Ertuğrul Erdoğan
Ertuğrul Erdoğan (born October 18, 1968) is a Turkish professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Runa Basket Moscow of VTB United League.
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| Born | October 18, 1968 Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1988–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1996 | PTT (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Galatasaray (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Iowa State (consultant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Oyak Renault (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2013 | Fenerbahçe (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Fenerbahçe (interim HC) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Turkey (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Turkey U20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Türk Telekom | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | İstanbul BB | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Turkey (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Śląsk Wrocław | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Runa-Basket Moscow | ||||||||||||||
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As interim head coach
As assistant coach:
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Coaching career edit
First years edit
In 1996, Erdogan began his professional level coaching career with Galatasaray.[1]
Erdoğan later served as an assistant coach for the Fenerbahçe from 2000 to 2013. With Fenerbahçe, Erdoğan worked under legendary coaches Aydın Örs and Bogdan Tanjevic.
During the 2009–2010 season, coach Tanjevic was diagnosed [2] with colorectal cancer and left the team at late March, Erdogan took over and led Fenerbahçe to the 2009-10 Turkish Basketball League championship. Despite his success against the title favourites Efes Pilsen, he was not appointed as Fenerbahçe's head coach in the following season.[3] Erdogan continued to serve in an assistant coach capacity with head coaches Neven Spahija and Simone Pianigiani in the following seasons. He left Fenerbahce in 2013, after 13 years.[4]
Žalgiris Kaunas' interest edit
Shortly after Sarunas Jasikevicius' decision to joining Barcelona in the summer of 2020, Ertugrul Erdogan has emerged the frontrunner for Zalgiris head coach position.[5] Erdogan spoke with Zalgiris president and GM Paulius Motiejunas but there was never traction on reaching a contract agreement as the days wore on.[6] Zalgiris opted to sign with the Salt Lake City Stars head coach, Martin Schiller.[7]
A couple of days after Zalgiris' interest, on July 14, 2020, Galatasaray officially signed head coach Ertugrul Erdogan to a 1+1 contract extension, the team announced.[8]
Galatasaray (2018–2020) edit
On July 26, 2018, Erdogan signed a two-year contract, and agreed to become the new head coach of the Turkish club Galatasaray.[9]
During his tenure at Galatasaray, Erdogan scouted and helped to promote many players into the Euroleague level. Rookies like Nigel Hayes, Aaron Harrison and Alex Poythress played under his leadership in their first seasons in Europe and then they signed with the Euroleague clubs Zalgiris, Olympiacos B.C and Zenit St. Petersburg respectively.[10]
Zach Auguste, who was the starting center of Erdogan's Galatasaray for both seasons, agreed with Euroleague club Panathinaikos on July 20, 2020.[11] Greg Whittington, another Galatasaray alum, "will sign with an NBA team, unless a major Euroleague team makes a strong offer" [12] according to Whittington's agent Jerry Dianis.
Galatasaray announced that the club has entered negotiations with head coach Ertugrul Erdogan for the mutual termination of his contract. On November 10, 2020, coach Erdogan bid his farewell to Galatasaray and their fans. “Without honesty, there is neither trust nor sustainable success. Thank you to everyone, mainly our fans, who supported me and my staff during my two and a half years at Galatasaray. My conscience is clear” he later tweeted.[13]
Śląsk Wrocław (2023) edit
On February 27, 2023, he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Polish champions Śląsk Wrocław, who also competes in EuroCup. [14]
On 21 June, 2023, Turkish coach decided to use the clause in his contract in order to leave Śląsk Wrocław after five months.[15] Under his leadership, Wroclaw team finished the regular season in the first place, and then reached the finals in the Polish League Playoffs. Slask finished the season as the runners-up, they lost final series against Wilki Morskie Szczecin with the score of 4-2.
Runa-Basket Moscow (2023–present) edit
On June 28, 2023, he signed a 2-year contract with the VTB United League newcomers Runa-Basket Moscow.[16][17]
Personal life edit
Erdogan graduated from Middle East Technical University Department of Physical Education and Sports.
References edit
- ^ "Hoş Geldin Ertuğrul Erdoğan". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ YAYCILI, Alican. "Tanjevic ameliyat oluyor". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Aydın Örs Fenerbahçe'de". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ www.eurosport.com https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Alex Mumbru and Joan Plaza candidates for the Zalgiris head coaching position". Eurohoops. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Ertugrul Erdogan to stay with Galatasaray". Sportando. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Zalgiris Kaunas expected to decide on head coach tomorrow". Sportando. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Ertuğrul Erdoğan ile yeni sözleşme imzalandı". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Hoş Geldin Ertuğrul Erdoğan". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "George Zakkas on Twitter -". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Zach Auguste officially signs with Panathinaikos". Sportando. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Greg Whittington gaining 'serious' NBA Interest". The Big Lead. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Ertugrul Erdogan on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Ertugrul Erdogan Nowym Trenerem Śląska". wks-slask.eu (in Polish). February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "WKS Śląsk Wrocław – 18-krotny Mistrz Polski » Ertugrul Erdogan odchodzi ze Śląska" (in Polish). 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ Duran, Ermay (2023-06-27). "Ertuğrul Erdoğan: A New Chapter in VTB League". TalkBasket.net. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ "Добро пожаловать, Эртурул Эрдоган! | ПБК Руна | Москва". ПБК Руна (in Russian). 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
External links edit
- Ertuğrul Erdoğan at Galatasaray.org
- Ertuğrul Erdoğan at Eurobasket.com
- Ertuğrul Erdoğan at Euroleague.net