Arnis Vecvagars

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Arnis Vecvagars
Barsy Atyrau
Position Head coach
League NBF
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Personal information
Born (1974-04-12) April 12, 1974 (age 48)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLatvian
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
Playing career1991–2008
Position Forward
Number15
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As coach:
2012–2014 BA Turība
2014–2017 BK Jūrmala/Fēnikss
2017 Latvia (assistant)
2017–2019Latvia
2018–present BC Barsy Atyrau
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Arnis Vecvagars (April 12, 1974) is a Latvian former basketball player, and former coach of the Latvian national basketball team. He is the father of Latvian basketball player Kaspars Vecvagars.

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Playing career

Arnis Vecvagars spent most of his career playing in LBL with ASK/Brocēni/LMT, BK Ventspils and ASK Riga as the most notable teams. Vecvagars won seven LBL titles: Brocēni (1997-1999), BK Ventspils (2003-2005), ASK Rīga (2007). [1]

For couple of seasons he went abroad playing for Austrian team UKJ SÜBA St. Pölten and Polish side Ericsson Bobry. [2]

He represented Latvian National Team at EuroBasket 2001 and EuroBasket 2003.

Coaching career

Vecvagars made his head coaching debut in 2012 with BA Turība of Latvian Basketball League. On July 17, 2014, Vecvagars was named head coach of BK Jūrmala. [3]

In 2014, Vecvagars was head coach Latvian U18 National Team. Since 2012, he also worked as an assistant coach to senior Latvian National Team. [4] On 27 September, Vecvagars was named the new head coach of the Latvian National Team. [5] His contract ended on 28 March 2019 and was not extended, releasing him of national team duties. [6]

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References

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  2. "Arnis Vecvagars - Saporta Cup (1999) - FIBA Europe" . Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. "Basketbols / Diena" . Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. "Vecvagars un Štālbergs būs Bagatska asistenti Latvijas izlasē/". Delfi. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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  6. "Vecvagars neturpinās darbu Latvijas basketbola izlases galvenā trenera amatā". Public Broadcasting of Latvia (in Latvian). 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2019-08-01.