Jānis Gailītis

Jānis Gailītis
VEF Rīga
PositionHead coach
LeagueLEBL
Personal information
Born (1985-04-23) 23 April 1985 (age 38)
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
NationalityLatvian
Career information
Playing career2002–2010
PositionPoint guard
Number4
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2004BK Skonto
2004–2007ASK Juniors
2007–2010VEF Rīga
As coach:
2010–2015VEF Rīga (assistant)
2015–presentVEF Rīga
2021–presentLatvia (assistant)
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Latvia
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Latvia National Team

Jānis Gailītis (born 23 April 1985) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and professional basketball coach, who is currently a head coach for VEF Rīga,[1] and an assistant for Luca Banchi in Latvian National Team.

Career

From 2002 till 2011 Gailītis was a professional basketball player. He played for such teams as Skonto, ASK Rīga and VEF Rīga.[2] Since 2007, he was player-manager for VEF Rīga but at the 2010–2011 season was promoted to assistant coach.[3] On 17 December 2015 Gailītis took over the head coaching duties, after Carlos Frade was fired.[4] With Gailītis at the helm, VEF has won five Latvian championships and reached VTB United League quarterfinals twice.

National teams

In 2011 and 2013, he was the assistant coach for Latvian U16 team. In 2014, Gailītis was the head coach for Latvian U16 team, which won a silver medal at the FIBA Europe U16 Championship. In 2015, he was the head coach for Latvian U18 team. Since 2021, Gailītis is an assistant coach for Luca Banchi in the Men's National Team.[5]

Honors and awards

Club career

National Team

References

  1. ^ VEF Riga roster
  2. ^ Gailītis player profile on basket.lv
  3. ^ Gailītis pārņem "VEF Rīga" stūri, komandu atstāj Nankivils
  4. ^ @EurobasketNews (December 12, 2015). "VTB United League - Janis Gailitis replaces Carlos Frade as head coach of VEF Riga" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Banki asistenti Latvijas izlasē būs Gailītis un Visockis-Rubenis