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.

Georgios Bartzokas is a 3 time EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year (2013, 2022, and 2023).

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

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

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 (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]

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

Head Coach nationality

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

Teams

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

See also

• List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

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.

External links

• EuroLeague Official Webpage about 2015 Award