Tigers Tübingen

Tigers Tübingen is a basketball team from Tübingen, a college town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany, playing in the ProA, the country's second tier league.

Tigers Tübingen
LeaguesProA
Founded1952 (1952)
HistorySV 03 Tübingen
(1952–2003)
Tigers Tübingen
(2003–present)
ArenaPaul Horn-Arena
Capacity3,132
LocationTübingen, Germany
Main sponsorZeltwanger
PresidentRobert Wintermantel
Head coachAndy Hipsher
2018–19 positionProA, 9th of 18
Websitewww.tigers-tübingen.de

Founded as SV 03 Tübingen, is affiliated with the multi-sports club SV 03 Tübingen, which was founded in 1903. In 1952, its basketball section was founded. In 2003, the name Walter Tigers Tübingen was chosen for the basketball team after the local Tübingen company Walter AG, a tool manufacturer, became the team's sponsor. The company ended their Sponsoring in 2018.

Tigers Tübingen play their home games at the Paul Horn-Arena, which has a capacity of 3,132 people.

History

In 1992/93, SV 03 Tübingen became members of the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time, but didn't manage to escape relegation; a second one-season stint followed in 2001/02. After being promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga again in 2004 the name was changed to Walter Tigers Tübingen. In 14 consecutive seasons in the top flight they never succeeded in reaching the play-offs and were finally relegated to the ProA after finishing last in the 2017/18 season. In their first ProA season 2018/2019 the name was changed to Tigers Tübingen and they missed the playoffs by one spot finishing in the 9th place. The 2019/20 season will be their second season in the ProA.

Players

Current roster

Tigers Tübingen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
PG 5 Baldwin, Diante
PG 7 Bekteshi, Besnik
SG 11 Davis, Kris
G/F 1 Smith, Marvin
F 3 Strings, Justin
SF 32 Nadjfeji, Nemanja
PF 12 Graham, Tanner
SF 24 Nyama, Roland
SF 77 Stammberger, Sven
C 16 Ney, Niklas
C 8 Wolf, Enosch
Head coach

Andy Hipsher

Assistant coach(es)

Martin Ströbele


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 16 September 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Head coaches

Span Coach
2004–2006 Pat Elzie
2006–2007 Aaron McCarthy
2008–2009 Tolga Öngören
2009–2015 Igor Perović
2016–2017 Tyron McCoy
2017–2018 Mathias Fischer
2018–2019 Aleksandar Nadjfeji
2019–2019 Georg Kämpf
2019–2019 Doug Spradley
2020–Current Andy Hipsher

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos.
2000–01 2 2. BBL 1st
2001–02 1 Bundesliga 15th
2002–03 2 2. BBL 2nd
2003–04 2 2. BBL 1st
2004–05 1 Bundesliga 14th
2005–06 1 Bundesliga 12th
2006–07 1 Bundesliga 10th
2007–08 1 Bundesliga 15th
2008–09 1 Bundesliga 14th
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 12th
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 12th
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 12th
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 10th
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 16th
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 14th
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 14th
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 15th
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 18th
2018–19 2 ProA 9th
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