EuroLeague is the coaches' league, which saw a lot of great basketball masterminds. But who are the most dominant ones and which nationality takes over the coaching challenge? BasketNews presents the analyzed data since the modern EuroLeague started in 2000.
1604 games. That's how many times Serbian head coaches have guided various teams in the EuroLeague. It's the most among all nationalities.
This Balcanic country served such greats as Zeljko Obradovic, Dusan Ivkovic, Svetislav Pesic, Bozidar Maljkovic ... you name it.
No wonder Serbians have coached (and won) the most games in the EuroLeague.
Second among all? Well, interessante – Italian coaches, with 1476 games. Spain specialists rank third, having 1415 contests in their disposition.
The Greeks are the fourth on this all-time list, however, they are the ones with the best winning percentage. Out of 1071 duels, Greek masterminds managed to navigate their squads to 619 victories (57.8%).
Most games coached by nationality (February 7, 2022):
| Nationality | Games | Wins | Losses | Win % |
| Serbia | 1604 | 851 | 753 | 53.1% |
| Italy | 1476 | 776 | 700 | 52.6% |
| Spain | 1415 | 806 | 609 | 57% |
| Greece | 1071 | 619 | 452 | 57.8% |
| Croatia | 844 | 388 | 456 | 46% |
| Lithuania | 704 | 307 | 397 | 43.6% |
| Turkey | 682 | 330 | 352 | 48.4% |
| Montenegro | 565 | 279 | 286 | 49.4% |
| USA | 398 | 199 | 199 | 50% |
| France | 386 | 114 | 272 | 29.5% |
| Slovenia | 259 | 98 | 161 | 37.8% |
| Israel | 257 | 147 | 110 | 57.2% |
| Russia | 159 | 78 | 81 | 49.1% |
| Germany | 94 | 21 | 73 | 22.3% |
| Poland | 72 | 24 | 48 | 33.3% |
Now let's dive into the most successful coaches by wins total in the EuroLeague.
Legendary Zeljko Obradovic captures first place there with 313 wins, taking in mind all of his superb achievements. Nine EuroLeague titles speak for themselves.
Basketball professor from Italy, Ettore Messina, is the second one (278 wins), being a four-time strongest continental league champion.
Arguably best tactician Xavi Pascual is lurking behind the mentioned two with 241 victories. The Spanish specialist is a EuroLeague champion as well, getting the accolade in 2010.
After Pablo Laso (230 wins), Dimitris Itoudis close the Top 5. CSKA Moscow head coach and two-time EuroLeague champ has 191 victorious efforts on his resume. On top of that, his winning percentage is the best of all (75.2%).
Dusko Ivanovic is 6th on the all-time list with 185 wins, and he has won the most games without winning the trophy. He coached Baskonia to EuroLeague finals in 2001 and 2005 but lost both times.
At 7th with most wins in the EuroLeague, we find Ergin Ataman, current champion with Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
Ataman, however, has lost more games (170) than won (167) and he is the only coach with a negative balance in the Top 10 coaches by Ws.
Most wins by coach (February 7, 2022):
| Coach | Nationality | Games | Wins | Losses | Win % |
| Zeljko Obradovic | Serbia | 454 | 313 | 141 | 68.9% |
| Ettore Messina | Italy | 391 | 278 | 113 | 71.1% |
| Xavi Pascual | Spain | 355 | 241 | 114 | 67.9% |
| Pablo Laso | Spain | 326 | 230 | 96 | 70.6% |
| Dimitris Itoudis | Greece | 254 | 191 | 63 | 75.2% |
| Dusko Ivanovic | Montenegro | 333 | 185 | 148 | 55.6% |
| Ergin Ataman | Turkey | 337 | 167 | 170 | 49.6% |
| David Blatt | USA | 265 | 152 | 113 | 57.4% |
| Georgios Bartzokas | Greece | 256 | 139 | 117 | 54.3% |
| Dusan Ivkovic | Serbia | 202 | 134 | 68 | 66.3% |
| Ioannis Sfairopoulos | Greece | 227 | 131 | 96 | 57.7% |
| Velimir Perasovic | Croatia | 234 | 121 | 113 | 51.7% |
| Oktay Mahmuti | Turkey | 204 | 113 | 91 | 55.4% |
| Sarunas Jasikevicus | Lithuania | 204 | 113 | 91 | 55.4% |
| Jasmin Repesa | Croatia | 227 | 109 | 118 | 48.0% |
| Sergio Scariolo | Italy | 202 | 107 | 95 | 53.0% |
| Svetislav Pesic | Serbia | 173 | 102 | 71 | 59.0% |
| Simone Pianigiani | Italy | 180 | 101 | 79 | 56.1% |
| Joan Plaza | Spain | 190 | 90 | 100 | 47.4% |
| Pini Gershon | Israel | 138 | 90 | 48 | 65.2% |
