Yakup Sekizkök

Yakup Sekizkök (born 10 February 1980, in Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for Galatasaray Ekmas of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).

Yakup Sekizkök

Galatasaray Ekmas
Position	Head coach
League	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Personal information
Born	(1980-02-10) February 10, 1980 (age 45) Istanbul, Turkey
Coaching career	2005–present
Career history
As a coach:
2005–2007	U–16 Darüşşafaka
2012–2017	Galatasaray (assistant)
2012–2017	Turkey (assistant)
2018–2023	Anadolu Efes (assistant)
2023–2024	Darüşşafaka
2024–present	Galatasaray
Career highlights
As assistant coach 2× EuroLeague champion (2021, 2022) EuroCup champion (2016) 3× Turkish League champion (2013, 2019, 2021) 2× Turkish Cup winner (2018, 2022) 2× Turkish President's Cup winner (2018, 2019)

Coaching career

In 2022, Sekizkök helped Efes to win their second straight championship in the EuroLeague as they won against Real Madrid Baloncesto.^[1]

On June 23, 2023, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), for his first head coach experience.^[2]

On February 2, 2024, he signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[3] Sekizkök finished the 2023-24 Basketbol Süper Ligi regular season 5th place.^[4]

Personal life

He graduated with a degree in Economics at Koç University.^[5]