List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches explained

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

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

SeasonHead 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
2019–20Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Ergin Ataman Anadolu Efes
2021–22 Ergin Ataman Anadolu Efes
2022–23 Chus Mateo Real Madrid
2023–24 Ergin Ataman Panathinaikos

Multiple winners

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 1992 2017
4 Virtus Bologna (2), CSKA Moscow (2) 1998 2008
1989 1996
1965 1974
1958 1971
3 2005
1970 1973
Ergin Ataman2021 2024
2 1986 1991
1997 2012
1982 1984
1978 1980
1975 1976
1961 1963
2015 2018
2016 2019

Winners by country

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 Coach(es) First Last
19 1970 2017
11 1966 2008
11 1964 2023
6 Alexander Gomelsky (4); Evgenii Alexeev (2) 1958 1971
5 1977 2014
3 2013 2019
1985 1991
TurkeyErgin Ataman2021 2024
2 Rudy D'Amico, Dan Peterson1981 1987
1 Lithuania1999
Montenegro1979
Armenia1969
Georgia1962

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Basketball / EuroLeague . allcompetitions.com . 1 September 2018.
  2. Web site: The EuroLeague coaching dynasties by countries . eurohoops.net . 19 August 2018.