List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

The list of EuroLeague-winning head coaches shows all of the head coaches that have won the EuroLeague championship. The EuroLeague is the European-wide top-tier level professional basketball club competition. The competition was originally called the FIBA European Champions Cup, or simply European Champions Cup.

Key edit

Elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
* Elected into the FIBA Hall of Fame
†* Member of both the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

List edit

 
Željko Obradović won the title nine times in his career.
 
Božidar Maljković won four titles with three different clubs.
 
Ettore Messina won four titles with two different clubs.
Season Head coach[1] Winning team
1958   Alexander Gomelsky†*   Rīgas ASK
1958–59   Alexander Gomelsky†*   Rīgas ASK
1959–60   Alexander Gomelsky†*   Rīgas ASK
1960–61   Evgeny Alekseev   CSKA Moscow
1961–62   Otar Korkia   Dinamo Tbilisi
1962–63   Evgeny Alekseev   CSKA Moscow
1963–64   Joaquín Hernández   Real Madrid
1964–65   Pedro Ferrándiz†*   Real Madrid
1965–66   Cesare Rubini†*   Simmenthal Milano
1966–67   Pedro Ferrándiz†*   Real Madrid
1967–68   Pedro Ferrándiz†*   Real Madrid
1968–69   Armenak Alachachian   CSKA Moscow
1969–70   Aca Nikolić†*   Ignis Varese
1970–71   Alexander Gomelsky†*   CSKA Moscow
1971–72   Aca Nikolić†*   Ignis Varese
1972–73   Aca Nikolić†*   Ignis Varese
1973–74   Pedro Ferrándiz†*   Real Madrid
1974–75   Sandro Gamba   Ignis Varese
1975–76   Sandro Gamba   Mobilgirgi Varese
1976–77   Ralph Klein   Maccabi Tel Aviv
1977–78   Lolo Sainz   Real Madrid
1978–79   Bogdan Tanjević*   Bosna
1979–80   Lolo Sainz   Real Madrid
1980–81   Rudy D'Amico   Maccabi Tel Aviv
1981–82   Valerio Bianchini   Squibb Cantù
1982–83   Giancarlo Primo   Ford Cantù
1983–84   Valerio Bianchini   Banco di Roma
1984–85   Mirko Novosel†*   Cibona
1985–86   Željko Pavličević   Cibona
1986–87   Dan Peterson   Tracer Milano
1987–88   Franco Casalini   Tracer Milano
1988–89   Božidar Maljković   Jugoplastika
1989–90   Božidar Maljković   Jugoplastika
1990–91   Željko Pavličević   POP 84
1991–92   Željko Obradović   Partizan
1992–93   Božidar Maljković   Limoges CSP
1993–94   Željko Obradović   7up Joventut
1994–95   Željko Obradović   Real Madrid Teka
1995–96   Božidar Maljković   Panathinaikos
1996–97   Dušan Ivković*   Olympiacos
1997–98   Ettore Messina*   Kinder Bologna
1998–99   Jonas Kazlauskas   Žalgiris
1999–2000   Željko Obradović   Panathinaikos
(FIBA SuproLeague)   Pini Gershon   Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–01   Ettore Messina*   Kinder Bologna
2001–02   Željko Obradović   Panathinaikos
2002–03   Svetislav Pešić*   FC Barcelona
2003–04   Pini Gershon   Maccabi Tel Aviv
2004–05   Pini Gershon   Maccabi Tel Aviv
2005–06   Ettore Messina*   CSKA Moscow
2006–07   Željko Obradović   Panathinaikos
2007–08   Ettore Messina*   CSKA Moscow
2008–09   Željko Obradović   Panathinaikos
2009–10   Xavi Pascual   Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11   Željko Obradović   Panathinaikos
2011–12   Dušan Ivković*   Olympiacos
2012–13   Georgios Bartzokas   Olympiacos
2013–14   David Blatt   Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–15   Pablo Laso   Real Madrid
2015–16   Dimitrios Itoudis   CSKA Moscow
2016–17   Željko Obradović   Fenerbahçe
2017–18   Pablo Laso   Real Madrid
2018–19   Dimitrios Itoudis   CSKA Moscow
2019–20 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21   Ergin Ataman   Anadolu Efes
2021–22   Ergin Ataman   Anadolu Efes
2022–23   Chus Mateo   Real Madrid

Multiple winners edit

The following is a list of head coaches with multiple EuroLeague titles. Number in parentheses indicates how many title are won by a one club.

Number Head coach Winning team(s) First Last
9     Željko Obradović   Partizan,   Joventut Badalona,   Real Madrid,   Panathinaikos (5),   Fenerbahçe 1992 2017
4   Ettore Messina   Virtus Bologna (2),   CSKA Moscow (2) 1998 2008
    Božidar Maljković   Split (2),   Limoges CSP,   Panathinaikos 1989 1996
  Pedro Ferrándiz   Real Madrid 1965 1974
  Alexander Gomelsky   Rīgas ASK (3),   CSKA Moscow 1958 1971
3   Pini Gershon   Maccabi Tel Aviv 2001 2005
  Aca Nikolić   Varese 1970 1973
2   Željko Pavličević   Cibona,   Split 1986 1991
    Dušan Ivković   Olympiacos 1997 2012
  Valerio Bianchini   Cantù,   Virtus Roma 1982 1984
  Lolo Sainz   Real Madrid 1978 1980
  Sandro Gamba   Varese 1975 1976
  Evgeny Alekseev   CSKA Moscow 1961 1963
  Pablo Laso   Real Madrid 2015 2018
  Dimitrios Itoudis   CSKA Moscow 2016 2019
  Ergin Ataman   Anadolu Efes 2021 2022

Winners by country edit

The following is a list of current countries where head coaches came from.[2] Number in parentheses indicates how many title are won by a single coach, if there are more than one.

Number Country[2] Coach(es) First Last
19   Serbia Željko Obradović (9), Božidar Maljković (4), Aca Nikolić (3), Dušan Ivković (2), Svetislav Pešić 1970 2017
11   Italy Ettore Messina (4), Valerio Bianchini (2), Sandro Gamba (2), Cesare Rubini, Giancarlo Primo, Franco Casalini 1966 2008
11   Spain Pedro Ferrándiz (4), Pablo Laso (2), Lolo Sainz (2), Chus Mateo, Xavi Pascual, Joaquín Hernández 1964 2023
6   Russia Alexander Gomelsky (4); Evgenii Alexeev (2) 1958 1971
5   Israel Pini Gershon (3), Ralph Klein, David Blatt 1977 2014
3   Greece Dimitrios Itoudis (2), Giorgos Bartzokas 2013 2019
  Croatia Željko Pavličević (2), Mirko Novosel 1985 1991
2   United States Rudy D'Amico, Dan Peterson 1981 1987
  Turkey Ergin Ataman 2021 2022
1   Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas 1999
  Montenegro Bogdan Tanjević 1979
  Armenia Armenak Alachachian 1969
  Georgia Otar Korkia 1962

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Basketball / EuroLeague". allcompetitions.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "The EuroLeague coaching dynasties by countries". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

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