11 place finish.
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In 2008, Danny Franco led the National Israeli Youth Team at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where Israel finished in tenth place.
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From 2000 to 2002, Danny Franco worked as assistant coach at Hapoel Gilboa Galil under Erez Edelstein and Shai Minister.
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In that season, Danny Franco managed to bring the team back up to the Israeli Super League after beating Hapoel Afula five games in five games in the playoff finals of the National League.
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In December 2007, Danny Franco was appointed as coach for Hapoel Gilboa Galil to replace Eli Kaneti.
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Danny Franco built the team back up using the foreigners Deron Washington, Luis Flores, Curtis Withers, and Brian Tolbert and the Israelis Lior Lifshitz, Yehu Orland, and Uri Kokia.
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In June 2014, Danny Franco was signed by Hapoel Jerusalem succeeding Brad Greenberg.
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On June 6,2017, Danny Franco became the new head coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv.
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That season, Danny Franco led Hapoel to the Israeli League Final Four for the first time in 13 years.
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On June 29,2018, Danny Franco signed a one-year contract extension with Hapoel.
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On June 16,2019, Danny Franco was named Ironi Nahariya new head coach.