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- Role
- Head Coach
- Nationality
- Turkey
- National team
- Turkey
- Born
- 7 Jan 1966
Ergin Ataman is the Turkey head coach, and for the moment he has no club. Panathinaikos let him go in June 2026, after three seasons and a EuroLeague title. He was born on 7 January 1966.
Before Athens he spent almost his whole career in Turkish basketball. Efes Pilsen, Besiktas, Galatasaray, and then Anadolu Efes for six years. Italy had him briefly, at Siena and Bologna.
Turkey has had him since 2022, in his second spell in the job. He took them to the EuroBasket final in 2025 and lost it to Germany. He is still their coach. The club offers have not come yet.
FAQ About Ergin Ataman
What did Ataman win at EuroBasket 2025?
Silver, and the Best Coach award of the tournament. Turkey went through the whole competition unbeaten and lost only the final, 88-83 to a Germany side run by Alex Mumbru.
Who replaced him at Panathinaikos?
Zeljko Obradovic, in June 2026, returning to the club fourteen years after he left it. Ataman had taken over in 2023 and won the EuroLeague in his first season there.
How many EuroLeague titles does Ergin Ataman have?
Three. Two with Anadolu Efes, in 2021 and 2022, and one with Panathinaikos in 2024. He was named EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2021, the first of those two Efes seasons.
Coaching record
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