Martin Schiller

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Martin Schiller
Martin Schiller Head Coach Kaunas.png
Free agent
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1982-03-08) March 8, 1982 (age 39)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Coaching career2005–present
Career history
As coach:
2004–2005Düsseldorf
2005–2007TSG Bergedorf
2007–2010WBC Wels (assistant)
2010–2015Artland Dragons (assistant)
2015–presentGermany (assistant)
2015–2017Riesen Ludwigsburg (assistant)
2017–2020Salt Lake City Stars
2020–2021Žalgiris Kaunas
Career highlights and awards
As head coach
  • Lithuanian League winner (2021)
  • Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup winner (2021)
  • NBA G League Coach of the Year (2020)

As assistant coach

Martin Schiller (born March 8, 1982) is an Austrian professional basketball coach who last served as head coach of Žalgiris Kaunas of the LKL and the EuroLeague.

Coaching career[]

Schiller, the son of an Austrian father and a British mother, moved to Germany with his family when he was ten years old and then grew up in the Hamburg area, where he played basketball in the youth set up of TSG Bergedorf. He studied at the German Sport University Cologne, while coaching youth teams and working as assistant coach at 2. Bundesliga side Düsseldorf Magics. Schiller subsequently worked for WBC Wels in Austria.[1]

From 2010 until 2015, he served as an assistant coach for the Artland Dragons, and afterwards for the Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[2][3] On August 23, 2017, Schiller was named the head coach of the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League.[4] Schiller has also been an assistant coach for the German national team since 2015, where he worked with Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen.

Schiller was named the NBA G League Coach of the Year for the 2019–20 season after leading the Stars to a 30–12 record.[5]

On July 14, 2020, Schiller was announced as the new head coach of BC Žalgiris.[6] Under Schiller's guidance, the team won the 2021 Lithuanian championship as well as the cup title. On October 8, 2021, Schiller was fired by Žalgiris. According to the club, the decision was taken, because the team did not play "at the level that everybody wants to see". In EuroLeague play, Žalgiris had lost its first two games of the 2021-22 season,[7] while the team was unbeaten in the LKL (4-0), when Schiller was dismissed.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Über Bergedorf ins Mutterland des Basketballs". www.bergedorfer-zeitung.de (in German). 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2017-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Martin Schiller named coach of Salt Lake City Stars". USA Today.com. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Stars Name Martin Schiller as Head Coach". NBA G League. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Salt Lake City Stars' Martin Schiller Named 2019-20 NBA G League Coach Of The Year". NBA G League. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Naujuoju Kauno „Žalgirio" treneriu tapo M.Schilleris". BC Žalgiris. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Zalgiris changes Schiller for Zdovc on bench". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  8. ^ "Turnyro lentelė". lkl.lt. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
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