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Turkish basketball coach (born 1984)
Andaç Yapıcıer
ART Giants Düsseldorf
PositionHead coach
LeagueGermany ProA
Personal information
Born (1984-12-18) 18 December 1984 (age 40)
Kırklareli, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Coaching career2005–present
Career history
As coach:
2005–2015Anadolu Efes Youth Team
2016–2017Pertevniyal
2017–2018Sigortam.net Bakırköy Basket
2018–2020Sigortam.net İTÜ
2020–2022Sigortam.net Basketball
2023–2023Al-Ahli Club (Bahrain)
2023-2024ART Giants Düsseldorf
Career highlights and awards
As head coach

As youth team head coach

  • U14 Turkish National Champion (2010-11)
  • 3× U16 Turkish National Champion (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15)

Andaç Yapıcıer (born 18 December 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of ART Giants Düsseldorf in ProA Germany

Coaching career

Anadolu Efes Youth Teams (2005–2015)

Yapıcıer began his coaching career at Anadolu Efes youth program in 2005. He won National Championship Cup four times as a head coach. He coached three NBA players at Anadolu Efes who are Onuralp Bitim - Chicago Bulls, Furkan Korkmaz - Philadelphia Sixers and Cedi Osman - San Antonio Spurs and reached the championship titles with them.

Pertevniyal (2016–2017)

He signed with Pertevniyal of the Turkish Basketball League. Pertevniyal was the lowest budget of the Turkish Basketball League so far. The season finished as planned with success. Ege Arar and Nedim Yücel were the important players of the team.

Sigortam.net Bakırköy (2017–2018)

Yapıcıer signed a three-year contract and became the head coach of Sigortam.net Bakırköy. Onuralp Bitim was one of the important player of the team and helped Yapıcıer's team success in Turkish Basketball League.

Sigortam.net ITU (2018–2020)

After 2017–2018 season the club with new name reached the play-off finals that was one of the lowest budget at the Turkish Basketball League. Former Turkish National Team player Cenk Akyol helped the team success.

Yapıcıer had a successful season with the team which finished the play-off final in the second place. After that Turkish Basketball Federation invited the club to Basketbol Super League.

Sigortam.net ITU was one of the lowest budget of the Basketbol Super League. Former NBA player Archie Goodwin was one of the important player of the team. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was declared that the 2019–2020 season was cancelled by the Turkish Basketball Federation.

Sigortam.net Basketball (2020–2022)

Sigortam.net was the new member of Turkish Basketball League which took the license of Bandırma Kırmızı. After that the club signed two-year contract with Yapıcıer. In his first season he won the 2020 Federation Cup title following a 84–76 win over Semt77 Yalovaspor in the Final.

Yapıcıer's team was the best defensive team in the regular season of 2021–2022. He reached the semi-final of Turkish Basketball League Play-Off.

Al-Ahli Manama Bahrain (2023–2023)

Al-Ahli Manama agreed terms with Turkish coach for 2023–24 season. Yapıcıer's team was the leader of Bahrain Premier League before he accepted the offer from ART Giants Düsseldorf.

ART Giants Düsseldorf (2023–2024)

During the 2023–2024 season Andaç Yapıcıer signed with ART Giants Düsseldorf after buy-out process to Bahrain Club. The season finished as planned with staying in the league and success. On November 13, 2024, he left ART Giants Düsseldorf.

References

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  2. "Anadolu Efes U16 reached the title". sporx.com. 2013-05-12.
  3. "Furkan Korkmaz's Nba dream at Anadolu Efes". eurohoops.net. 2017-07-05.
  4. "Anadolu Efes reached the title". ntvspor.net. 2013-05-12.
  5. "Andac Yapıcıer signed with Pertevniyal". 2016-08-04. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13.
  6. "Ege Arar helped Pertevniyal". galatasaray.org. 2016-10-19.
  7. "Nedim Yücel talking about his career". basketbolig.com. 2017-03-03.
  8. "Bakırköy Basket coach Andac Yapicier talking about club's plan". basketbolig.com. 2017-12-12.
  9. "Yapıcıer talking about finals". ribaunddergi.com. 2019-06-15.
  10. "Sigortam.net ITU invited to Super League". trthaber.com. 2019-09-20.
  11. "Sigortam.net won the Federation Cup". beinsports.com.tr. 2020-10-11.
  12. "Yapıcıer inked with Al-Ahli". asia-basket.com. 2023-08-23.
  13. "Yapıcıer's team Al-Ahli leader of the Bahrain league". basketfaul.com.tr. 2023-11-23.
  14. "Andaç Yapıcıer agreed with ART Giants Düsseldorf". art-giants.de. 2023-12-29.
  15. "Yapicier left ART Giants Düsseldorf". basketdergisi.com. 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-17.

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