Daniel Jansson

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Daniel Jansson
USC Heidelberg
Position Head coach
League Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1979-06-11) 11 June 1979 (age 45)
Sollentuna, Sweden
NationalityFinnish
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Career information
College Lakeland University
Playing career1998–2007
Coaching career2007–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999 Pussihukat
2005–2006 Porvoon Tarmo
2006–2007Pussihukat
As coach:
2007–2008Pussihukat (assistant)
2008–2014Pussihukat (youth)
2008–2014Finland U16
2014–2019 ratiopharm Ulm (youth)
2014–2017 Weißenhorn Youngstars
2017–2019 OrangeAcademy
2019–2020ratiopharm Ulm (assistant)
2020–2024 Tigers Tübingen
2023Finland Universiade
2024–present USC Heidelberg
2024–present Finland (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
  • German ProA Champion (2022)
  • German ProB Champion (2017)
  • 2x ProA Coach of the Year (2022, 2023)
  • NBBL Coach of the Year (2016)

Daniel Jansson (born 11 June 1979) is a Finnish basketball coach and a former player. He is currently working as the head coach of German Bundesliga team USC Heidelberg, and an assistant coach of the Finland national team. [2]

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Early life

Jansson was born in Sollentuna, Sweden to Finnish mother and Swedish father. He is of Lebanese descent on his father's side. [3] Jansson moved to Finland at the age of three, when his parents divorced.

Playing career

Jansson started playing basketball in Kouvola and played in the youth teams of Kouvot. He played briefly in the men's premier division in 1998–99 season, and played in under-16 and under-18 youth national teams. After that, he spent four years in the United States studying and playing basketball. He also played in the Netherlands and Belgium, and graduated as MBA in the Maastricht University. He returned to Finland and played in the highest tier Korisliiga first with Porvoon Tarmo and last with Pussihukat, and ended his playing career at the age of 27, focusing more on coaching.

Coaching career

Jansson started his coaching career in Vantaa with Pussihukat, the club he had played for before. [4] [5] He also coached the Finland U16 national team.

Ratiopharm Ulm

In 2014, Jansson moved to Germany and was appointed as a youth coach for Ratiopharm Ulm youth academy teams. [6] In 2016, when coaching the Ulm U19 academy team in the NBBL, he was named the coach of the year in the league. [7] [8] He also led Weißenhorn Youngstars, the development team of Ulm, to ProB championship, and to win a promotion to ProA in 2017.

During 2019–2020, Jansson was the assistant coach of the Ratiopharm Ulm first team in Bundesliga. [9]

Tigers Tübingen

In 2020, Jansson signed with Tigers Tübingen for the head coach position, competing in ProA. [10] [11] In March 2021, he extended his contract with the club until the summer 2023. [12] He was named The Coach of the Year in ProA consecutively in 2022 and 2023. [13] [14] [15] [16] Jansson led the club to win ProA championship and to earn the promotion in 2022, but the club surrendered the league license for financial reasons. In 2023, Tübingen finished 2nd in the league and won the promotion again, and this time they were promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga. [17]

In the summer 2023, Jansson was named the head coach, alongside Anton Mirolybov, of the Finland Universiade team, [18] for the postponed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China.

On 20 December 2023, Jansson renewed his contract with Tübingen, on a deal until the end of the 2024–25 season. [19] The 2023-24 Bundesliga season ended in relegation for Jansson and his Tübingen outfit. [20]

USC Heidelberg

In May 2024, he invoked a release clause to leave Tübingen and to sign with German Bundesliga side USC Heidelberg. [20]

Finland (assistant)

In May 2024, Jansson joined also the coaching staff of the Finland national team as an assistant coach. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Player profile, D.Jansson, basket.fi
  2. 1 2 Daniel Jansson mukaan Susijengin valmennusjohtoon, susijengi.com, 28 May 2024
  3. ↑ Tigers Tübingen
  4. ↑ Saksassa valmentava suomalainen Daniel Jansson – huippuvalmentaja sekä monta muuta roolia, suomikoris.com, 30 January 2015
  5. ↑ DANNY JANSSON – PUHU JUNIOREISTA KOMEALLE VALMENTAJAURALLE, puhujuniorit.fi, 15 March 2022
  6. ↑ Daniel Jansson ottaa haltuunsa Eurocup-joukkue Ratiopharm Ulmin akatemian, basket.fi, 26 June 2014
  7. ↑ Danny Jansson Saksan NBBL:n vuoden valmentaja, basket.fi, 19 May 2016
  8. ↑ Kouvot-lähtöinen Daniel Jansson Saksan NBBL:n vuoden valmentaja, Kouvolan Sanomat, Juha Vesala, 19 May 2016
  9. ↑ Daniel Janssonilla hienot jäähyväiset Ulmille – ”Rotsi oli aika tyhjä”, basket.fi, 30 June 2020
  10. ↑ Daniel Janssonin nuori joukkue kasvoi kauden edetessä, basket.fi, 26 March 2019
  11. ↑ Daniel Janssonilla ja Anton Mirolybovilla mielenkiintoiset haasteet edessä, basket.fi, 29 September 2018
  12. ↑ Daniel Jansson kahden vuoden jatkosopimukseen Tigers Tübingenin kanssa, basket.fi, 27 March 2021
  13. ↑ Daniel Jansson valittiin jälleen vuoden valmentajaksi Saksan ProA:ssa, susijengi.com, 10 June 2023
  14. ↑ Daniel Jansson valittiin toistamiseen Saksan kakkosliigan vuoden valmentajaksi, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 10 June 2023
  15. ↑ Daniel Jansson valittiin toista kertaa perättäin vuoden koripallovalmentajaksi Saksan kakkostasolla, Yle, 10 June 2023
  16. ↑ Tigers Tübingenin Bundesliigaan nostanut Daniel Jansson valittiin jälleen vuoden valmentajaksi, basket.fi, 10 June 2023
  17. ↑ „Wir sind natürlich knapp auf Kante genäht“, Bild, 28 September 2023
  18. ↑ Tässä on Suomen miesten koripallon universiadijoukkue – Daniel Jansson päävalmentajaksi, sportti.com, 11 July 2023
  19. ↑ Kontinuität! Trainer Danny Jansson verlängert Vertrag um ein weiteres Jahr, tigers-tuebingen.de
  20. 1 2 "Danny Jansson Heidelbergin päävalmentajaksi". Suomen Koripalloliitto ry (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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