Mody Maor (; born 27 June 1985) is an Israeli-American professional basketball coach for the Nagasaki Velca of the Japanese B.League.
Maor was born in Los Angeles and moved to Israel when he was eight. He began his national service at the age of 18. He joined the Special Forces and was an officer for the final three years of his five-year term in the army. He embarked on a career as a professional basketball coach in 2012.
In 2019, Maor joined the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League as an assistant coach under Dan Shamir. In 2022, he was elevated to head coach of the Breakers. He guided the Breakers to the 2022âÂÂ23 NBL grand final series, where they lost 3âÂÂ2 to the Sydney Kings. On 23 May 2024, he quit as Breakers head coach to pursue a coaching opportunity in Asia. Maor is heading to Japan to become the head coach of Nagasaki Velca in Japan's B.League on a two-year deal.
Maor has two daughters, both of whom were born in New Zealand.