He is the most successful Greek coach and one of the best in Europe. Dimitris Itoudis has accomplished a remarkable achievement as he runs his 6th season in CSKA Moscow and has become the longest-running coach in the club’s Euroleague history. Only Ettore Messina worked in CSKA for six seasons, but his presence in Moscow was completed in two parts (4 + 2 years).After a 13-year PhD alongside Zeljko Obradovic, with whom he celebrated 5 Euroleague trophies, 11 Greek championships and 7 Greek cups, Itoudis took over Banvit for the 2013-14 season leading the club to the first place of regular season with a 28-2 record and the 3rd place in the play-offs. That summer (2014) CSKA brought out his contract with the Turkish team and two years later, during his second season as a head coach in Moscow, they won the 3rd EuroLeague title in club history at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Berlin. Dimitris Itoudis also led CSKA in its 4th trophy in 2019. In addition, he won five consecutive titles in VTB League!

Representative of the "golden", new, generation of Greek coaches Giannis Sfairopoulos debuted as a head coach in 2008 with Kolossos Rhodes. However, he had received the "baptism of fire" at the end of the 2000-01 season as he was promoted from assistant coach to the head coach of PAOK. Born in 1967, Giannis Sfairopoulos, began his coaching career in 1986 and has worked in 33 consecutive seasons since then. In the area of Thessaloniki where he grew up, Kalamaria, as a member of Apollon, he took over the team’s academies and after 8 years, at the age of 27 he became the first coach of the men's basketball team competing in the 2nd and 3rd Division of Greek basketball. After Apollon Kalamarias (1994-97), he became assistant coach at PAOK where he stayed 8 consecutive seasons, while at the same period from 2001 to 2004, as well as the 2009-10 season, he was assistant coach at the Greek National Team. In 2005, he joined Olympiacos, where he stayed for three years alongside with head coach Jonas Kazlauskas, Pini Gerson and Panagiotis Giannakis, while he was expected to return as the head coach six years later after giving his credentials to Kolossos Rhodes. In the interim he worked as an assistant coach with Jonas Kazlauskas at CSKA Moscow. In 2014, after Panionios, Olympiacos entrusted him to lead the team and Sfairopoulos led the Reds to two Euroleague finals (2015 and 2017) and to two Greek championships (2015, 2016). In the summer of 2018 he took over Maccabi Tel Aviv, which he has regenerated after winning the Israel Championship in 2019. On December 15th 2019, Maccabi announced the signing with Sfairopoulos for three more years.

Ahmet has been working as an assistant coach in two clubs and then being promoted as head coach, those being Darussafaka and Anadolu Efes Istanbul. In Anadolou Efes he was the assistant coach to the EuroLeague Coaching Legend Dusan Ivkovic. After that stint of being the head coach of Anadolou Efes he was the head coach of Alba Berlin and Darussafaka and before that we was the head coach of Erdemirspor and Tofas. Ahmet also worked as an assistant with the Turkish National team and he was the head coach of the Turkish B National Team.

Alberto Seravalli started his coaching career in 2012 with Mobyt Ferrara where he stayed as an assistant coach for three seasons as the club got three promotions in higher divisions. In the summer of 2015, he moved to Dinamica Generale Mantovana in the Italian Serie A2 where he stayed until the summer of 2018, being named interim head coach on April 2018. In 2018-19, he moved to Pompea Mantova, also in the second division, and since the summer of 2019 he is part of the Italian Seria A, for three seasons with Varese and since the 2022-23 season with Virtus Segafredo Bologna.

Alexander Geddes has made rapid progress in his coaching career, earning the position of assistant coach at U-BT Cluj-Napoca in a remarkably short time.

His journey began as a student at the EHCB Coaches Academy in 2020, where he laid the foundation for his professional path. Building on this experience, he advanced step by step and gained both club and national team experience. Now Geddes has become another EHCB Academy alumnus to also join the EuroLeague Head Coaches Board as a full member.

