Björn Harmsen (born 19 July 1982) is a German
basketball
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coach. He is the current head coach of
Science City Jena
Science City Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the ProA. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Björn Harmsen.
The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through th ...
. He started his coaching career in 2005, with
Jena
Jena (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 in ...
.
In 2016, Harmsen achieved promotion to the first-tier
Basketball Bundesliga
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with Science City Jena.
In 2021 he signed with
Uni Baskets Münster
Uni Baskets Münster is a professional basketball club based in Münster, Germany. Since the 2022/23 season, the club competes in the second tier ProA league.
History
The club was founded in 1961 as ''UBC Münster''. In 1978 they won the 2. Bask ...
of the German
ProB
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. He led the team to a promotion to the
ProA
The ProA is the German basketball league system, second-tier Sports league, league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the ''2. Basketball Bundesliga'', which consists of the t ...
in the 2021/22 season.
After the first
ProA
The ProA is the German basketball league system, second-tier Sports league, league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the ''2. Basketball Bundesliga'', which consists of the t ...
season with
Uni Baskets Münster
Uni Baskets Münster is a professional basketball club based in Münster, Germany. Since the 2022/23 season, the club competes in the second tier ProA league.
History
The club was founded in 1961 as ''UBC Münster''. In 1978 they won the 2. Bask ...
he signed back with
Science City Jena
Science City Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the ProA. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Björn Harmsen.
The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through th ...
in 2023.
References
1982 births
Living people
German basketball coaches
Giessen 46ers coaches
Mitteldeutscher BC coaches
Science City Jena coaches
Sportspeople from Göttingen
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