Hakim Salem
Born in Giza, Salem moved to the Netherlands when he was 14 years old. He played basketball with Landslake Lions and Canadians in Amsterdam. He started his coaching career at BV Lely, where he coached several teams over 8 years. In 2009, Salem started coaching for ABC Amsterdam. In 2010, Salem made his debut at the highest level when he coached the ABC Amsterdam team in the Dutch Basketball League. He managed to lead the team to the playoffs. In October 2011, Salem was presented as the new coach of Donar, then named GasTerra Flames for sponsorship reasons. He signed a two-year contract, however, he was fired in December 2012 due to disappointing results. On 5 August 2011, Salem signed as head coach of Apollo Amsterdam, a newly found club which replaced ABC Amsterdam at the highest level. In the summer of 2015, Salem was an assistant coach for the Netherlands women's team. In January 2017, Salem was assigned as the new head coach of the Netherlands national women's team.
Coaching career
He was the head coach of the Netherlands women's national basketball team up until july 2021