After a playing career that ended in 2018, Alp Timucin Yener took the next step and become a coach joining the ranks of Fenerbahce in March 2020, initially as a video coordinator and since January 2022 as an assistant coach

Andrea Trinchieri has coached almost everywhere, from the Italian second division to the EuroLeague, producing results on all his stops. His most recent feat was leading FC Bayern Munich to its first-ever EuroLeague playoffs, making history for the club and German basketball. A winner on all levels and in four different countries (Italy, Germany, Russia, and Serbia), Trinchieri is considered to be one of the most talented tacticians in Europe and has established himself in the top coaching level. Plus, he is more than adept in meeting with the media, handling them elegantly during press conferences that are equally spectacular with the way his teams perform on the court.

Andreas Pistiolis started his coaching career in the Panathinaikos youth team between 1996–2005 and worked as an assistant coach in the Panathinaikos in 2005. During his seven seasons with the Greens, he was the assistant of Serbian coach Željko Obradović.

Pistiolis moved to Banvit as an assistant of Dimitris Itoudis in the 2013–2014 season and after a season he signed with CSKA Moscow by following Itoudis, and he worked as the first assistant coach of CSKA Moscow for eight seasons, between 2014–2022.

On 19 March 2022, he became the head coach of Galatasaray. He left on May 2023 and his next stop is CSKA Moscow.

He started coaching in the 2015-16 season as a second assistant coach under Coach Oded Katash.

In the 2019-20 season, he was promoted to first assistant coach under coach Ariel Bith Halachmi and also worked with coach Ioannis Kastritis, coach Dani Franco, and coach Stefanos Dedas, and in the past two seasons with coach Dimitris Itoudis

Bogdan Karaicic is a long-time coach, starting his career in 2009 in Denmark with Hørsholm 79ers as a youth coach. He became an assistant coach in the senior team next season and the head coach in the summer of 2011. He left in 2013 but stayed in Denmark for Team FOG Næstved, moving to Russia as an assistant coach for Lokomotiv Kuban in the summer of 2017, serving as an interim head coach at the end of the 2018-19 season. He returned to Serbia in 2020, first as an assistant to Crvena Zvezda, then to Mega Basket and since 2021 he is a member of Partizan's coaching staff.

He started his career at the junior levels in 2014. He signed with Muratbey Uşak Sportif in the Turkish First Division as an assistant coach in the summer of 2016. After one season, he moved to Bursaspor, where he was part of the team that got promoted to the First Division and later became a EuroCup finalist in 2022. He is currently an assistant coach for Beşiktaş Istanbul.

One of the most respected coaches in Spain, “Chus” Mateo as he is known all around Europe, has a long history as a head coach, spending also one season in China.

He also has a notable career as an assistant coach in Real Madrid in four different tenures under Sergio Scariolo, Javier Improda, Julio Lamas, and since 2015 under Pablo Laso, being part of the recent dominance of the “Whites” in Spanish and European basketball.

He continued this tradition, leading Madrid to the EuroLeague title of 2023

One of the most experienced Israeli coaches, he started his career as an assistant in Hapoel Tel Aviv back in 1996. He moved to Hapoel Galil Elyon (2000-02) and Ironi Ramat Gan (2002-03), becoming a head coach for Ironi Ramat Gan in 2004.

Since then he has coached nine different Israeli teams with his masterpiece being winning the local league and being named coach of the year in 2015 with Hapoel Jerusalem. He also won an Israeli Cup in 2009 with Hapoel Holon.

Darko Rajakovic is a Serbian basketball coach and the current head coach of the Toronto Raptors in the NBA. Born in Čačak in 1979, he began coaching at just 16 and built his career through youth programs in Serbia, Spain’s leagues, and the NBA G League. He later served as an assistant with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, and Memphis Grizzlies before being hired by the Raptors in 2023. Known for his focus on player development and team culture, Rajakovic is respected for his modern approach and strong leadership.

Before his coaching career Dejan Radonjic was a well respected player in different Serbian and Montenegrin clubs. He was a player on the famous roster of Buducnost Podgorica which became Yugoslav champion without a loss in the whole season. He spent one year as an assistant coach with Buducnost and he was also an Assistant coach for the senior national team of Montenegro. He was than eight years the Head Coach of Buducnost Pogorica with whom he won the national championship 6 times before moving to Red Star Belgrade. With Red Star he wrote history winning the triple crown for the first time and as the most winningest coach who lifted 9 trophies. Between 2018-2020 while head coach of FC Bayern Munich, coach Dejan Radonjic added to his resume two consecutive national titles both in 2018 and 2019.

