Having achieved his 4th cup victory in the European arena, Ergin Ataman went down in history as the 3rd coach to achieve this.
Coach Ergin Ataman, who reached the 4th cup victory in the European arena with the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague victory, went down in history as the 3rd coach to achieve this. Ataman had already won the EuroCup, Saporta and EuroChallenge Cup. There were only two coaches who have won 4 different European championships in history: Dusan Ivkovic (EuroLeague, EuroCup, Saporta and Koraç) and Aito Garcia Reneses (EuroCup, Saporta, Koraç and EuroChallenge).
With 4 different teams…
Ataman’s firsts did not end there. Ataman managed to become the 4th coach to win the European championship with 4 different teams. Previously, Obradovic (Partizan, Joventut, B.Treviso, Real Madrid, Panathinaikos, Fenerbahçe), Dusan Ivkovic (Partizan, AEK, Olympiakos and Dinamo Moscow) and Bozidar Maljkovic (Split, Limoges, Panathinaikos and Unicaja) have achieved this.
