ILPO RANTANEN
Basketball coach My current team: - Born: 1969 From: Tampere, Finland
Coaching experience: 32,5 years (started in 1984 at the age of 14) Top basketball coaching degree: 1995 The golden badge of merit / Finnish Basketball Association 2014 (# 177) Best accomplishments: 5 Finnish Championships, Occupation: History teacher (University of Tampere, 2000) 2016-17 BC Nokia Men Head coach - Head coach (interim) from August to December. Record 7-10. Released in December. 2015-16 BC Nokia Men Assistant coach - 3rd place in Korisliiga. Not bad for a newcomer team. An assistant to coach Oliver Vidin. 2014-15 Tampereen Pyrintö Women Head coach - The rebuilding process continued in the top league, Korisliiga. Record: 8-19 (9th place). Team secured their spot in the league for 2015-16 which was the goal. 2013-14 Tampereen Pyrintö Women Head coach - 1st division, women: Record 12-6 (after an 0-3 start), T3rd place. Playoffs, 2-3 against HyPo in the semifinals (18-0 in the regular season). - Team promoted to the top league for 2014-15 despite the semifinal loss 2012-13 Tampereen Pyrintö Men Assisistant coach
- Finnish league (Korisliiga): Playoffs, 1st round. Regular season 31-13, 4th place. - Eurochallenge First round (group stage): 2 wins, 4 losses - Finnish Cup: Championship 2011-12 Tampereen Pyrintö Men Assistant coach
- Finnish league (Korisliiga): 4th place - Finnish cup: 2nd place. - Eurochallenge, lost to Szolnok (went to Final Four) by 4 points. Won by 8 at home (up by
+ Men Under 20, National Team. Assistant coach.
2010-11 Tampereen Pyrintö Men Assistant coach
- Finnish Championship. Most regular season wins ever in Finland (37-7).
+ Girls Under 16, National Team. Assistant coach.
2009-10 Tampereen Pyrintö Men Assistant coach
- Finnish Championship (first ever for the club) - Finnish cup: 2nd place
+ Girls Under 16, National Team (Division A). Head coach
2008-09 Espoo Team Women Head coach
- Finnish Championship (first ever for the club) - Finnish cup: Championship
+ Men Under 18, National Team. Assistant coach.
2007-08 BC Nokia Women Head coach
- Playoffs, first round. Not an excellent accomplishment, but we won 14 games with a team which had won 7 games the season before and won 0 games the season after this one.
+ Girls Under 16, National Team. Head coach. (7-2, 5th place in Division B. Best result ever for Finland by that time)
2006-07 Pantterit, Korihait Women, men Head coach
- Pantterit pulled their team from the league 2 weeks before the season started. Korihait offered a job in October but because the city in 2 hours away from where I live and go to work, I quit in the beginning of January. We started 5-2 (the team was 1-6 before me) but went downhill since. I couldn’t reach my own standards so I quit.
+ Girls Under 15, National Team. Head coach.
2005-06 Pantterit Women Head coach
- Finnish Championship - Baltic League: 9th place. Beat teams like Arvi (top
2002-05 Tampereen Pyrintö Women Head coach
- A massive rebuilding operation. From not having a team at all to the league in 2 years to the playoffs in the 3rd. 2nd place in girls under 18 competition the first year on the side.
2000-02 Tapiolan Honka, Espoo Women Head coach
- Finnish league: 2nd place - Finnish cup: Championship
1999-2000 Tampereen Pyrintö Women, WU20, WU18 Head coach
- The women’s team came up from 1st division to the league (the club didn’t accept the spot, though). Both junior teams finished 3rd.
1995-98 Tampereen Pyrintö Men Head coach
- The team played under the name Pyrbasket. A massive rebuilding operation from the worst team in the league to a regular playoff team (and a winning team) despite losing some key players. However, the 10-11 start in 1998 wasn’t enough according to the management and I was fired just before Christmas even though we had won 4 out of our last 5 games.
+ Girls’ National Teams, head coach 1996-99.
1991-95 Tampereen Pyrintö Women Head coach
- Another massive rebuilding job. From 1st division to top
+ Women’s National Team, assistant coach 1994-98.
1990-91 BC Nokia Women Head coach
- 1st division, average performance. No major accomplishments, learning to be the head coach for a senior team – at the age of 20.
1989-90 FoKoPo, Forssa Women Assistant coach
- Under my military duty, so head coaching was out of the question. As an assistant at Forssa we fulfilled their longtime dream to come up from 1st division to the league.
1984-89 Tampereen Pyrintö Girls Head coach
- I coached the same team for 5 years. All of the girls started playing my first year and we ended up winning the silver medal for 2th place in girls 16-and-under my last year.
CONTACT:
Ilpo Rantanen
+358500730831
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