Denis Godlevskiy's coaching journey commenced in 2000 at the Stary Sobol Nizhny Tagil Sports School, where his innate talent for nurturing young basketball players began to shine. Over the years, he transitioned to prominent roles at institutions like CSKA Sports School, Dinamo Moscow, and Krasnye Krylia Samara, showcasing his prowess in scouting and coaching. His tenure with the U19 Russian National Team and the Russian National Universiade Team further solidified his reputation as a strategic leader. However, it was with CSKA Moscow where Godlevskiy truly made his mark, ascending from scout to coach assistant and contributing significantly to the team's remarkable successes, including Euroleague championships and multiple league titles.

A coach since 2009, he started his career as an assistant at DniproAzot, moved to Krivbass, then to Zaporizhya, and then spend one season back in 2018-19 in Russia with Avtodor. He returned to Ukraine for Dnipro in the summer of 2019, becoming the head coach in 2021 and staying there until 2022.

He is currently an assistant coach for Besiktas Istanbul and has also a long experience in the junior national teams of Ukraine. He is also alumni of EHCB Coaches Academy 1st Generation.

He started his coaching career in 2009, as an assistant in Novi Sad, leaving in 2011 for Vojvodina Srbijagas, where he became the head coach in 2013. In 2015 he moved to Spartak Subotica and after a short stint in FMP, he became the Crvena Zvezda head coach in the 2017-18 season. He moved to Russia and Avtodor Saratov for the 2018-19 season and since 2020 he is coaching Frutti Extra Bursaspor.

He was named EuroCup Coach of the Year (2022) after leading his team in the 2022 final and as an assistant coach for Serbian U20 national team, he was part of the team that won a bronze medal in the 2014 European Championship.

A long-time assistant coach who was destined to be a head coach, proved his abilities by winning the EuroCup Coach of the Year award of 2023. He started his career as an assistant back in 2004 and while coaching mainly in Turkey, and spending a lot of years with Fenerbahce, his career already includes stops in Greece with PAOK (2007-08) and also in the NBA with the Utah Jazz (2021-22)

As an assistant coach in Fenerbahce, he helped the team win four Turkish League Championships, three Turkish Cups, and a EuroLeague title in the 2016–17 season.

Ergin Ataman is the most decorated Turkish coach in history and one of the most decorated in Europe, having won three EuroLeague titles with Anadolu Efes and Panathinaikos in four-year span.

He has also won the Greek league and won the Turkish league four times and worked also in two different Italian clubs in the early 2000s. In his early coaching career, he was the assistant coach of the Turkish National Team and he is also back for more as the current head coach of the Turkish national team.

Well known for his outspoken personality and bold statements, Ataman is already among the best of All-Times with great results on both sides of the Aegean Sea

A longtime assistant coach of Giorgos Bartzokas, since 2015 and a lethal shooter during his playing days in the Greek top division. He has already spent many summers in the NBA summer leagues, gaining experiences and respect on the other side of the Atlantic

When serious injuries prevented him from reaching the highest level as a player, at the age of 27 he switched to coaching. In 2003 he became assistant coach of Panagiotis Giannakis in Maroussi and in 2006 he was the head coach in Olympia Larissa.

He returned to Maroussi BC in 2009 leading the team to the EuroLeague.

In 2012, he was hired by Olympiacos, and under him the Reds became the 3rd team in history to achieve the "back-to-back" titles in Europe's top clubs competition. He won the Euroleague in 2013 in the most convincing way in London and also won the FIBA International Cup 2013.

He also coached in Russia and in Barcelona, before returning to Olympiacos in 2020 and restoring the club to the elite EuroLeague level.

He started his career in 2021-22 as the second assistant coach of Danny Franco. He also worked with Stefanos Dedas, and now he is the 3rd assistant coach of Dimitris Itoudis and also the player development coach of the club.

After a short career as a player, Grega Nachbar devoted himself to coaching and this year he will have the chance to be tested in the BKT EuroCup with KK Cedevita Olimpija

Guillermo Frutos Miranda is currently an assistant coach in the Real Madrid first team. He combines his work as a coach with that of a professor at the Coaching School of the Madrid Basketball Federation, also teaching different clinics in Madrid and other places in Spain and abroad.

