Aydın Örs (born 23 July 1946 in Ankara) is a Turkish former basketball coach and former head coach of Fenerbahçe.[1][2] He started to play basketball in 1963. He played for DSİ Spor and Sekerspor also played for 35 times with the Turkish national basketball team.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | Ankara, Turkey | 23 July 1946|||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||
Coaching career | 1981–2007 | |||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||
1981–1992 | Efes Pilsen (youth) | |||||||||||
1992–2000 | Efes Pilsen | |||||||||||
2001–2003 | Turkey | |||||||||||
2003–2007 | Fenerbahçe | |||||||||||
Medals
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He started to be Efes Pilsen youth level coach in 1981 then head-coach of Efes Pilsen SK in 1992. He won 20 cups in 29 years as a head-coach.
He was the head-coach of the Turkish national basketball team when they played in the final of EuroBasket 2001.
He was also the head coach of Efes Pilsen SK where he won couple of titles, as well as the third biggest cup of European basketball on clubs-level, the Korać Cup in 1996. When he was the head-coach of Efes Pilsen S.K. he was known as the architect of "death" zone defense
He also was the head coach of Fenerbahçe in 2007, where he earned another national title. His arguments with Will Solomon were notable as he benched the American basketball player after a few incidents.[citation needed]
Honors
edit- with Efes Pilsen
- Korać Cup (1): 1996
- Turkish League (5): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997
- Turkish Cup (3): 1994, 1996, 1997
- Turkish President's Cup (3): 1993, 1996, 1998
- Saporta Cup: 1993 (runner-up)
- Turkish Youth League: 4 times
- with Fenerbahçe
- Turkish League (1) : 2007
- with National Team
- EuroBasket 2001 final
- with National Youth Team
- Balkan Cup (2): 1986, 1992