Ergin Ataman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ergin Ataman
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Jan 7, 1966(1966-01-07)
Age	58
Birthplace	Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ergin Ataman Biography

Ergin Ataman is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on January 7, 1966 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish basketball coach who has earned fame by coaching teams like Andalou Efes, Besiktas, and Efes Pilsen. He is also an assistant coach with The Turkish National Team.

The head coach was of his team, the Turkish national team which included He was the head coach of the Turkish national team including Cedi Osman and Ersan Ilyasova. and Ersan Ilyasova..

Halil Ergin Ataman (born January 7, 1966) is a Turkish professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. During his playing career which begun in 1982, he played at Eczacıbaşı and Yeşilyurt basketball teams.

Ataman began his managerial career in Eczacıbaşı Youth Team. Secondly, he was dutied in Efes Pilsen Youth Team. Then, he coached the BSL teams Türk Telekom, Pınar Karşıyaka and Efes Pilsen respectively. He was the assistant coach of Turkish national team alongside Ercüment Sunter in EuroBasket 1997 in Spain. Turkey had the 8th place in that tournament. He had spent some time at Stanford University in the United States for making observations about basketball whilst 1998-99 season.

The couple and their spouse Berna Ataman share a son called Sarp.

Ergin Ataman Net Worth

Ergin Ataman is one of the richest Basketball Coach from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ergin Ataman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first coaching gig was in Turk Telekom from 1996 to 1998.

He was the winner of his first Turkish Cup in 2009 and the Turkish Cup in 2018.

On April 27, Ataman’s team Galatasaray Odebank defeated Strasbourg in Abdi İpekçi Arena and won the EuroCup title. With this win he reached his 3rd European-wide championship as a head coach.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Ergin Ataman Dating?

According to our records, Ergin Ataman married to Berna Ataman. As of December 1, 2023, Ergin Ataman’s is not dating anyone.

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In the beginning of 2014–15 season, Galatasaray struggled financially and eventually in the results. Several players boycotted training and also some were injured, which led to frustration and conflicts in the team. On October 19, 2014, Ataman was involved in the incident with then-Galatasaray player Nolan Smith, who threw the towel while being subbed out from the game against Banvit. The player parted ways with the team the following week. On November 21, 2014, in the press-conference after the EuroLeague game against the Serbian team Crvena zvezda in Istanbul, Ataman got negative publicity in Serbia, for calling 300–400 Zvezda fans Delije the “terrorists”. He also stated that they were “attacking our police and our fans with torches and stones” and that he was “worried as a citizen for his and others safety”. All these comments came in line with the killing of Crvena zvezda fan by Galatasaray supporters in fan violence before the game. Even Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić reacted to that comment, saying that “Ataman is no longer welcome in Serbia”. Ataman later apologized for his comments, saying that “all the remarks [on Zvezda fans] were made before learning it [that this tragedy occurred before the game]”.

Facts & Trivia

Ergin Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Turkey. Ergin Ataman celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.

In December 2017, Ataman signed a contract with Anadolu Efes.