The heir of legendary Aito Garcia Reneses, after a long career as an assistant coach, he continues the legacy created in ALBA Berlin, while winning titles. Since the summer of 2021, when he became the head coach, he had won the German-double of championship title and cup in 2022, plus he was part of the coaching stuff that was the league titles in 2020 and 2021 plus the German Cup of 2020.

He is already considered one of the up-and-coming European coaches with his team producing not only results, but also an impressive brand of basketball.

A Slovenian coach with international experience, Jernej Valentincic has worked both at the club level and with the Slovenian national team. He has served as an assistant coach and individual physical training specialist, contributing to Slovenia’s success. In the summer of 2025, he joined the
coaching staff in Zenit St. Petersburg.

Jurica Golemac is a former professional player and current Head Coach of Dubai BC. During his playing career as a power forward, he represented top European clubs such as Union Olimpija Ljubljana. Efes Pilsen, Virtus Bologna, and Panathinaikos Athens. After retiring, he moved into coaching, leading Cedevita Olmpija Ljubljana in the ABA League and EuroCup. In
June 2024 Jurica was appointed as the Head Coach of Dubai BC and will lead
the club into the EuroLeague for the first time in the club’s history

A winner of four gold medals in the FIBA European championships with the junior national teams of Lithuania, coach Maksvytis became the head coach of the Lithuanian club Sakalai Vilnius in 2011. One year later, he moved to Neptunas Klaipeda, making the Lithuanian League finals in 2014.

On December 2015, Maksvytis was appointed as the head coach for Lietkabelis Panevėžys and also reached the Lithuanian League finals in 2017, losing to Zalgiris. After coaching the Russian club Parma Basket of the VTB United League in 2019, he left the team after the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine and took over Zalgiris Kaunas in the summer of 2022. He is also the head coach of the Lithuanian national team.

One of the most respected and successful Serbian players after the turn of the century, Marko Simonovic started his coaching career in 2022 with Crvena Zvezda and continues as a head coach in SPD Radnički

After a long and successful career as a player in Romania, Mihai Vlad Silvășan was named the head coach of the team he was playing for and led them as head coach to the Romanian Championship of 2022 and also to the EuroCup.

Mladen brings a wealth of expertise in teamwork, adaptability, organization, and analytics. He gained his knowledge from the head coach’s and assistant coaches’ positions, working on all levels, EuroLeague, EuroCup, the youth national team of Serbia, and women’s basketball in Serbia and Russia

A legendary point guard, despite a relatively short career due to injuries, who was destined to be a coach made the jump on the bench back in 2004. As it was expected, it was just a matter of time to coach powerhouses like Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv, trying to restore them to past glories.

Pablo Laso is synonymous with the return of Real Madrid to greatness, winning two EuroLeague titles in 2015 and 2018. He was also named the EuroLeague coach of the year on those two occasions. Since 2011, when he first returned to Real Madrid as the head coach he has also won an Intercontinental Cup, five Spanish League championship titles, five Spanish Cups, and four Spanish Supercups and he was also the Spanish League coach of the year in three occasions and a four-time winner of the Spanish coaches association award. He has also coached AB Castello, Valencia, Cantabria, and Gipuzkoa. As a player, he spent 11 seasons in Baskonia, before signing with Real Madrid and winning the Saporta Cup and the Spanish Cup. He was also the Spanish Cup MVP in 1995, and he retired as the all-time leader in assists and steals for the Spanish League. He has also played for Trieste, Malaga, Girona, Leida, and Valladolid.

In 2023 he moved to Bayern Munich after leading Real Madrid and he is currently the coach of his hometown, Baskonia.

After retiring as a player, he started his career as a coach in 2008 at Helios Domzale, initially as an assistant but moving to become the head coach and staying there until 2011. In 2011 he moved to Zlatorog Lasko.

He first left Slovenia to join Fenerbahce as an assistant coach in 2020 under Igor Kokoskov. As his assistant, he was also a member of the Slovenian national team which won gold in Eurobasket 2017. He also won the Turkish League champions in 2022 also as an assistant coach.

