Ainars Bagatskis

Ainars Bagatskis

Bagatskis as the Budivelnyk Kyiv head coach in October 2013
CSO Voluntari
Position	Head coach
League	Liga Națională
Personal information
Born	(1967-03-29) 29 March 1967 (age 57) Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
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	Rīgas ASK
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
2018–2019	Brose Bamberg
2019–2022	Kyiv-Basket
2022-	CSO Voluntari
Career highlights and awards
As a player Norwegian League champion (1993) 6× Latvian League champion (1995, 1997–1999, 2003, 2004) LKL Three-point Shootout champion (2004) 2× Lithuanian League champion (2005, 2006) Baltic League champion (2006) As a coach: Lithuanian League champion (2006) Baltic League champion (2006) 2× Ukrainian SuperLeague champion (2013, 2014) Israeli Cup winner (2017)

Ainars Bagatskis (born 29 March 1967) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and coach, who currently works as the head coach of CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională.

Playing career

Club career

During his club playing career, Bagatskis played at the small forward position.

Latvia national team

Bagatskis was a member of the senior Latvia 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 in 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 Latvia national 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

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

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2003–04	Žalgiris	12	9	24.0	.386	.404	.900	2.6	.8	.6	.0	9.5	7.0
2004–05		17	0	12.5	.424	.426	.882	.9	.4	.4	.0	5.5	3.7
Career		29	9	17.5	.406	.414	.894	1.6	.6	.4	.0	7.2	5.1

Coaching record

Legend
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
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

1. "Bagatskis stoja prie "Budivelnyk" vairo". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). No. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
2. "Nizhny Novgorod appoints Bagatskis as boss". euroleague.net. No. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
3. "Darüşşafaka Doğuş's new assistant coach is Ainars Bagatskis". darussafakadogusbasketbol.com. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
4. "Maccabi Tel Aviv name Ainars Bagatskis head coach". Archived from the original on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
5. "Ainars Bagatskis parted ways with Maccabi Tel Aviv". Archived from the original on 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
6. [1]^[permanent dead link‍]
7. Noviks, Māris (3 February 2010). "LBS valde apstiprina Bagatski, sieviešu izlasi vadīs ārzemnieks". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.

External links

• 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