| Tartu Ülikool | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 1967 Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Estonian / Greek | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1983–2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2005–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As a player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | TSIK | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Standard | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Rīgas ASK | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Youngstown Pride | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Baltika | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Tallinn | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Liege Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | TTÜ-A. Le Coq | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | BC Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| As a coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | BC Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | BC Kalev (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Estonia U-20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | TTÜ KK | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | BC Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Rapla KK | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Estonia U-20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Audentes/Noortekoondis | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Tartu Ülikool | ||||||||||||||
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Aivar Kuusmaa (born 12 June 1967) is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played mostly at the shooting guard position.
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He won the USSR Premier Basketball League in 1991 as a member of the Tallinn Kalev basketball team. Kuusmaa mostly played in Estonia, but he also spent three seasons in Greece, with Panathinaikos and one season in Belgium, with Liege Basket. Also, during the service in the Soviet Army, Kuusmaa was stationed in Latvian SSR and played in the local army sports club Rīgas ASK. After retiring in 2005 he has been coaching BC Kalev/Cramo (2005–2007 & 2010–2012), TTÜ KK (2007–2010) and AVIS Utilitas Rapla (2014–2018). Kuusmaa has also greek citizenship under the surname Magoulas. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2020. [1]
