Geert Hammink


Geert Hendrik Hammink is a retired Dutch professional basketball player and current coach. He is the current head coach of ZZ Leiden. He was selected by the Orlando Magic in the first round 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.
He had a small role as a member of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team in the movie Blue Chips.

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.
 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 competition were scrapped by the DBL.

ZZ Leiden

On 17 May 2020, Hammink signed a contract as head coach of ZZ Leiden until 2021.

Honours

Club

;Alba Berlin
;AEK Athens
Hammink's Baton Rouge, Louisiana-born son, Shane Hammink, who 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.