Dirk Bauermann (born 10 December 1957) is a German professional
basketball
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coach.
Playing career
Bauermann played
club basketball in the German senior club of BBC Krefeld, from 1975 to 1981.
Club coaching career
Bauermann was an assistant coach at
Fresno State University, with the
Fresno State Bulldogs, from 1986 to 1988.
He was then an assistant coach with the
German League club
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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during the 1988-89 season, before becoming the team's
head coach
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prior to the 1989-90 season. With Leverkusen, he won 7
German League championships and 4
German Cups, and was twice named the German League's Coach of the Year.
He then coached the
Belgian League club
Oostende, and after that, the Greek club
Apollon Patras, which was competing in the
Greek Second Division
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at the time.
He then coached the German League club
Brandt Hagen, before coaching the
Greek League club
Dafni.
He coached the German League club
Brose Baskets, from 2001 to 2008. With Brose, he won two German League championships, and was twice named the German League's Coach of the Year.
He next coached the German club
Bayern Munich, before coaching the
Lithuanian League club
Lietuvos Rytas.
In 2014, he signed with
Krasny Oktyabr in Russia. In 2016, he signed with German League club
s.Oliver Würzburg
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.
On 25 May 2017, he signed with Chinese club
Sichuan Blue Whales.
He has signed a 1,5 year contract with Pınar Karşıyaka on 21 February 2019. He parted ways with Pınar Karşıyaka at the end of season. In January 2020, he was named head coach of German second-tier side
Rostock Seawolves. Bauermann guided Rostock to the ProA regular season championship in 2020-21 and parted company with the team at the conclusion of the season.
National team coaching career
Bauerman was the head coach of the senior men's
German national basketball team at the
1994 FIBA World Championship. He also coached Germany at the
EuroBasket 2005, where Germany won the silver medal. In addition to that, he also coached Germany at the following tournaments: the
2006 FIBA World Championship
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, the
EuroBasket 2007, the
2008 Summer Olympic Games, the
EuroBasket 2009, the
2010 FIBA World Championship, and the
EuroBasket 2011.
He became the head coach of the
Polish national basketball team in 2013. He led his team to a disappointing
EuroBasket 2013, recording only one win. In January 2014 he decided to not extend his contract.
He became the head coach of the
Iranian national basketball team in 2015. With Iran he won the bronze medal at the
2015 FIBA Asia Championship. He stepped down from his post as head coach of the Iranian national team in January 2017, shortly after agreeing terms with s.Oliver Würzburg.
In 2021, he guided Tunisia to gold at the
FIBA AfroBasket. Bauermann stepped back as Tunisia's head coach in September 2022 due to personal reasons.
Honors
As head coach:
*International Championships:
**
FIBA African Championship: 2021
*National Championships:
**9×
German League champion
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: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2007
*National Cups:
**4×
German Cup winner: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
*Individual:
**4×
German League Coach of the Year: 1990, 1991, 2003, 2004
References
External links
Euroleague.net Coaching Profile
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Living people
1957 births
Apollon Patras B.C. coaches
Basketbol Süper Ligi head coaches
BC Rytas coaches
Brose Baskets coaches
Dafni B.C. coaches
FC Bayern Munich basketball coaches
German basketball coaches
German men's basketball players
German expatriate basketball people in Iran
German expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
German expatriate basketball people in Belgium
German expatriate basketball people in Russia
German expatriate basketball people in Greece
Karşıyaka basketball coaches
Sportspeople from Oberhausen