Vladimír Heger

Vladimír Heger (30 January 1932 – 1 March 2021) was a Czechoslovak basketball player and coach. He was most known for his achievement as head coach of the Czechoslovak and Dutch national team.

Vladimír Heger

Heger in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1932-01-30)30 January 1932 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died	1 March 2021(2021-03-01) (aged 89)
Nationality	Czech
Career information
Playing career	1951–1955
Coaching career	1975–1985
Career history
As a player:
1951	Slavia Praha
1952–1954	ATK / ÚDA Praha
1954–1955	Slavia Praha
As a coach:
1975–1970	Sparta Praha
1965–1969	Czechoslovakia
1972–1976	Czechoslovakia
1983–1985	Netherlands
1984–1985	Den Bosch
1987	ICL Zaandam
1988–1989	Akrides
Career highlights
As player: Czechoslovak League champion (1954)

Coaching career

In 1965, Heger took over as head coach of the Czechoslovakia national basketball team. He won silver at EuroBasket 1967 and bronze at EuroBasket 1969.^[1] In 1983, he started as head coach of the Netherlands national basketball team. Heger led the team to the fourth place at EuroBasket 1983, the best ranking of the Netherlands of all-time.^[2] From 1984, he coached several clubs from the Eredivisie including Den Bosch, Zaandam and Akrides.^[3]