Arnis Vecvagars
| Barsy Atyrau | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | NBF BIBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 12, 1974 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1991–2008 |
| Position | Forward |
| Number | 15 |
| Coaching career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2012–2014 | BA Turība |
| 2014–2017 | BK Jūrmala/Fēnikss |
| 2017 | Latvia (assistant) |
| 2017–2019 | Latvia |
| 2018–present | BC Barsy Atyrau |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
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Arnis Vecvagars (April 12, 1974) is a Latvian former basketball player, and former coach of the Latvian national basketball team. He is the father of Latvian basketball player Kaspars Vecvagars.
Playing career[edit]
Arnis Vecvagars spent most of his career playing in LBL with ASK/Brocēni/LMT, BK Ventspils and ASK Riga as the most notable teams. Vecvagars won seven LBL titles: Brocēni (1997-1999), BK Ventspils (2003-2005), ASK Rīga (2007).[1]
For couple of seasons he went abroad playing for Austrian team UKJ SÜBA St. Pölten and Polish side Ericsson Bobry.[2]
He represented Latvian National Team at EuroBasket 2001 and EuroBasket 2003.
Coaching career[edit]
Vecvagars made his head coaching debut in 2012 with BA Turība of Latvian Basketball League. On July 17, 2014, Vecvagars was named head coach of BK Jūrmala.[3]
In 2014, Vecvagars was head coach Latvian U18 National Team. Since 2012, he also worked as an assistant coach to senior Latvian National Team.[4] On 27 September, Vecvagars was named the new head coach of the Latvian National Team.[5] His contract ended on 28 March 2019 and was not extended, releasing him of national team duties.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "VEF Rīga – trīskārtējie Latvijas čempioni". 27 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Arnis Vecvagars - Saporta Cup (1999) - FIBA Europe". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Basketbols / Diena". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Vecvagars un Štālbergs būs Bagatska asistenti Latvijas izlasē/". Delfi. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ Jānis Krops, Tālis Eipurs (27 September 2017). "Arnis Vecvagars izvēlēts par Latvijas basketbola izlases galveno treneri". LSM.LV. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Vecvagars neturpinās darbu Latvijas basketbola izlases galvenā trenera amatā". Public Broadcasting of Latvia (in Latvian). 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
