Effi BirnbaumEfraim "Effi" Birnbaum, is an Israeli professional basketball coach.Coaching careerHe was the Israeli [Basketball Super League|Israeli Super League]'s Israeli Basketball [Premier League Coach of the Year|Coach of the Year], in 2005. Birnbaum was the head coach of Maccabi [Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv], for the beginning of the 2008-09 season, until he was terminated on November 24, 2008. He was the head coach of Maccabi Rishon Lezion from 2011-2012. He was the head coach of Bnei Herzelia from 2013-2014.