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}} Paul Donald Henare (born 4 March 1979) is a New Zealand professional basketball player who is currently the head coach of the New Zealand national basketball team. Henare attended Napier Boys' High School and Utah Valley State College. He was part of the Tall Blacks team multiple times and competed for NZ at the U/16, U/18 and U/20 junior levels. He won two New Zealand NBL championships with the Auckland Stars in 1999 and 2000 and competed in the New Zealand NBL All-Star Game in 2001. Henare competed for New Zealand at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane and the 2003 FIBA Oceania Championship. He has also competed professionally in FR Yugoslavia in 2002–03 with OKK Beograd. He was a part of the inaugural New Zealand Breakers team in 2003 and was a New Zealand Breakers co-captain for the 2004–05 season, before becoming the full-time captain for the 2005–06 season. He also played for the Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand NBL and Bandırma Banvit of the Turkish Basketball League. In 2009, Henare won his fifth Dave Taylor Trophy while playing for the Christchurch Cougars. The award is given to the season's assist champion, and with his fifth in 2009, he moved two clear of the next best in Kenny McFadden who won the award three times.〔(HENARE MAKES HISTORY )〕 Henare retired from professional basketball at the end of the 2010–11 season. He was honoured by becoming the first Breakers player to have his number (32) retired.〔(Henare keen to share will to win with Sharks )〕 Henare coached the Hawke's Bay Hawks during the 2011 and 2012 NBL seasons. He signed to coach the Southland Sharks for the 2013 and 2014 NBL seasons.〔(Paul Henare new Southland Sharks coach )〕 On 3 June 2013, Henare extended his contract with the Southland Sharks until 2015.〔(Henare extends Sharks' stay on top of new role )〕 On 2 June 2013, Henare was named an assistant coach of the New Zealand Breakers.〔(BREAKERS FAVOURITE SON RETURNS HOME )〕 On 30 May 2014, Henare came out of retirement to be the temporary player/coach of the Southland Sharks after multiple players were suspended.〔(Henare, Peck make comeback for the Sharks )〕 On 1 June 2014, he made his return, recording 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in a 101-86 win over the Taranaki Mountainairs.〔(Sharks vs Mountainairs )〕 On 16 March 2015, Henare was appointed the head coach of the New Zealand Tall Blacks.〔(New Zealand Breakers assistant Paul Henare named head coach of Tall Blacks )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Henare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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