Ainars Bagatskis

Ainars Bagatskis

Bagatskis as the Budivelnyk Kiev head coach in October 2013
Nizhny Novgorod
Position Head coach
League VTB
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1967-03-29) March 29, 1967
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
Nationality Latvian
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1989 / Undrafted
Playing career 1985–2006
Coaching career 2005–present
Career history
As player:
1985–1987 VEF Rīga
1987–1991 ASK Rīga
1991–1992 Princips
1992–1993 Bergen Gimle
1993–1994 BK Brocēni
1994–1995 Rīgas Laiks
1995–1998 BK Brocēni
1998–1999 Ericsson Bobry Bytom
1999–2000 Hoop Pekaes Pruszków
2000–2001 JDA Dijon
2001–2003 BK Ventspils
2003–2004 Evraz
2004–2005 Žalgiris Kaunas
2005–2006 Barons Rīga
As coach:
2005–2006 Barons Rīga
2006 Žalgiris Kaunas
2007–2009 Valmiera
2009–2010 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
2010–present Latvia
2011 Sukhumi
2011–2012 Kryvbasbasket
2012–2014 Budivelnyk Kiev
2014–present Nizhny Novgorod
Career highlights and awards

As a coach:

Ainars Bagatskis (born March 29, 1967) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 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. He most recently served as a head coach of Nizhny Novgorod. He also is a head coach of the Latvian national basketball team.

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.[1] 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 Kiev.[2] 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.[3] Nizhny Novgorod ended the competition in the VTB United League after being eliminated by CSKA Moscow with 3–0 in the semifinal series.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

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.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2003–04 Žalgiris 12 9 24.0 .386 .404 .900 2.6 .8 .6 .0 9.5 7.0
2004–05 17 0 12.5 .424 .426 .882 .9 .4 .4 .0 5.5 3.7
Career 29 9 17.5 .406 .414 .894 1.6 .6 .4 .0 7.2 5.1

References

  1. ↑ Noviks, Māris (3 February 2010). "LBS valde apstiprina Bagatski, sieviešu izlasi vadīs ārzemnieks". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bagatskis stoja prie "Budivelnyk" vairo". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian) (6 June 2012). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nizhny Novgorod appoints Bagatskis as boss". euroleague.net (1 July 2014). Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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