Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year

The Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year is an annual award of Europe's premier level basketball league, the EuroLeague, that is given to each season's best head coach. The award was first introduced in the 2004–05 season. The winner of the award receives the Alexander Gomelsky Trophy, named after the Russian head basketball coach, who among other achievements, led Rīgas ASK to three consecutive EuroLeague titles, between 1958 and 1960, before adding one more with CSKA Moscow in 1971.

Georgios Bartzokas is a 3 time EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year (2013, 2022, and 2023).

Željko Obradović is a 3 time EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year (2007, 2011, and 2017).

Pini Gershon was the first recipient of the award, after winning the 2005 EuroLeague title with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Georgios Bartzokas and Željko Obradović won the award three times.

Winners

Dušan Ivković was the EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year in 2012.

David Blatt was the EuroLeague Head Coach of the Year in 2014.

Season	Head Coach	Team	Ref
2004–05	Pini Gershon	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	[1]
2005–06	Ettore Messina	CSKA Moscow	[2]
2006–07	Željko Obradović	Panathinaikos	[3]
2007–08	Ettore Messina (2x)	CSKA Moscow	[4]
2008–09	Duško Vujošević	Partizan	[5]
2009–10	Xavi Pascual	Regal FC Barcelona	[6]
2010–11	Željko Obradović (2x)	Panathinaikos	[7]
2011–12	Dušan Ivković	Olympiacos	[8]
2012–13	Georgios Bartzokas	Olympiacos	[9]
2013–14	David Blatt	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	[10]
2014–15	Pablo Laso	Real Madrid	[11]
2015–16	Dimitrios Itoudis	CSKA Moscow	[12]
2016–17	Željko Obradović (3x)	Fenerbahçe	[13]
2017–18	Pablo Laso (2x)	Real Madrid	[14]
2018–19	Dimitrios Itoudis (2x)	CSKA Moscow	[15]
2019–20	Not awarded ¹
2020–21	Ergin Ataman	Anadolu Efes	[16]
2021–22	Georgios Bartzokas (2x)	Olympiacos	[17]
2022–23	Georgios Bartzokas (3x)	Olympiacos	[18]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

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