Position Head coach Listed weight 194 lb (88 kg) Height 1.98 m League VTBEuroleague NBA draft 1989 / Undrafted Weight 88 kg | Nationality Latvian Name Ainars Bagatskis Spouse Ilze Bagatska Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Role Basketball player Team BC Budivelnyk | |
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Ainars bagatskis after rishon lezion first win
Ainars Bagatskis (born March 29, 1967) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and coach who last worked as coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League. He also is a head coach of the Latvian national basketball team.
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- Coaching career
- Career statistics
- References
While playing, he was at the small forward position. He was a member of the Latvian national basketball team from 1992 to 2006 participating in four EuroBasket final tournaments.
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Coaching career
Bagatskis began his coaching career in 2005–06 season, while playing his last season of the professional basketball in Barons Rīga, where he stayed for one season. In 2006, he had a short stint as a head coach in one of the greatest Lithuanian teams Žalgiris Kaunas. Since 2007, he worked as a head coach in several teams, including Valmiera until 2009, Russian team Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in 2009–10 season, Sukhumi and Kryvbasbasket until 2012.
Following the departure of Kęstutis Kemzūra, in February 2010, he became a team selector for the Latvian national basketball team. So far, his team made two Eurobasket appearances, at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania and at the EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia.
In June 2012, he became a head coach of the Ukrainian team Budivelnyk Kyiv. He stayed with them for two seasons, winning the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague two times, in 2013 and 2014. In 2013–14 season, his team made its first EuroLeague appearance in history.
On July 1, 2014, he signed a one-year contract to become a head coach of the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod ended the competition in the VTB United League after being eliminated by CSKA Moscow with 3–0 in the semifinal series.
On June 18, 2016, he signed a two-year contract to become an assistant coach of David Blatt with Darüşşafaka.
On December 24, 2016, Bagatskis became the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
On May 16, 2017, he parted ways with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.