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Bamberg's Anton Gavel Named BBL Coach of the Year

The honor caps a turnaround season with low-budget Bamberg.

Overview

  • Anton Gavel won the Basketball Bundesliga's Coach of the Year with 78.2% of the vote.
  • The ballot drew votes from 18 team captains and assistant coaches, 140 journalists, and five former pros.
  • Bamberg revealed the news in a team meeting video where his children told him he had won.
  • Gavel's Bamberg side lifted the national cup in February and reached the playoffs despite the league's smallest player budget of €1.46 million.
  • German outlets report fresh speculation that he could replace Svetislav Pešić at FC Bayern after the season.