Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis | |
Position: | Head coach |
League: | LEBL |
Team: | BK Liepāja |
Nationality: | Latvian |
Birth Date: | August 11, 1985 |
Birth Place: | Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR |
Cyears1: | 2011–2016 |
Cteam1: | Latvijas Universitāte |
Cyears2: | 2015–2017 |
Cteam2: | Latvia (women) (assistant) |
Cyears3: | 2016 |
Cyears4: | 2016–2019 |
Cyears5: | 2017–2019 |
Cteam5: | Latvia (assistant) |
Cyears6: | 2018 |
Cyears7: | 2019 |
Cteam7: | Latvia U19 |
Cyears8: | 2019–2020 |
Cteam8: | BK Ventspils |
Cyears9: | 2020–present |
Cteam9: | BK Liepāja |
Cyears10: | 2021–present |
Cteam10: | Latvia (assistant) |
Awards: | As head coach:
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Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis (born August 11, 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach, who is currently a head coach for BK Liepāja,[1] and an assistant for Luca Banchi in Latvian National Team.
From 2011 till 2016 he worked as a head coach of Latvijas Universitāte, reaching Latvian League semi-finals in his debut season.[2] From 2016 till 2019 he worked as head coach for BK Ogre, guiding them to first Latvian league medals in club's history. In summer of 2019 Visockis-Rubenis signed with 10-time Latvian champions BK Ventspils and debuted in FIBA Europe Cup level helping the team to reach the quarterfinals.[3] In summer of 2020 Visockis-Rubenis became a head coach for BK Liepāja, signing a multi-year contract.
In 2015 he was named Latvian U16 team head coach [4] and led the team in 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.
From 2015 Visockis-Rubenis is also an assistant coach of Latvia women's national basketball team,[5] participating in EuroBasket Women 2017 (6th place) and 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. In 2017, Visockis-Rubenis was also appointed as an assistant for Men's National Team,[6] participating in EuroBasket 2017 (5th place) and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.
In 2018 Visockis-Rubenis was named Latvian U18 head coach and led his team to historical 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship silver - it was the first time Latvian U18 team went to the final. Team qualified for 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. Later that year federation named Visockis-Rubenis also the head coach of U19 National Team for World Cup.[7]
In 2020 he was again appointed a head coach for Latvian U-18 National team.