Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year

The Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year is an annual award of Europe's premier level basketball league, the EuroLeague, that is given to each season's best head coach. The award was first introduced in the 2004–05 season. The winner of the award receives the Alexander Gomelsky Trophy, named after the Russian head basketball coach, who among other achievements, led Rīgas ASK to three consecutive EuroLeague titles, between 1958 and 1960, before adding one more with CSKA Moscow in 1971.

Pini Gershon was the first recipient of the award, after winning the 2005 EuroLeague title with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Georgios Bartzokas and Željko Obradović have won the award three times.

Winners

Season Head Coach Team Ref
2004–05 Pini Gershon Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv [1]
2005–06 Ettore Messina CSKA Moscow [2]
2006–07 Željko Obradović Panathinaikos [3]
2007–08 Ettore Messina (2×) CSKA Moscow [4]
2008–09 Duško Vujošević Partizan [5]
2009–10 Xavi Pascual Regal FC Barcelona [6]
2010–11 Željko Obradović (2×) Panathinaikos [7]
2011–12 Dušan Ivković Olympiacos [8]
2012–13 Georgios Bartzokas Olympiacos [9]
2013–14 David Blatt Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv [10]
2014–15 Pablo Laso Real Madrid [11]
2015–16 Dimitrios Itoudis CSKA Moscow [12]
2016–17 Željko Obradović (3×) Fenerbahçe [13]
2017–18 Pablo Laso (2×) Real Madrid [14]
2018–19 Dimitrios Itoudis (2×) CSKA Moscow [15]
2019–20
Not awarded 1
2020–21 Ergin Ataman Anadolu Efes [16]
2021–22 Georgios Bartzokas (2×) Olympiacos [17]
2022–23 Georgios Bartzokas (3×) Olympiacos [18]
2023–24 Chus Mateo Real Madrid [19]
2024–25 Šarūnas Jasikevičius Fenerbahçe [20]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Multiple honours

Head coaches

Number Head Coach
3 Georgios Bartzokas
Željko Obradović
2 Ettore Messina
Pablo Laso
Dimitrios Itoudis
1 David Blatt
Pini Gershon
Duško Vujošević
Dušan Ivković
Xavi Pascual
Ergin Ataman
Chus Mateo
Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Head Coach nationality

Number Country
5 Greece
Serbia
4 Spain
2 Italy
Israel
1 Turkey
Lithuania

Teams

Number Team
4 Olympiacos
CSKA Moscow
3 Real Madrid
2 Panathinaikos
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Fenerbahçe
1 FC Barcelona
Partizan
Anadolu Efes

See also

References

  1. ^ EUROLEAGUE 2004-05 AWARDS
  2. ^ EUROLEAGUE 2005-06 AWARDS
  3. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Zeljko Obradovic, Panathinaikos
  4. ^ EUROLEAGUE 2007-08 AWARDS
  5. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Dusko Vujosevic
  6. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Xavi Pascual, Regal FCB
  7. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Zeljko Obradovic, Panathinaikos
  8. ^ 2011-12 Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Dusan Ivkovic, Olympiacos Piraeus
  9. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Giorgos Bartzokas, Olympiacos Piraeus
  10. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: David Blatt, Maccabi Tel Aviv
  11. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year award won by Real Madrid's Pablo Laso
  12. ^ Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year award won by Csska Moscow's Dimitrios Itoudis
  13. ^ Fenerbahce's Zeljko Obradovic is voted the Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year!
  14. ^ Laso named Gomelskiy EuroLeague Coach of the Year for second time
  15. ^ Coach of the Year: Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA Moscow
  16. ^ "Coach of the Year: Ergin Ataman, Anadolu Efes Istanbul". Euroleague. June 21, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  17. ^ "Georgios Bartzokas crowned as EuroLeague Coach of the Year". Basketnews. May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  18. ^ "Coach of the Year: Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos Piraeus | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  19. ^ "Chus Mateo is voted by his peers as the EuroLeague Coach of the Year | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  20. ^ "Sarunas Jasikevicius named 2024-25 Aleksander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-04-17.