List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

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The list of EuroLeague-winning head coaches shows all of the head coaches that have won the EuroLeague championship. The EuroLeague is the European-wide top-tier level professional basketball club competition. The competition was originally called the FIBA European Champions Cup, or simply European Champions Cup.

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Key

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.

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Zeljko Obradovic won the title nine times in his career. Zeljko Obradovic Fenerbahce Basketball 20190923 (1).jpg
Željko Obradović won the title nine times in his career.
Bozidar Maljkovic won four titles with three different clubs. Bozidar Maljkovic by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
Božidar Maljković won four titles with three different clubs.
Ettore Messina won four titles with two different clubs. 2021-12-03 ALBA Berlin gegen Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano (EuroLeague 2021-22) by Sandro Halank-122.jpg
Ettore Messina won four titles with two different clubs.
SeasonHead coach [1] Winning team
1958 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Gomelsky * Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rīgas ASK
1958–59 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Gomelsky * Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rīgas ASK
1959–60 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Gomelsky * Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rīgas ASK
1960–61 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Evgeny Alekseev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
1961–62 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Otar Korkia Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Tbilisi
1962–63 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Evgeny Alekseev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
1963–64 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Joaquín Hernández Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid
1964–65 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Pedro Ferrándiz * Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid
1965–66 Flag of Italy.svg Cesare Rubini * Flag of Italy.svg Simmenthal Milano
1966–67 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Pedro Ferrándiz * Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid
1967–68 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Pedro Ferrándiz * Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid
1968–69 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Armenak Alachachian Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
1969–70 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Aca Nikolić * Flag of Italy.svg Ignis Varese
1970–71 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Gomelsky * Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
1971–72 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Aca Nikolić * Flag of Italy.svg Ignis Varese
1972–73 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Aca Nikolić * Flag of Italy.svg Ignis Varese
1973–74 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Pedro Ferrándiz * Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid
1974–75 Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Gamba Flag of Italy.svg Ignis Varese
1975–76 Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Gamba Flag of Italy.svg Mobilgirgi Varese
1976–77 Flag of Israel.svg Ralph Klein Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv
1977–78 Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Lolo Sainz Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Real Madrid
1978–79 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bogdan Tanjević* Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bosna
1979–80 Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Lolo Sainz Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Real Madrid
1980–81 Flag of the United States.svg Rudy D'Amico Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv
1981–82 Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Bianchini Flag of Italy.svg Squibb Cantù
1982–83 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Primo Flag of Italy.svg Ford Cantù
1983–84 Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Bianchini Flag of Italy.svg Banco di Roma
1984–85 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Mirko Novosel * Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Cibona
1985–86 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Željko Pavličević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Cibona
1986–87 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Peterson Flag of Italy.svg Tracer Milano
1987–88 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Casalini Flag of Italy.svg Tracer Milano
1988–89 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Božidar Maljković Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Jugoplastika
1989–90 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Božidar Maljković Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Jugoplastika
1990–91 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Željko Pavličević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg POP 84
1991–92 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Željko Obradović Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Partizan
1992–93 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Božidar Maljković Flag of France.svg Limoges CSP
1993–94 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Željko Obradović Flag of Spain.svg 7up Joventut
1994–95 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Željko Obradović Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Teka
1995–96 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Božidar Maljković Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
1996–97 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Dušan Ivković* Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
1997–98 Flag of Italy.svg Ettore Messina* Flag of Italy.svg Kinder Bologna
1998–99 Flag of Lithuania.svg Jonas Kazlauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg Žalgiris
1999–2000 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Željko Obradović Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
(FIBA SuproLeague) Flag of Israel.svg Pini Gershon Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–01 Flag of Italy.svg Ettore Messina* Flag of Italy.svg Kinder Bologna
2001–02 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Željko Obradović Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2002–03 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Svetislav Pešić* Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona
2003–04 Flag of Israel.svg Pini Gershon Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv
2004–05 Flag of Israel.svg Pini Gershon Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv
2005–06 Flag of Italy.svg Ettore Messina* Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
2006–07 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Željko Obradović Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2007–08 Flag of Italy.svg Ettore Messina* Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
2008–09 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Željko Obradović Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2009–10 Flag of Spain.svg Xavi Pascual Flag of Spain.svg Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11 Flag of Serbia.svg Željko Obradović Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2011–12 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Ivković* Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
2012–13 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Bartzokas Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
2013–14 Flag of Israel.svg David Blatt Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–15 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Laso Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
2015–16 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Itoudis Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
2016–17 Flag of Serbia.svg Željko Obradović Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe
2017–18 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Laso Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
2018–19 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Itoudis Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
2019–20 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Flag of Turkey.svg Ergin Ataman Flag of Turkey.svg Anadolu Efes
2021–22 Flag of Turkey.svg Ergin Ataman Flag of Turkey.svg Anadolu Efes
2022–23 Flag of Spain.svg Chus Mateo Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
2023–24 Flag of Turkey.svg Ergin Ataman Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos

Multiple winners

The following is a list of head coaches with multiple EuroLeague titles. Number in parentheses indicates how many title are won by a one club.

NumberHead coachWinning team(s)FirstLast
9 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Flag of Serbia.svg Željko Obradović Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Partizan, Flag of Spain.svg Joventut Badalona, Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid, Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos (5), Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe 19922017
4 Flag of Italy.svg Ettore Messina Flag of Italy.svg Virtus Bologna (2), Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow (2)19982008
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Božidar Maljković Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Split (2), Flag of France.svg Limoges CSP, Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos 19891996
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Ferrándiz Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid 19651974
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Gomelsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rīgas ASK (3), Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow 19581971
3 Flag of Israel.svg Pini Gershon Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv 2001 2005
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Aca Nikolić Flag of Italy.svg Varese 19701973
Flag of Turkey.svg Ergin Ataman Flag of Turkey.svg Anadolu Efes (2), Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos 20212024
2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Željko Pavličević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Cibona, Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Split 19861991
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Ivković Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos 19972012
Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Bianchini Flag of Italy.svg Cantù, Flag of Italy.svg Virtus Roma 19821984
Flag of Spain.svg Lolo Sainz Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Real Madrid 19781980
Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Gamba Flag of Italy.svg Varese 19751976
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Evgeny Alekseev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow 19611963
Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Laso Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 20152018
Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Itoudis Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow 20162019

Winners by country

The following is a list of current countries where head coaches came from. [2] Number in parentheses indicates how many title are won by a single coach, if there are more than one.

NumberCountry [2] Coach(es)FirstLast
19Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Željko Obradović (9), Božidar Maljković (4), Aca Nikolić (3), Dušan Ivković (2), Svetislav Pešić 19702017
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ettore Messina (4), Valerio Bianchini (2), Sandro Gamba (2), Cesare Rubini, Giancarlo Primo, Franco Casalini 19662008
11Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pedro Ferrándiz (4), Pablo Laso (2), Lolo Sainz (2), Chus Mateo, Xavi Pascual, Joaquín Hernández 19642023
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Alexander Gomelsky (4); Evgenii Alexeev (2)19581971
5Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Pini Gershon (3), Ralph Klein, David Blatt 19772014
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Dimitrios Itoudis (2), Giorgos Bartzokas 20132019
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Željko Pavličević (2), Mirko Novosel 19851991
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Ergin Ataman 20212024
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Rudy D'Amico, Dan Peterson 19811987
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas 1999
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Bogdan Tanjević 1979
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Armenak Alachachian 1969
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Otar Korkia 1962

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