Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year

Basketball Bundesliga awards, honours, and stats leaders

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* MVP
* Finals MVP
* Top Scorer
* All-Bundesliga Team
* Best Offensive Player

* Best Defender
* Most Effective Player(s)
* Most Improved Player
* Best German Young Player
* Coach of the Year

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

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.

## 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)

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§  | Denotes the club were Bundesliga champions in the same season
Season  | Coach  | Nationality  | Team  | Ref(s)

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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]
2024–25 | Jesús Ramírez |  Spain | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | [16]

## 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.
16. ^ "easyCredit BBL-Awards: Jesús Ramírez gewinnt enge Wahl und ist Trainer des Jahres". easycredit-bbl.de. 7 May 2025.

## External links

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* German League official website Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

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2025–26 clubs|

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Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
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* Coach of the Year
* Most Improved Player
* Best German Young Player
* Best Offensive Player
* Best Defensive Player
* All-BBL Team
* Most Effective Player
* Top Scorer

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