Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year

Željko Obradović is a 3 time EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year (2007, 2011, and 2017).

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. Željko Obradović has won the award three times.

Winners[]

Dušan Ivković was the EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year in 2012.

David Blatt was the EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year in 2014.

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 (2x)	CSKA Moscow	[4]
2008–09	Duško Vujošević	Partizan	[5]
2009–10	Xavi Pascual	Regal FC Barcelona	[6]
2010–11	Željko Obradović (2x)	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 (3x)	Fenerbahçe	[13]
2017–18	Pablo Laso (2x)	Real Madrid	[14]
2018–19	Dimitrios Itoudis (2x)	CSKA Moscow	[15]
2020–21	Ergin Ataman	Anadolu Efes

Multiple honours[]

Head coaches[]

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

Head Coach nationality[]

Number	Country
5	Serbia
3	Spain
	Greece
2	Italy
	Israel
1	Turkey

Teams[]

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

See also[]

• List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

References[]

External links[]

• EuroLeague Official Webpage about 2015 Award