List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

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.

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.

List

Željko Obradović won the title nine times in his career.

Božidar Maljković won four titles with three different clubs.

Ettore Messina won four titles with two different clubs.

Season	Head coach[1]	Winning team
1958	Alexander Gomelsky†*	Rīgas ASK
1958–59	Alexander Gomelsky†*	Rīgas ASK
1959–60	Alexander Gomelsky†*	Rīgas ASK
1960–61	Evgeny Alekseev	CSKA Moscow
1961–62	Otar Korkia	Dinamo Tbilisi
1962–63	Evgeny Alekseev	CSKA Moscow
1963–64	Joaquín Hernández	Real Madrid
1964–65	Pedro Ferrándiz†*	Real Madrid
1965–66	Cesare Rubini†*	Simmenthal Milano
1966–67	Pedro Ferrándiz†*	Real Madrid
1967–68	Pedro Ferrándiz†*	Real Madrid
1968–69	Armenak Alachachian	CSKA Moscow
1969–70	Aca Nikolić†*	Ignis Varese
1970–71	Alexander Gomelsky†*	CSKA Moscow
1971–72	Aca Nikolić†*	Ignis Varese
1972–73	Aca Nikolić†*	Ignis Varese
1973–74	Pedro Ferrándiz†*	Real Madrid
1974–75	Sandro Gamba†	Ignis Varese
1975–76	Sandro Gamba†	Mobilgirgi Varese
1976–77	Ralph Klein	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1977–78	Lolo Sainz	Real Madrid
1978–79	Bogdan Tanjević*	Bosna
1979–80	Lolo Sainz	Real Madrid
1980–81	Rudy D'Amico	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1981–82	Valerio Bianchini	Squibb Cantù
1982–83	Giancarlo Primo	Ford Cantù
1983–84	Valerio Bianchini	Banco di Roma
1984–85	Mirko Novosel†*	Cibona
1985–86	Željko Pavličević	Cibona
1986–87	Dan Peterson	Tracer Milano
1987–88	Franco Casalini	Tracer Milano
1988–89	Božidar Maljković	Jugoplastika
1989–90	Božidar Maljković	Jugoplastika
1990–91	Željko Pavličević	POP 84
1991–92	Željko Obradović	Partizan
1992–93	Božidar Maljković	Limoges CSP
1993–94	Željko Obradović	7up Joventut
1994–95	Željko Obradović	Real Madrid Teka
1995–96	Božidar Maljković	Panathinaikos
1996–97	Dušan Ivković*	Olympiacos
1997–98	Ettore Messina*	Kinder Bologna
1998–99	Jonas Kazlauskas	Žalgiris
1999–2000	Željko Obradović	Panathinaikos
2000–01 (FIBA SuproLeague)	Pini Gershon	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–01	Ettore Messina*	Kinder Bologna
2001–02	Željko Obradović	Panathinaikos
2002–03	Svetislav Pešić*	FC Barcelona
2003–04	Pini Gershon	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2004–05	Pini Gershon	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2005–06	Ettore Messina*	CSKA Moscow
2006–07	Željko Obradović	Panathinaikos
2007–08	Ettore Messina*	CSKA Moscow
2008–09	Željko Obradović	Panathinaikos
2009–10	Xavi Pascual	Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11	Željko Obradović	Panathinaikos
2011–12	Dušan Ivković*	Olympiacos
2012–13	Georgios Bartzokas	Olympiacos
2013–14	David Blatt	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–15	Pablo Laso	Real Madrid
2015–16	Dimitrios Itoudis	CSKA Moscow
2016–17	Željko Obradović	Fenerbahçe
2017–18	Pablo Laso	Real Madrid
2018–19	Dimitrios Itoudis	CSKA Moscow
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Ergin Ataman	Anadolu Efes
2021–22	Ergin Ataman	Anadolu Efes
2022–23	Chus Mateo	Real Madrid
2023–24	Ergin Ataman	Panathinaikos
2024–25	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Fenerbahçe

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.

Number	Head coach	Winning team(s)	First	Last
9	Željko Obradović	Partizan, Joventut Badalona, Real Madrid, Panathinaikos (5), Fenerbahçe	1992	2017
4	Ettore Messina	Virtus Bologna (2), CSKA Moscow (2)	1998	2008
	Božidar Maljković	Split (2), Limoges CSP, Panathinaikos	1989	1996
	Pedro Ferrándiz	Real Madrid	1965	1974
	Alexander Gomelsky	Rīgas ASK (3), CSKA Moscow	1958	1971
3	Pini Gershon	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2001	2005
	Aca Nikolić	Varese	1970	1973
	Ergin Ataman	Anadolu Efes (2), Panathinaikos	2021	2024
2	Željko Pavličević	Cibona, Split	1986	1991
	Dušan Ivković	Olympiacos	1997	2012
	Valerio Bianchini	Cantù, Virtus Roma	1982	1984
	Lolo Sainz	Real Madrid	1978	1980
	Sandro Gamba	Varese	1975	1976
	Evgeny Alekseev	CSKA Moscow	1961	1963
	Pablo Laso	Real Madrid	2015	2018
	Dimitrios Itoudis	CSKA Moscow (2)	2016	2019

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.

Number	Country[2]	Coach(es)	First	Last
19	Serbia	Željko Obradović (9), Božidar Maljković (4), Aca Nikolić (3), Dušan Ivković (2), Svetislav Pešić	1970	2017
11	Italy	Ettore Messina (4), Valerio Bianchini (2), Sandro Gamba (2), Cesare Rubini, Giancarlo Primo, Franco Casalini	1966	2008
11	Spain	Pedro Ferrándiz (4), Pablo Laso (2), Lolo Sainz (2), Chus Mateo, Xavi Pascual, Joaquín Hernández	1964	2023
6	Russia	Alexander Gomelsky (4); Evgenii Alexeev (2)	1958	1971
5	Israel	Pini Gershon (3), Ralph Klein, David Blatt	1977	2014
3	Greece	Dimitrios Itoudis (2), Giorgos Bartzokas	2013	2019
	Croatia	Željko Pavličević (2), Mirko Novosel	1985	1991
	Turkey	Ergin Ataman	2021	2024
2	United States	Rudy D'Amico, Dan Peterson	1981	1987
	Lithuania	Jonas Kazlauskas, Šarūnas Jasikevičius	1999	2025
1	Montenegro	Bogdan Tanjević	1979
	Armenia	Armenak Alachachian	1969
	Georgia	Otar Korkia	1962

See also

• Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year
• List of EuroCup-winning head coaches
• List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers