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List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

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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

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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

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Željko Obradović won the title nine times in his career.
Božidar Maljković won four titles with three different clubs.
Ettore Messina won four titles with two different clubs.
Season Head coach[1] Winning team
1958 Soviet Union Alexander Gomelsky†* Soviet Union Rīgas ASK
1958–59 Soviet Union Alexander Gomelsky†* Soviet Union Rīgas ASK
1959–60 Soviet Union Alexander Gomelsky†* Soviet Union Rīgas ASK
1960–61 Soviet Union Evgeny Alekseev Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
1961–62 Soviet Union Otar Korkia Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
1962–63 Soviet Union Evgeny Alekseev Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
1963–64 Spain Joaquín Hernández Spain Real Madrid
1964–65 Spain Pedro Ferrándiz†* Spain Real Madrid
1965–66 Italy Cesare Rubini†* Italy Simmenthal Milano
1966–67 Spain Pedro Ferrándiz†* Spain Real Madrid
1967–68 Spain Pedro Ferrándiz†* Spain Real Madrid
1968–69 Soviet Union Armenak Alachachian Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
1969–70 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aca Nikolić†* Italy Ignis Varese
1970–71 Soviet Union Alexander Gomelsky†* Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
1971–72 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aca Nikolić†* Italy Ignis Varese
1972–73 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aca Nikolić†* Italy Ignis Varese
1973–74 Spain Pedro Ferrándiz†* Spain Real Madrid
1974–75 Italy Sandro Gamba Italy Ignis Varese
1975–76 Italy Sandro Gamba Italy Mobilgirgi Varese
1976–77 Israel Ralph Klein Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
1977–78 Spain Lolo Sainz Spain Real Madrid
1978–79 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Tanjević* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosna
1979–80 Spain Lolo Sainz Spain Real Madrid
1980–81 United States Rudy D'Amico Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
1981–82 Italy Valerio Bianchini Italy Squibb Cantù
1982–83 Italy Giancarlo Primo Italy Ford Cantù
1983–84 Italy Valerio Bianchini Italy Banco di Roma
1984–85 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Novosel†* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Cibona
1985–86 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Pavličević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Cibona
1986–87 United States Dan Peterson Italy Tracer Milano
1987–88 Italy Franco Casalini Italy Tracer Milano
1988–89 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika
1989–90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika
1990–91 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Pavličević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia POP 84
1991–92 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Obradović Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
1992–93 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković France Limoges CSP
1993–94 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Obradović Spain 7up Joventut
1994–95 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Obradović Spain Real Madrid Teka
1995–96 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković Greece Panathinaikos
1996–97 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Ivković* Greece Olympiacos
1997–98 Italy Ettore Messina* Italy Kinder Bologna
1998–99 Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas Lithuania Žalgiris
1999–2000 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Obradović Greece Panathinaikos
(FIBA SuproLeague) Israel Pini Gershon Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–01 Italy Ettore Messina* Italy Kinder Bologna
2001–02 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Obradović Greece Panathinaikos
2002–03 Serbia and Montenegro Svetislav Pešić* Spain FC Barcelona
2003–04 Israel Pini Gershon Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2004–05 Israel Pini Gershon Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2005–06 Italy Ettore Messina* Russia CSKA Moscow
2006–07 Serbia Željko Obradović Greece Panathinaikos
2007–08 Italy Ettore Messina* Russia CSKA Moscow
2008–09 Serbia Željko Obradović Greece Panathinaikos
2009–10 Spain Xavi Pascual Spain Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11 Serbia Željko Obradović Greece Panathinaikos
2011–12 Serbia Dušan Ivković* Greece Olympiacos
2012–13 Greece Georgios Bartzokas Greece Olympiacos
2013–14 Israel David Blatt Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–15 Spain Pablo Laso Spain Real Madrid
2015–16 Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Russia CSKA Moscow
2016–17 Serbia Željko Obradović Turkey Fenerbahçe
2017–18 Spain Pablo Laso Spain Real Madrid
2018–19 Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Russia CSKA Moscow
2019–20 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Turkey Ergin Ataman Turkey Anadolu Efes
2021–22 Turkey Ergin Ataman Turkey Anadolu Efes
2022–23 Spain Chus Mateo Spain Real Madrid
2023–24 Turkey Ergin Ataman Greece Panathinaikos

Multiple winners

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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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia Željko Obradović Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan, Spain Joventut Badalona, Spain Real Madrid, Greece Panathinaikos (5), Turkey Fenerbahçe 1992 2017
4 Italy Ettore Messina Italy Virtus Bologna (2), Russia CSKA Moscow (2) 1998 2008
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Split (2), France Limoges CSP, Greece Panathinaikos 1989 1996
Spain Pedro Ferrándiz Spain Real Madrid 1965 1974
Soviet Union Alexander Gomelsky Soviet Union Rīgas ASK (3), Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 1958 1971
3 Israel Pini Gershon Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2001 2005
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aca Nikolić Italy Varese 1970 1973
Turkey Ergin Ataman Turkey Anadolu Efes (2), Greece Panathinaikos 2021 2024
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Pavličević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Cibona, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Split 1986 1991
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia Dušan Ivković Greece Olympiacos 1997 2012
Italy Valerio Bianchini Italy Cantù, Italy Virtus Roma 1982 1984
Spain Lolo Sainz Spain Real Madrid 1978 1980
Italy Sandro Gamba Italy Varese 1975 1976
Soviet Union Evgeny Alekseev Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 1961 1963
Spain Pablo Laso Spain Real Madrid 2015 2018
Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Russia CSKA Moscow 2016 2019

Winners by country

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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[2] Coach(es) First Last
19  Serbia Željko Obradović (9), Božidar Maljković (4), Aca Nikolić (3), Dušan Ivković (2), Svetislav Pešić 1970 2017
11  Italy Ettore Messina (4), Valerio Bianchini (2), Sandro Gamba (2), Cesare Rubini, Giancarlo Primo, Franco Casalini 1966 2008
11  Spain Pedro Ferrándiz (4), Pablo Laso (2), Lolo Sainz (2), Chus Mateo, Xavi Pascual, Joaquín Hernández 1964 2023
6  Russia Alexander Gomelsky (4); Evgenii Alexeev (2) 1958 1971
5  Israel Pini Gershon (3), Ralph Klein, David Blatt 1977 2014
3  Greece Dimitrios Itoudis (2), Giorgos Bartzokas 2013 2019
 Croatia Željko Pavličević (2), Mirko Novosel 1985 1991
 Turkey Ergin Ataman 2021 2024
2  United States Rudy D'Amico, Dan Peterson 1981 1987
1  Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas 1999
 Montenegro Bogdan Tanjević 1979
 Armenia Armenak Alachachian 1969
 Georgia Otar Korkia 1962

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Basketball / EuroLeague". allcompetitions.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "The EuroLeague coaching dynasties by countries". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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