A true club veteran Razvan Cenean was born in Cluj-Napoca and spent his entire basketball journey with U-BT. After playing for his hometown team, he started coaching in 2008 and dedicated himself to developing young talent, working across all youth categories from U14 to U20 while also contributing to Romania’s youth national teams. In 2023, he stepped into the role of first assistant coach with U-BT Cluj-Napoca, continuing his lifelong commitment to the club where it all began

He was one of the most important players in European basketball and one of the 50 most important figures in EuroLeague. He has won the EuroLeague four times as a player, while all of them was a triple-crown, with three different teams: Barcelona (2003), Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004, 2005), Panathinaikos (2009). He has won the bronze medal with the National team of Lithuania at the 2000 Olympics, the gold medal at the 2003 FIBA Eurobasket in Sweden, where he was named MVP of the competition, and also the bronze at the 2007 FIBA Eurobasket in Spain. He has 4 appearances in the Olympics, 23 trophies and 3 medals in total, while he has competed in 148 NBA games with Indiana Pacers (2005-06) and Golden State Warriors (2006-07). In the summer of 2014, July 29, he announced his retirement and Zalgiris immediately added him in the coaching staff. The team from Kaunas offered him the head coach position which he accepted and since January 13, 2016 he is the head coach who was leading the club to its first Final Four (2018) since 19 years. He has also coached Barcelona, winning two ACB titles and he is currently the head coach of Fenerbahce, having already won a Turkish League title

A standout as a player on the elite level who turned into a successful coach, winning titles in Germany, Ukraine, Russia, and France, and also being named the EuroCup Coach of the Year award in 2018. He has a long experience as a head coach in Kolh, Kyiv, Turow Zgorzelec, Donetsk, Alba Berlin, Lokomotiv Kuban, Monaco, and Crvena Zvezda.

During his days as the head coach of Monaco, with two French league championship titles and an appearance in the EuroLeague Final Four, made the Monegasques contenders in the top level.

Selcuk Ernak is one of the most respected Turkish coaches on all levels. He has led Sarkaya BB to the promotion to the top Turkish league for the first time in club history. He also worked with two different national teams, first with the Chinese during the London Olympic Games as an assistant coach and also with the U20 Turkish national team as the head coach.

After coaching for many years in his home country, this year he moved to Poland for Anwil Włocławek.

Sergio Scariolo won the Italian League title one year before turning 30, and that was an obvious sign for things to come. He also worked in Spain, participated in the EuroLeague Final Four with Unicaja Malaga, and during the last decade, he was sitting on the bench of one of the most dominant teams of all time, the Spanish national team. He won the 2019 FIBA World Cup, he has also won three Eurobasket titles, and also a silver and a bronze Olympic medal. He is also part of the Toronto Raptors coaching staff and a defending NBA champion. He returned to the top European level as the head coach of Real Madrid.

A six-time Italian league champion, Simone Pianigiani was appointed as head coach of Montepaschi Siena in the summer of 2006. Since then, he is one of the marquee names in European basketball. He has two EuroLeague Final Four appearances under his belt, and he has also coached Fenerbahce, Hapoel Jerusalem, and until last season Olimpia Milano. He was the Italian national team head coach from 2009 until 2015, leading his country in three EuroBasket tournaments. He has also won four Italian Cups, six Italian SuperCups, the Israeli League championship title, the Israeli Cup, and he was named best coach in Italy for 2007 and the best coach in Israel in 2017. He started his coaching career back in 1995 as an assistant in Siena.

He took the decision to become a coach at 19 years of age and he became a head coach at 22 for MENT, a historic club in Thessaloniki Greece. Since then he bounced between the roles of an assistant coach and head coach for clubs like Gaziantep, Bahcesehir, Hapoel Holon, and AEK. He has already coached for 13 different teams and also in the Slovenian national team. He was named Israeli League Coach of the Year in 2021.

A longtime coach who was also a prominent journalist in Greece, Triantaffylos was dedicated completely to coaching in 2017 and since then he is a member of coach Giorgos Bartzokas team. He has head coaching experience in the minor Greek Leagues

Terence Jonathan "T. J." Parker after a short career as a player became first the assistant coach and then the head coach of ASVEL, as the French traditional power became a solid EuroLeague presence, representing proudly French basketball.

