The former Waitaki Boys’ High School student is heading to the United States to take a job coaching at Utah Prep Academy.
The US high school hired Otago Nuggets great Mark Dickel as their head coach in May and he put feelers out looking for young Kiwi coaches to join him.
Erdoy was recommended and jumped at the opportunity when Dickel called.
"I was super surprised and blessed to have my name put through. I just can’t stress enough how thankful I am of the others who believed in me.
"Through that I got on the phone with Mark and sorted out all the details."
He was excited about the opportunity and was looking forward to being in a new country and learning from "some elite basketball minds".
"It is a really rare chance for me to learn from and be involved in a high-level environment. I just want to experience how differently basketball is taught over there and soak it all in, level up my knowledge and pass it on to the boys I work with in New Zealand.
"I know it’ll be super hard work but hopefully I can come out the other side with a new perspective and maturity."
Utah Prep is a school that carries plenty of prestige in US high school basketball.
Their top side finished last season ranked the 25th-best team in the country and they had the No1 high school player in the world in AJ Dybantsa who shapes as a top pick in next year’s NBA draft.
Originally from Uruguay, Erdody moved to Oamaru when he was aged 3.
Interestingly enough, he was a not big basketball fan until he moved to Dunedin to study in 2019.
"I actually was mainly a footballer in high school, and coached that as well.
"I played basketball a little bit in high school, then men's club in Dunedin, and was apart of the Tupu League North Otago Penguins team last year with all the boys I grew up with in Oamaru which was cool."
He picked up coaching with Taieri College and then Otago Boys’ High School senior team in 2023 and 2024 before moving to Christchurch to coach St Thomas of Canterbury College this year.
Erdody was also involved in the Otago Nuggets coaching setup in 2024 and Canterbury Rams this year as well as coaching numerous Otago age-group sides.
It was not until last year where he started to seriously consider coaching as a career and now he can not get enough.
"I love the sport but I’ve met some awesome people throughout my years.
"Kids I’ve coached, other coaches who pass on their wisdom, parents and family involved in the programmes, [it is] just awesome to be a part of communities and try my best to positively impact the teams I work with."
