Björn Harmsen

Björn Harmsen
Harmsen, 2011
Science City Jena
PositionHead coach
LeagueProA
Personal information
Born (1982-07-19) July 19, 1982 (age 42)
Göttingen, Germany
Coaching career2005–present
Career history
As coach:
2005–2006POM Baskets Jena (assistant)
2006–2008Science City Jena
2008–2011Mitteldeutscher
2011–2012Gießen 46ers
2012–2021Science City Jena
2021-2023Uni Baskets Münster
2023-presentScience City Jena
Career highlights and awards
  • 3x ProA champion (2007, 2009, 2016)
  • 2x ProA Coach of the Year (2009, 2016)

Björn Harmsen (born 19 July 1982) is a German basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Science City Jena. He started his coaching career in 2005, with Jena.

In 2016, Harmsen achieved promotion to the first-tier Basketball Bundesliga with Science City Jena.[1]

In 2021 he signed with Uni Baskets Münster of the German ProB.[2] He led the team to a promotion to the ProA in the 2021/22 season.[3]

After the first ProA season with Uni Baskets Münster he signed back with Science City Jena in 2023.[4]

References

  1. ^ "ProA Meister 2015/16: Science City Jena – BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga".
  2. ^ "Björn Harmsen neuer Trainer des ProB-Teams Münster".
  3. ^ "WWU Baskets steigen mit Wildcard in die erweiterte ProA auf".
  4. ^ "Neustart mit erhöhtem Nostalgiefaktor – Björn Harmsen kehrt nach Jena zurück".


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