Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year

The Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year (German: Trainer des Jahres) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga award that goes to the league's best coach. The award was handed out for the first time in 1989–90 season, to Dirk Bauermann. Bauermann holds the record for most awards won, with four.

Dirk Bauermann was a 4 time Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year (1990, 1991, 2003, 2004).

Winners

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Svetislav Pešić was a 3 time Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 1999).
 
Aíto García Reneses was Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year in 2018.
 
Tuomas Iisalo was named the Bundesliga Coach of the Year twice consecutively in 2022 and 2023.
Key
Coach (X) Name of the coach and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
§ Denotes the club were Bundesliga champions in the same season
Season Coach Nationality Team Ref(s)
1989–90 Dirk Bauermann   West Germany Bayer Giants Leverkusen
1990–91 Dirk Bauermann (2×)   Germany Bayer Giants Leverkusen
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96 Svetislav Pešić   FR Yugoslavia Alba Berlin
1996–97
1997–98 Svetislav Pešić (2×)   FR Yugoslavia Alba Berlin
1998–99 Svetislav Pešić (3×)   FR Yugoslavia Alba Berlin
1999–00 Stefan Koch   Germany Skyliners Frankfurt
2000–01
2001–02 Emir Mutapčić   Bosnia Alba Berlin
2002–03 Dirk Bauermann (3×)   Germany Brose Baskets
2003–04 Dirk Bauermann (4×)   Germany Brose Baskets
2004–05 Stefan Koch (2×)   Germany Gießen 46ers
2005–06 Sarunas Sakalauskas   Lithuania Eisbären Bremerhaven
2006–07 Silvano Poropat   Croatia EnBW Ludwigsburg
2007–08 Achim Kuczmann   Germany Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2008–09 John Patrick   United States MEG Göttingen
2009–10 John Patrick (2×)   United States BG Göttingen [1]
2010–11 Chris Fleming   United States Brose Baskets § [2]
2011–12 Thorsten Leibenath   Germany ratiopharm ulm [3]
2012–13 Sebastian Machowski   Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg [4]
2013–14 Silvano Poropat (2×)   Croatia Mitteldeutscher [5]
2014–15 Saša Obradović   Serbia Alba Berlin [6]
2015–16 Gordon Herbert   Canada Skyliners Frankfurt [7]
2016–17 Thorsten Leibenath (2×)   Germany ratiopharm Ulm [8]
2017–18 Aíto García Reneses   Spain Alba Berlin [9]
2018–19 Pedro Calles   Spain Rasta Vechta [10]
2019–20 No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
2020–21 John Patrick (3×)   United States Riesen Ludwigsburg [12]
2021–22 Tuomas Iisalo   Finland Telekom Baskets Bonn [13]
2022–23 Tuomas Iisalo (2×)   Finland Telekom Baskets Bonn [14]
2023–24 Rodrigo Pastore   Argentina Niners Chemnitz [15]

References

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  1. ^ "John Patrick wieder Trainer des Jahres | BG Göttingen" (in Dutch). Hna.de. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. ^ Abendzeitung, Germany (14 April 2011). "Bambergs Basketballer stolz:: Fleming ist Trainer des Jahres – Basketball – Abendzeitung München". Abendzeitung-muenchen.de. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Leibenath ist Trainer des Jahres | Crossover". Crossover-online.de. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Machowski zum Trainer des Jahres gewählt". Bild (in German). 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  5. ^ "MBC-Coach Silvano Poropat zum "Trainer des Jahres" gewählt | OTZ". Otz.de. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Beko BBL - Awards: MVP / Coach". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Beko BBL - Award Wanamaker und First Team". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016.
  8. ^ "easyCredit - Awards: Leibenath „Trainer des Jahres" - Auszeichnung für Akpinar". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Große Auszeichnung für Grandseigneur: Berlins Aito Garcia Reneses ist "Trainer des Jahres"".
  10. ^ "Senkrechtstarter Pedro Calles wird als Trainer des Jahres ausgezeichnet". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Awards für die Saison 2021/22: Doppelte Freude in Bonn und Hamburg". easycredit-bbl.de. 28 April 2022.
  14. ^ "easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Jubel im Rheinland / Trainer des Jahres und der MVP kommen aus Bonn". easycredit-bbl.de. 4 May 2023.
  15. ^ "easyCredit BBL-Awards: Rodrigo Pastore ist Trainer des Jahres". easycredit-bbl.de. 8 May 2024.
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