Career
Shivek replaced coach Zvi Sherf as the coach of the Israeli national basketball team and worked as the coach of the national side from 2009 to 2014. Shivek started coaching in 1983 with Maccabi Netanya and later moved to clubs such as Maccabi Ra’anana, Maccabi Ramat Gan, and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Beginning in 2003 he coached the Amsterdam Ricoh Astronauts in the Netherlands, leading it to championships in 2008 and 2009, and the Antwerp Giants in Belgium.
In December 2009, he was appointed the head basketball coach of the Israeli national basketball team
The Israel Basketball Association permitted him to take the job on a part-time basis. In June 2011, he re-signed as coach of Dexia Mons-Haiaut for a third straight year, subsequent to declining job offers from teams in France and Germany.
