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The list of EuroCup-winning head coaches shows all of the head coaches that have won the EuroCup championship. The EuroCup is the European-wide 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball club competition. The competition was founded under the name the ULEB Cup.
† | Elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
* | Elected into the FIBA Hall of Fame |
†* | Member of both the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. |
Number | Head Coach | Winning team(s) | First | Last |
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3 | Rimas Kurtinaitis | Lietuvos rytas, Khimki (2) | 2009 | 2015 |
2 | Joan Plaza | Real Madrid, Unicaja | 2007 | 2017 |
Evgeniy Pashutin | UNICS, Lokomotiv Kuban | 2011 | 2013 | |
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