Overview
- Sport director Thorsten Leibenath praised Harrelson’s clear coaching compass and his ability to pair targeted development with ambitious results.
- Ulm sits sixth in the BBL at 12–9 after a stabilizing run of wins in Munich, Trier and Oldenburg that followed Harrelson’s late-January public reprimand.
- Hired from Rasta Vechta in 2024, Harrelson led Ulm to last season’s Bundesliga final, where the team fell to Bayern in a decisive Game 5.
- Harrelson is credited with advancing NBA first-round picks Noa Essengue (Chicago Bulls) and Ben Saraf (Brooklyn Nets) and facilitating Euroleague moves for Justinian Jessup, Karim Jallow and Marcio Santos.
- This week included national-team call-ups for multiple Ulm players and a visit from Bavarian prime minister Markus Söder, who signed the club’s Goldenes Buch.