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Arnis Vecvagars

Arnis Vecvagars
Jūrmala/Fēnikss
Position Head coach
Personal information
Born (1974-04-12) April 12, 1974 (age 43)
Riga, Latvia
Nationality Latvian
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
Playing career 1991–2008
Position Forward
Number 15
Coaching career 2010–present
Career history
As coach:
2014–present BK Jūrmala/Fēnikss
Career highlights and awards

As player:


As player:

Arnis Vecvagars (April 12, 1974) is a Latvian former basketball player and current coach of BK Jūrmala. He is the father of Latvian basketball player Kaspars Vecvagars.

Arnis Vecvagars spent most of his career playing in LBL with ASK/Brocēni/LMT, BK Ventspils and ASK Riga as the most notable teams. Vecvagars won seven LBL titles: Brocēni (1997-1999), BK Ventspils (2003-2005), ASK Rīga (2007).

For couple of seasons he went abroad playing for Austrian team UKJ SÜBA St. Pölten and Polish side Ericsson Bobry.

He represented Latvian National Team at EuroBasket 2001 and EuroBasket 2003.

Vecvagars made his head coaching debut in 2012 with BA Turība of Latvian Basketball League. On July 17, 2014, Vecvagars was named head coach of BK Jūrmala.

In 2014, Vecvagars was head coach Latvian U18 National Team. He also worked as an assistant to senior Latvian National Team.


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