Ainars Bagatskis
Ainars Bagatskis (born 29 March 1967) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and coach, who currently works as the head coach of Kyiv-Basket. He also was a head coach of the senior Latvian national basketball team.
![]() Bagatskis as the Budivelnyk Kiev head coach in October 2013 | |
Kyiv-Basket | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | UA SuperLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR | 29 March 1967
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 |
Position | Small forward |
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 | Brocēni |
1994–1995 | Rīgas Laiks |
1995–1998 | Brocēni |
1998–1999 | Ericsson Bobry Bytom |
1999–2000 | Hoop Pekaes Pruszków |
2000–2001 | JDA Dijon |
2001–2003 | 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 | Enisey |
2011 | Sukhumi |
2011–2012 | Kryvbas |
2012–2014 | Budivelnyk |
2014–2016 | Nizhny Novgorod |
2016 | Darüşşafaka (assistant) |
2016–2017 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
2011–2017 | Latvia |
2018–2019 | Brose Bamberg |
2019–present | Kyiv-Basket |
2019–present | Ukraine |
Career highlights and awards | |
As a player
As a coach:
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Playing career
Club career
During his club playing career, Bagatskis played at the small forward position.
Latvian national team
Bagatskis was a member of the senior Latvian national basketball team, from 1992 to 2006. With Latvia, he played in four EuroBasket tournaments.
Coaching career
Bagatskis began his coaching career in the 2005–06 season, while playing his last season of professional basketball with 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, the Russian team Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, in the 2009–10 season, Sukhumi, and Kryvbasbasket, until 2012.
In June 2012, he became the head coach of the Ukrainian team Budivelnyk Kyiv.[1] He stayed with them for two seasons, winning the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague two times with them, in 2013 and 2014. In the 2013–14 season, his team made its first EuroLeague appearance in the club's history.
On 1 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract to become the head coach of the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod.[2] Nizhny Novgorod ended their season in the VTB United League, after being eliminated by CSKA Moscow, with 3–0 series sweep, in the League's semifinals series.
On 18 June 2016, he signed a two-year contract to become an assistant coach of David Blatt's, with the Turkish club Darüşşafaka.[3]
On December 24, 2016, Bagatskis became the head coach of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.[4]
On 16 May 2017, he parted ways with Maccabi Tel Aviv.[5]
On 30 June 2018, he signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga.[6]
National team
Following the departure of Kęstutis Kemzūra, in February 2010, he became a team selector for the senior Latvian national basketball team.[7] So far, his team made two EuroBasket appearances, at the EuroBasket 2011, in Lithuania, and at the EuroBasket 2013, in Slovenia.
Career statistics
Legend | |||||||
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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, and regional competition if applicable.
Coaching record
Legend | |||||||||
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G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win-loss % |
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
EuroLeague
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
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Žalgiris | 2005–06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 | Eliminated in Top 16 stage |
Žalgiris | 2006–07 | 14 | 2 | 12 | .143 | Eliminated in regular season |
Budivelnyk | 2013–14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | Eliminated in regular season |
Nizhny Novgorod | 2014–15 | 24 | 8 | 16 | .333 | Eliminated in Top 16 stage |
Maccabi | 2016–17 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .313 | Eliminated in regular season |
Career | 74 | 21 | 53 | .284 |
References
- "Bagatskis stoja prie "Budivelnyk" vairo". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian) (6 June 2012). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- "Nizhny Novgorod appoints Bagatskis as boss". euroleague.net (1 July 2014). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- "Darüşşafaka Doğuş's new assistant coach is Ainars Bagatskis". darussafakadogusbasketbol.com. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- "Ainars Bagatskis parted ways with Maccabi Tel Aviv". Archived from the original on 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- Noviks, Māris (3 February 2010). "LBS valde apstiprina Bagatski, sieviešu izlasi vadīs ārzemnieks". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
External links
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- Official website
- Ainars Bagatskis at eurobasket.com
- Ainars Bagatskis at euroleague.net (as a player)
- Ainars Bagatskis at euroleague.net (as a coach)
- Ainars Bagatskis at fiba.com