Alar Varrak

Alar Varrak (born 20 April 1982) is an Estonian basketball coach and a former point guard. He is the assistant coach of Kalev/Cramo of in the VTB United League.

Alar Varrak
Kalev/Cramo
PositionAssistant coach
Personal information
Born (1982-04-20) April 20, 1982
Jõgeva, Estonia
NationalityEstonian
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
Playing career1999–2005
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As player:
19992002Tallinna Kalev
20022003Ehitustööriist/Kalev
20032004Tallinna Kalev
20042005Audentese Ülikool
As coach:
20062007Noortekoondis/Audentes (assistant)
20072008Noortekoondis/Triobet
20072008Triobet/Dalkia (assistant)
20082017Estonia (assistant)
20082012Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
20122017Kalev/Cramo
2018Dzūkija Alytus
20182019Estonia (assistant)
2019Ural Yekaterinburg
2020Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career

Varrak was born in Jõgeva, and spent his short playing career in the Estonian League. In 2008 he became the assistant coach of Kalev/Cramo and succeeded Aivar Kuusmaa as the head coach on 24 November 2012.[1] Varrak was fired from Kalev/Cramo in November 2017.[2] In January 2018 he became the head coach of Lithuanian League team Dzūkija Alytus.[3] He left due to health reasons in April. In July 2018 he was elected as the sporting director of the Estonian Basketball Association.[4] He resigned from the sporting director position in July 2019 and signed with Russian Basketball Super League 1 team Ural Yekaterinburg.[5] He was fired from the team in November 2019 due to poor results.

Achievements with club

As player

Tallinna Kalev

As coach

Noortekoondis/Audentes
  • I Liiga (1): 2007
Kalev/Cramo

Season by season results as head coach

Abbreviations:
SF; semi finals.
T16; top sixteen.
RS; regular season (group stage).
QR2; qualification round 2.
DNP; did not participate.

League Club Season Domestic Competitions Regional Competitions European Competitions
Championship Cup BBL VTB Competition Position
Korvpalli Meistriliiga Kalev/Cramo 2012–13 1st 3rd 3rd RS DNP
2013–14 1st 2nd DNP RS 2 EuroCup RS
2014–15 2nd 3rd T16 9th DNP
2015–16 1st 1st DNP 14th 3 Europe Cup RS
2016–17 1st 1st 4th 11th DNP
2017–18 (fired) No comp. DNP (fired) 3 Champions League QR2
Lietuvos krepšinio lyga Dzūkija Alytus (resigned) SF DNP DNP DNP
Super League 1 Ural Yekaterinburg 2019–20 (fired) (fired) No comp. DNP DNP

See also

References

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