THE Sarunas Yasikevicius of Fenerbahce was named the top coach of Euroleague For the 2024-25 season and wrote history in the event as the only one who has won the trophy as a player and won the Aleksander Gomelskiy award.
Having taken over Fenerbahce in the middle of last season, succeeding Dimitris Itoudis, Sarounas Yasikevicius led the Turkish team to the Euroleague Final 4 last year and this year in second place in the regular season, despite many injuries.
The Euroleague announcement
Fennerbahce’s Sarounas Yasikevicius was declared the coach of the year “Aleksander Gomelskiy” for the period 2024–25 and became the first Lithuanian to receive the award.
Despite numerous injuries, it led Fenerbahce to a record 23-11 and second in the regular season. Yasikevicius is now the first person to win Euroleague as a player and later declared a leading coach in the league.
His leadership helped Fenerbahce to draw most of the away wins in the league, while keeping the playoffs in a difficult season.
Yasikevicius was selected by his counterparts – Turkish Airlines coaches at EuroLeague – as the recipient of the top coach of the season.
Sarunas Jasikevicius of Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul has been named the 2024–25 Aleksander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year, becoming the first Lithuanian to receive the award
Despite numerous injuries, he led Fenerbahçe to a 23–11 record and second place in the regular season … pic.twitter.com/HmXeWcnLqV
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Fenerbahce will now face Paris for a place in Abu Dhabi’s Final 4.