Gran Canaria sign Jaka Lakovic as their new head coach / News - Basketnews.com

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Herbalife Gran Canaria has announced that they agreed to a deal with Jaka Lakovic to become their new head coach for the next two seasons.

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Jaka Lakovic previously coached Ratiopharm Ulm, where he has been for the last three seasons.

The Slovenian coach knows the Spanish ACB well, as he played five seasons for FC Barcelona (2006-2011), where he won a Euroleague, two League titles, three Copa del Rey Cups, and two Super Cups.

44-year-old coach began his career on the bench as an assistant coach in the 2016-17 season at FC Barcelona B team and with his country's national team, where he has had great successes such as the Gold medal won at the 2017 Eurobasket.

Lakovic was an assistant at Bilbao Basket (2017-18), where he also led four games as head coach, and at Joventut Badalona (2018-19) before joining Ulm as head coach in the summer of 2019.

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