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.

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Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis

BK Liepāja
Position	Head coach
League	LEBL
Personal information
Born	(1985-08-11) August 11, 1985 (age 37) 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-	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

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