Josh King (basketball)

Josh King
South East Melbourne Phoenix
TitleHead coach
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1985-08-24) August 24, 1985
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolTrinity (Trinity, North Carolina)
College
PositionGuard
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
Coaching
2008–2009Vassar College (assistant)
2009–2010UMass Lowell (assistant)
2010–2014Marshall (assistant)
2016–2018New Hampshire (assistant)
2018–2021Riesen Ludwigsburg (assistant)
2021–2022USK Praha
2022–2024Riesen Ludwigsburg
2024Darüşşafaka
2024–presentSouth East Melbourne Phoenix
2025Mets de Guaynabo

Josh King (born August 24, 1985) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). After playing college basketball for East Carolina and Eckerd, King immediately moved into coaching and served as an assistant coach in the college system between 2008 and 2018. In 2018, he moved overseas for the first time, spending three seasons as an assistant with Riesen Ludwigsburg in Germany. His first head coach position came in 2021 with Czech club USK Praha before returning to Riesen Ludwigsburg as head coach in 2022. After two seasons with Ludwigsburg, he had a brief stint with Darüşşafaka in Turkey before joining the South East Melbourne Phoenix in Australia in October 2024.