Doug Spradley

Douglas "Doug" Spradley (born September 14, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American-German professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player.

Spradley played college basketball at Gonzaga University (1986-89), where he earned West Coast Conference First team honors in 1987-88 and 1988-89 as well as Honorable Mention status in 1986-87. He amassed 1,427 points during his GU career and became a member of Gonzaga’s 40 Point Club after scoring 40 points against Loyola Marymount on February 18, 1989.

Coming out of college in 1989, Spradley signed with the Amsterdam Canadians, a professional basketball team from the Netherlands. He spent three years with the club, before accepting an offer from the Paderborn Baskets of Germany. He helped the team earn promotion to Germany’s top-flight Basketball Bundesliga in 1994. He left Paderborn in 1996 and spent two years at SG Braunschweig, followed by another two years at SSV Weißenfels before rounding out his playing days with the Paderborn team in the 2000-01 season.

Following his playing career, Spradley took over as head coach of the Paderborn Baskets in 2001. In 2005-06, he led Paderborn to an undefeated season, which resulted in winning the 2. Bundesliga championship and gaining promotion to the first German division. In 2009, Spradley left Paderborn after eight years at the helm to take on a new challenge at Eisbären Bremerhaven. During his four-year tenure, he guided Bremerhaven to the Bundesliga semifinals in 2010 and to the quarterfinals one year later. Spradley parted company with the Eisbären organization at the conclusion of the 2012-13 campaign.

In May 2014, he was appointed as the new head coach of s.Oliver Würzburg. In his first year at the helm, Spradley steered the team to promotion to Germany’s top tier. In 2015-16, he coached Würzburg to a quarterfinal appearance in the Bundesliga playoffs. On December 30, 2016, he was sacked by s.Oliver Würzburg after seven defeats in ten games.

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