He is currently an assistant coach in Bayern Munich, coaching for the first time outside his country

Tomas Masiulis is a former EuroLeague‑winning power forward who transitioned into coaching after ending his playing career in 2009. He spent years developing at Žalgiris' youth and second-team levels before becoming a trusted assistant under Sarūnas Jasikevicius at top clubs including Zalgiris, FC Barcelona, and Fenerbahce. In June 2025, he was appointed head coach of Žalgiris Kaunas on a two‑year deal with an option for a third, representing a homecoming and a new chapter in reinforcing the club’s philosophy and long‑term ideals.

A longtime assistant coach at Anadolu Efes, Tomislav Mijatovic was already well respected among the basketball community on both sides of the Atlantic. As an assistant coach, Mijatović won the EuroLeague with the team in 2021 and 2022 and was also crowned Turkish champion and cup winner three times each. He worked in Istanbul under Ergin Ataman and Dušan Ivković, among others. He served as Anadolu Efes coach in the second half of the 2023-24 season and at the start of the 2024-25 season

During his playing days, Tomović competed for Crvena Zvezda, Yambolgaz 92, Banjalučka pivovara, Bosna, Panionios, Mega Aqua Monta, and Zrinjski.
After retiring as a player, Tomislav made first steps as assistant coach back in 2012 at OKK Beograd. He can look back on a tremendous experience in China where he was working for 7 years before he decided to come back to his hometown Belgrade. He spent three seasons as a head coach in KK Slodes in the minor Serbian divisions.

A longtime assistant coach of Giannis Sfairopoulos and also an assistant coach of the Greek national team, Geragotellis has proven to be a valuable asset and also one of the most reliable assistant coaches in the EuroLeague.

He has been on the bench of big clubs such as Olympiacos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Crvena Zvezda.

Vassilis Spanoulis, one of Greece’s basketball legends, transitioned into coaching after retiring as a player in 2021. He began his coaching career with Peristeri Athens, earning the FIBA Champions League Best Coach award in the 2023–24 season. In late 2024, he became the head coach of AS Monaco and led the team to the EuroLeague Final Four in his first season. He also took over as head coach of the Greek national team in 2023, guiding them to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics and to the bronze medal of Eurobasket 2025

Xavi Pascual has led Barcelona to the EuroLeague title in 2010 and won the same season the EuroLeague coach of the year award. A four-time Spanish League champion and two-time Greek League champion, Pascual has worked in two of the biggest European powerhouses, Barcelona and Panathinaikos. His accolades also include four Spanish SuperCups, two Greek cups and on a personal note he was named four times the coach of the year in the Spanish League, he was also two times the coach of the year in the Greek League and he has also won three consecutive times the coach of the year award of the Spanish coaches association. He started his career in 1990, and he has also coached CB Gava, Cornella (assistant), CB Santfeliuenc, CB Olesasa, CB Aracena, and FC Barcelona B.

A longtime coach has served as an assistant mainly under coach Ergin Ataman in Bandirma, Eskisehirspor, Besiktas, Galatasaray, and since 2018 in Anadolu Efes, winning back-to-back EuroLeague titles in the process.

He was also part of the Turkish national team coaching stuff between 2014 and 2017.

Zeljko Obradovic holds the record in European basketball history by winning nine EuroLeague titles. He won a EuroLeague title with all five clubs that he has coached. Starting with Partizan in his first season as coach in 1992, he continued with Joventut Badalona, Real Madrid, Panathinaikos Athens, and Fenerbahce Istanbul. He currently holds 41 titles at the club level and has received medals in all major national team competitions. He also made 18 Final Four appearances with his clubs. He started his career as a player with his hometown club Borac Cacak before moving to Partizan Belgrade. He was also a member of the Yugoslavian national team, with which he won the silver medal at the 1988 Olympics and the gold medal at the 1990 FIBA World Cup. He is one of the rare to be a gold medal winner of the FIBA World Cup as a player and a coach. As the coach of the Yugoslav national team, he has also won a silver medal in the 1996 Olympics, a gold medal in the FIBA World Cup of 1998, a gold medal in the 1997 Eurobasket and a bronze medal in the 1999 Eurobasket. He is currently back to his beloved Partizan