Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis

Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis

BK Liepāja
Position	Head coach
League	LEBL
Personal information
Born	(1985-08-11) August 11, 1985 (age 39) Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
Nationality	Latvian
Career history
As coach:
2011–2016	Latvijas Universitāte
2015–2017	Latvia (women) (assistant)
2016	Latvia U16
2016–2019	BK Ogre
2017–2019	Latvia (assistant)
2018	Latvia U18
2019	Latvia U19
2019–2020	BK Ventspils
2020–present	BK Liepāja
2021–present	Latvia (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: Latvian Coach of the Year (2018)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Latvia FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2018 Latvia National Team

Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis (born August 11, 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach, who is currently a head coach for BK Liepāja,^[1] and an assistant for Luca Banchi in Latvian National Team.

Career

From 2011 till 2016 he worked as a head coach of Latvijas Universitāte, reaching Latvian League semi-finals in his debut season.^[2] From 2016 till 2019 he worked as head coach for BK Ogre, guiding them to first Latvian league medals in club's history. In summer of 2019 Visockis-Rubenis signed with 10-time Latvian champions BK Ventspils and debuted in FIBA Europe Cup level helping the team to reach the quarterfinals.^[3] In summer of 2020 Visockis-Rubenis became a head coach for BK Liepāja, signing a multi-year contract.

National teams

In 2015 he was named Latvian U16 team head coach ^[4] and led the team in 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.

From 2015 Visockis-Rubenis is also an assistant coach of Latvia women's national basketball team,^[5] participating in EuroBasket Women 2017 (6th place) and 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. In 2017, Visockis-Rubenis was also appointed as an assistant for Men's National Team,^[6] participating in EuroBasket 2017 (5th place) and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.

In 2018 Visockis-Rubenis was named Latvian U18 head coach and led his team to historical 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship silver - it was the first time Latvian U18 team went to the final. Team qualified for 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. Later that year federation named Visockis-Rubenis also the head coach of U19 National Team for World Cup.^[7]

In 2020 he was again appointed a head coach for Latvian U-18 National team.

Honors and awards

Club career

• BK Ogre (2016-2019)
  • Latvian Basketball League Bronze: (2019)
• BK Ventspils (2019–2020)
  • Latvian Basketball League Bronze: (2020)

Individual

• Latvian Coach of the Year: (2018)^[8]

National Team

• FIBA Europe U-18 Championship Runner Up: (2018)

References

1. BK “Liepāja” turpmāk vadīs Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis
2. LU turpmāk cīņās vedīs Visockis-Rubenis
3. Ventspils hire coach Visockis-Rubenis
4. "Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis kļūst par Latvijas U16 izlases galveno treneri". Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
5. "Par sieviešu izlases galveno treneri iecelts Zībarts" (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
6. "Vīriešu valstsvienība: Bagatskim palīdzēs Vecvagars un Visockis-Rubenis". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
7. "U19 puišu izlasi trenēs Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis, U18 izlasi – Raimonds Feldmanis". Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
8. "Gada balvas basketbolā'2018 iegūst Kitija Laksa, Jānis Strēlnieks, Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis un". Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2018-11-29.