Alexander Gomelsky

Alexander Gomelsky

Personal information
Born	(1928-01-18)18 January 1928 Kronstadt, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	16 August 2005(2005-08-16) (aged 77) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet / Russian
Career information
Playing career	1945–1953
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career	1949–1991
Career history
As player:
1945–1948	SKIF Leningrad
1949–1953	SKA Leningrad
As coach:
1949–1952	Spartak Leningrad (women)
1953–1965	Rīgas ASK
1970–1979, 1985–1986	CSKA Moscow
1988–1989	Tenerife AB
1990–1991	CSP Limoges
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach Olympics Games champion (1988) 2× FIBA World Cup champion (1967, 1982) 6× FIBA EuroBasket champion (1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981) 4× EuroLeague champion (1958–1960, 1971) FIBA EuroStar (1999) Honored Coach of the USSR (1956) Master of Sports of the USSR International Class (1965) 12× Soviet League champion (1955–1958, 1971–1974, 1976–1979) 2× Soviet Cup winner (1972, 1973) 4× Soviet Union Men's Basketball Coach of the Year (1967, 1977, 1982, 1988) Honored Coach of the Lithuanian SSR (1982) Olympic Order (1998) Contributor to Russian Basketball (2004) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
Basketball Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals Men's Basketball Head coach for  Soviet Union FIBA EuroBasket 1963 Poland 1965 Soviet Union 1967 Finland 1969 Italy 1977 Belgium 1979 Italy 1981 Czechoslovakia 1983 France 1987 Greece FIBA World Cup 1963 Rio de Janeiro 1967 Montevideo 1970 Yugoslavia 1978 Philippines 1982 Colombia Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1980 Moscow 1988 Seoul

Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (Russian: Александр Яковлевич Гомельский; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach.^[1] The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.

Alexander Gomelsky was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee in 1998. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.