Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year

The Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year is an annual award of Europe's premier level basketball league, the EuroLeague, that is given to each season's best head coach. The award was first introduced in the 2004–05 season. The winner of the award receives the Alexander Gomelsky Trophy, named after the Russian head basketball coach, who among other achievements, led Rīgas ASK to three consecutive EuroLeague titles, between 1958 and 1960, before adding one more with CSKA Moscow in 1971.

Georgios Bartzokas is a 3 time EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year (2013, 2022, and 2023).
Željko Obradović is a 3 time EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year (2007, 2011, and 2017).

Pini Gershon was the first recipient of the award, after winning the 2005 EuroLeague title with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Georgios Bartzokas and Željko Obradović have won the award three times.

Winners edit

 
Dušan Ivković was the EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year in 2012.
 
David Blatt was the EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year in 2014.
Season Head Coach Team Ref
2004–05   Pini Gershon   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv [1]
2005–06   Ettore Messina   CSKA Moscow [2]
2006–07   Željko Obradović   Panathinaikos [3]
2007–08   Ettore Messina (2x)   CSKA Moscow [4]
2008–09     Duško Vujošević   Partizan [5]
2009–10   Xavi Pascual   Regal FC Barcelona [6]
2010–11   Željko Obradović (2x)   Panathinaikos [7]
2011–12   Dušan Ivković   Olympiacos [8]
2012–13   Georgios Bartzokas   Olympiacos [9]
2013–14     David Blatt   Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv [10]
2014–15   Pablo Laso   Real Madrid [11]
2015–16   Dimitrios Itoudis   CSKA Moscow [12]
2016–17   Željko Obradović (3x)   Fenerbahçe [13]
2017–18   Pablo Laso (2x)   Real Madrid [14]
2018–19   Dimitrios Itoudis (2x)   CSKA Moscow [15]
2019–20
Not awarded 1
2020–21   Ergin Ataman   Anadolu Efes [16]
2021–22   Georgios Bartzokas (2x)   Olympiacos [17]
2022–23   Georgios Bartzokas (3x)   Olympiacos [18]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Multiple honours edit

Head coaches edit

Number Head Coach
3   Georgios Bartzokas
  Željko Obradović
2   Ettore Messina
  Pablo Laso
  Dimitrios Itoudis
1   David Blatt
  Pini Gershon
  Duško Vujošević
  Dušan Ivković
  Xavi Pascual
  Ergin Ataman

Head Coach nationality edit

Number Country
5   Greece
  Serbia
3   Spain
2   Italy
  Israel
1   Turkey

Teams edit

Number Team
4   Olympiacos
  CSKA Moscow
2   Panathinaikos
  Maccabi Tel Aviv
  Real Madrid
1   FC Barcelona
  Partizan
  Fenerbahçe
  Anadolu Efes

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ EUROLEAGUE 2004-05 AWARDS
  2. ^ EUROLEAGUE 2005-06 AWARDS
  3. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Zeljko Obradovic, Panathinaikos
  4. ^ EUROLEAGUE 2007-08 AWARDS
  5. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Dusko Vujosevic
  6. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Xavi Pascual, Regal FCB
  7. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Zeljko Obradovic, Panathinaikos
  8. ^ 2011-12 Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Dusan Ivkovic, Olympiacos Piraeus
  9. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Giorgos Bartzokas, Olympiacos Piraeus
  10. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: David Blatt, Maccabi Tel Aviv
  11. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year award won by Real Madrid's Pablo Laso
  12. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year award won by Csska Moscow's Dimitrios Itoudis
  13. ^ Fenerbahce's Zeljko Obradovic is voted the Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year!
  14. ^ Laso named Gomelskiy EuroLeague Coach of the Year for second time
  15. ^ Coach of the Year: Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA Moscow
  16. ^ "Coach of the Year: Ergin Ataman, Anadolu Efes Istanbul". Euroleague. June 21, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  17. ^ "Georgios Bartzokas crowned as EuroLeague Coach of the Year". Basketnews. May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  18. ^ "Coach of the Year: Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos Piraeus | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

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