Tuomas Iisalo

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Tuomas Iisalo
2019-10-26 Basketball, easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga, Syntainics MBC (Mitteldeutscher BC) - Hakro Merlins Crailsheim 1DX 2926 by Stepro.jpg
2019 as head coach of Merlins Crailsheim
Paris Basketball
Position Head coach
League LNB Pro A
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 41)
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Listed height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight89 kg (196 lb)
Career information
Playing career2000–2014
Position Shooting guard
Coaching career2014–present
Career history
As player:
2000–2003 Kouvot
2003–2006 Espoon Honka
2006–2009Kouvot
2009–2011Espoon Honka
2011–2012 Torpan Pojat
2012–2014Espoon Honka
As coach:
2014Finland U-20
2014–2015 Tapiolan Honka
2016–2021 Crailsheim Merlins
2021–2023 Telekom Baskets Bonn
2023–present Paris Basketball
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

Tuomas Iisalo (born 29 July 1982) is a Finnish basketball coach and former player. He is currently serving as head coach of Paris Basketball of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroCup.

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Standing at 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in), Iisalo played as shooting guard during his playing career. He also played for the Finnish national basketball team.

Early life

Tuomas Iisalo's father worked as a foreign correspondent in East Berlin in the 1980s. [1]

Both Tuomas and his younger brother Joonas later became professional basketball coaches. Their sister Meri Valkama became a journalist who won the 2021 prize for best debut novel in Finland with her book "Sinun, Margot" where she tells the story of a family in East Berlin. [1]

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career he was appointed as head coach of Tapiolan Honka and was an assistant with Finland U15. [2]

Crailsheim Merlins

In March 2016, he signed with Crailsheim Merlins. [3] [4]

At the end of the 2017–18 season, Crailsheim were promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga as the runners-up of ProA season. [5] [6] Iisalo managed to establish the club in the Bundesliga and in 2020–21 guided the Merlins to their first ever Bundesliga playoff berth. [7]

Telekom Baskets Bonn

In May 2021, he inked a two-year deal with fellow Bundesliga side Telekom Baskets Bonn. [8] [9] In 2022, he was named the Bundesliga Coach of the Year. [10] Iisalo repeated as the Bundesliga Coach of the Year in the 2022–23 campaign. [11] In May 2023, he won the FIBA Champions League with Bonn and was presented with the FIBA Champions League Coach of the Year honours. [12] He helped the Bonn team to a trip to the 2023 Bundesliga finals, where they eventually fell short to Ulm. [13] Iisalo parted company with the Bonn outfit at the end of the 2022–23 season. [14]

Paris Basketball

On June 29, 2023, Paris Basketball of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroCup, announced the appointment of Iisalo as a head coach on a three-year deal. [15] [16]

In December 2023, Iisalo was named the head coach of the Team World (French: Team Monde) in the LNB All-Star Game. [17] On 18 February 2024, Iisalo and Paris won the 2024 LNB Pro A Leaders Cup title, by beating Nanterre 90–85 in the final. [18]

On 6 April 2024, Iisalo was voted the EuroCup Coach of the Year, leading Paris to the 2024 EuroCup Finals with a record-tying 20 wins and only one loss, with the highest team average (98.4 points) in EuroCup history. [19] [20] On 12 April 2024, Iisalo led Paris Basketball to win 2023–24 EuroCup title, by beating JL Bourg-en-Bresse with 2–0 wins in the finals. [21]

Coaching style

According to reports, the Iisalo style has been based on pace, many three-point shots and strong offensive rebounding. [1]

Coaching honours

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  2. ↑ "Crailsheim Merlins - Herzlich Willkommen, Tuomas Iisalo!" (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  3. ↑ "Ingo Enskat über sein Aus und den neuen Merlins-Coach", SWP.de (in German), 2016-03-15, retrieved 2017-03-13
  4. ↑ "Tuomas Iisalo bleibt Headcoach der Merlins", SWP.de (in German), 2016-04-14, retrieved 2017-03-13
  5. ↑ "Rasta Vechta ist ProA Meister 17/18 – neuer Außenauftritt der 2. Liga ab Juli 2018". 2. Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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  7. ↑ "HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim - Historisch! HAKRO Merlins schlagen Bonn und qualifizieren sich erstmals in der Vereinsgeschichte für die Playoffs! Freitag kommt der MBC". hakro-merlins.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
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  9. ↑ "Tuomas Iisalo ist der neue #HEARTBERG-Dirigent". www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  10. ↑ "Boiling like Salin, glacial like Sasu". FIBA. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  11. ↑ "TJ Shorts named the MVP of the German BBL". Eurohoops. 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  12. ↑ "Succétränaren Tuomas Iisalo lotsade uppstickaren Bonn till titeln i Champions League-basketen: "Ni kan kalla oss mästare"". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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  17. ↑ Suomalaisluotsille kova meriitti Ranskassa, Ilta-Sanomat, Juha Kanerva, 2 December 2023
  18. ↑ Tuomas Iisalo ja Mikael Jantunen juhlivat cup-mestaruutta, Yle, 18 February 2024
  19. ↑ EuroCup Coach of the Year: Tuomas Iisalo, Paris Basketball, euroleaguebasketball.net, 6 April 2024
  20. ↑ Tuomas Iisalo EuroCupin vuoden valmentaja, Yle
  21. ↑ Suomalaisten juhlaa Pariisissa – Tuomas Iisalo taas sankari, Ilta-Sanomat, 12 April 2024
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