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Arnis Vecvagars

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Arnis Vecvagars
Free Agent
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1974-04-12) April 12, 1974 (age 50)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLatvian
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
Playing career1991–2008
PositionForward
Number15
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As coach:
2012–2014BA Turība
2014–2017BK Jūrmala/Fēnikss
2017Latvia (assistant)
2017–2019Latvia
2018–2022BC Barsy Atyrau
2022–2024Bertanu Valmieras basketbola skola
Career highlights and awards
As player:

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

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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

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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]

In October 2022, A. Vecvagars was appointed head coach of the Valmiera Glass Via, a club in the Latvian National Basketball League (LBL2).[7]

References

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  1. ^ "VEF Rīga – trīskārtējie Latvijas čempioni". 27 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Arnis Vecvagars - Saporta Cup (1999) - FIBA Europe". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Basketbols / Diena". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Vecvagars un Štālbergs būs Bagatska asistenti Latvijas izlasē/". Delfi. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. ^ Jānis Krops, Tālis Eipurs (27 September 2017). "Arnis Vecvagars izvēlēts par Latvijas basketbola izlases galveno treneri". LSM.LV. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Vecvagars neturpinās darbu Latvijas basketbola izlases galvenā trenera amatā". Public Broadcasting of Latvia (in Latvian). 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  7. ^ "Bertānu Valmieras Basketbola skolas komandu turpmāk vadīs Arnis Vecvagars". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
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