Simon Cote is a professional basketball coach that started his coaching career at Southern Methodist University (NCAA). He came to Germany in 2002 and coached for Basketball Academy Rhein-Main (Germany) and Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany-2.Bundesliga). He then was an assistant coach for the Frankfurt Skyliners from 2003-2006. He then was a scout for the Denver Nuggets, had a head coaching stint with the Giessen 46ers and was an assistant for three seasons with the Shanghai Dongfang Sharks (China-CBA). He has been spending time in Germany recently and is looking to coach in Germany again. He spoke to German Hoops about basketball.

Simon, thanks for talking to German Hoops. You were at some Frankfurt Skyliner games recently. What was it like being back in Frankfurt where you were an assistant coach for four years?

It was different being back again after such a long time. I miss being back here in Frankfurt and also working with the Skyliners. I had great memories with Gordie (Herbert), Murat (Didin) and Charles (Barton.) It was great to see old friends, colleagues and fans again.

You were an assistant under Gordon Herbert back in 2004 helping the Skyliners win the Beko BBL title. When you see Frankfurt play now has anything changed and developed with the style of Gordon Herbert?

I saw two games recently against Enisey Krasnoyarsk and Bremerhaven. It reinforced my belief that Gordie is a great coach. He has coached at the highest levels of European basketball, and you can see that he is very experienced. He has done a great job coaching this young team and developing the young German players.

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