Mahmoud Abdelfattah

Mahmoud Abdelfattah is a Palestinian-American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Sydney Kings of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He became the first ever Palestinian or Muslim head coach of a National Basketball Association (NBA) or NBA G League franchise when he served as head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers from 2019 to 2022.

Mahmoud Abdelfattah
Sydney Kings
PositionHead coach
LeagueNBL
Personal information
BornChicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityPalestinian / American
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolTaft (Chicago, Illinois)
College
NBA draft2010: undrafted
PositionGuard
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As coach:
2011–2013Perspectives Charter Schools (assistant)
2013–2017St. Cloud (assistant)
2018–2019Rio Grande Valley Vipers (assistant)
20192022Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2022–2023Houston Rockets (assistant)
2023–presentSydney Kings
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

  • NBA G League champion (2019)
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