| Tartu Ülikool | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | Korvpalli Meistriliiga Estonian-Latvian Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-06-12)12 June 1967 (age 58) Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Estonian / Greek | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1983–2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2005–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | TSIK | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Standard | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Rīgas ASK | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Youngstown Pride | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Baltika | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Tallinn | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Liege Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | TTÜ-A. Le Coq | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | BC Kalev | ||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | BC Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | BC Kalev (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Estonia U-20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | TTÜ KK | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | BC Kalev | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Rapla KK | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Estonia U-20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Audentes/Noortekoondis | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Tartu Ülikool | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
As player:
As head coach:
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Aivar Kuusmaa (born 12 June 1967) is an Estonian basketball coach and former professionalbasketball player who currently serves as head coach forTartu Ülikool of theLatvian-Estonian Basketball League. He played mostly at theshooting guard position.
He won theUSSR Premier Basketball League in 1991 as a member of theTallinn Kalev basketball team. Kuusmaa mostly played in Estonia, but he also spent three seasons in Greece, withPanathinaikos and one season in Belgium, withLiege Basket. Also, during the service in theSoviet Army, Kuusmaa was stationed inLatvian SSR and played in the local army sports clubRīgas ASK. After retiring in 2005 he has been coachingBC Kalev/Cramo (2005–2007 & 2010–2012),TTÜ KK (2007–2010) andAVIS Utilitas Rapla (2014–2018). Kuusmaa has also greek citizenship under the surname Magoulas. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2020.[1]
As a player
As a coach
Abbreviations:
QF; quarter-finals.
T16; top sixteen.
R1; first round.
DNP; did not participate.
| League | Club | Season | Domestic Competitions | Baltic Basketball League | VTB United League | European Competitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Cup | Competition | Position | Competition | Position | ||||
| Korvpalli Meistriliiga | Kalev/Cramo | 2005–06 | 1st | 1st | Baltic League | 9th | DNP | 3EuroCup | GS |
| TTÜ | 2007–08 | 10th | R1 | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||
| 2008–09 | 3rd | 2nd | Challenge Cup | QF | DNP | DNP | |||
| 2009–10 | 4th | 3rd | Challenge Cup | 4th | DNP | DNP | |||
| Kalev/Cramo | 2010–11 | 1st | 3rd | Baltic League | 9th | GS | DNP | ||
| 2011–12 | 1st | 2nd | Baltic League | QF | GS | DNP | |||
| AVIS Utilitas Rapla | 2014–15 | 3rd | QF | Baltic League | T16 | DNP | DNP | ||
| 2015–16 | 3rd | T16 | Baltic League | T16 | DNP | DNP | |||
| 2016–17 | 2nd | QF | Baltic League | T16 | DNP | DNP | |||
| 2017–18 | 3rd | No competition | Baltic League | QF | DNP | DNP | |||
| LEBL | 2018–19 | (resigned) | No competition | DNP | DNP | ||||