Effi BirnbaumEfraim "Effi" Birnbaum, is an Israeli professional basketball coach.Coaching careerHe was the Israeli Super League's Coach of the Year, in 2005. Birnbaum was the head coach of 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.