Andrzej Urban Explained

Andrzej Urban
Team:Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
League:PLK
Position:Head coach
Nationality:Polish
Birth Date:9 November 1991
Birth Place:Przemyśl, Poland
Coach Start:2018
Cyears1:2022-present
Highlights:As head coach

As assistant coach:

Andrzej Urban (born November 9, 1991) is a Polish professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League.[1]

Coaching career

Urban was a professional basketball player for eight years, mostly playing in lower level Polish leagues.[2] During 2016–17 season Urban was player-coach for AZS AGH Kraków[3] In 2017–18 season he became an assistant for Wojciech Kamiński in Rosa Radom team.[4] In 2018 he joined Kamiński's staff in BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski.[5]

During the years as an assistant, Urban worked alongside such coaches as Wojciech Kamiński, Jacek Winnicki, Łukasz Majewski and Igor Miličić. In the summer of 2022, after Miličić left the team, Urban became the new head coach of BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski.[1] During the debut season Urban led his team to Polish Basketball Supercup and European North Basketball League titles, and the bronze medal in Poland Basketball League.

On 3 March 2023 Urban signed a new two-year contract extension with the team.[6]

National team

In 2022 fall Urban became Milicic's assistant in Poland national team[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrzej Urban nowym trenerem Arged BM Stal. June 2, 2022.
  2. https://plk.pl/zawodnicy/p/1061/andrzej-urban.html Andrzej Urban player profile
  3. Web site: Andrzej Urban ma dopiero 28 lat, pracował już z Kamińskim i Winnickim. "Nie można mówić ani za dużo, ani za mało". Wirtualna Polska. Media. March 16, 2020. sportowefakty.wp.pl.
  4. Web site: Wyborcza.pl. radom.wyborcza.pl.
  5. Web site: Andrzej Urban z nowym kontraktem. Mistrzowskiego sztabu się nie zmienia. May 25, 2021.
  6. Web site: Andrzej Urban trenerem Stali przez kolejne 2 lata - PolskiKosz.pl .
  7. Web site: 31-letni Andrzej Urban prowadzi wicelidera polskiej ligi. W ekstraklasie zaczynał od pracy na odległość. Przegląd Sportowy Onet.