Armenak Alachachian
As head coach: Armenak Misakovich Alachachian (alternate spellings: Alachachyan, Alatchatchan, Alajajian) (Armenian: Արմենակ Միսակի Ալաջաջյան, December 25, 1930 – December 4, 2017) was an Armenian-Soviet basketball player and coach.During his club playing career, the point guard reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the senior men's Soviet Union national team.Whie he was the team captain, Alachachian helped CSKA Moscow win its first EuroLeague championship in 1961.As a player of the senior men's Soviet national team, Alachachian won four gold medals at the FIBA EuroBasket.Aleksandar Gomelsky, who was at the time CSKA Moscow's sports director, assigned Alachachian to the club's head coach position in 1968.
Alexandria, EgyptToronto, CanadaPoint guardCSKA MoscowEuroLeagueUSSR Premier LeagueUSSR SpartakiadMaster of Sports of the USSRHonored Master of Sports of the USSRUSSR Order of the Badge of HonorCSKA Moscow Hall of FameBasketballSoviet UnionSummer Olympic GamesTokyo 1964FIBA EuroBasketUSSR 1953Yugoslavia 1961Poland 1963USSR 1965ArmenianSovietSoviet Union national teamhead coachteam captainEuroLerague FinalSoviet national team1953 EuroBasket1961 EuroBasket1963 EuroBasket1965 EuroBasket1964 Tokyo Summer OlympicsAleksandar Gomelskysports directorList of EuroLeague-winning head coachesMallon, BillSports Reference LLCSoviet Union squadEuroBasket 1953 – Gold medalVlasovButautasPetkevičiusKorkiaKullamOzerovMoiseyevLauritėnasLagunavičiusEuroBasket 1961 – Gold medalValdmanisValtinZubkovUgrekhelidzeKrūmiņšKorneevPetrovVolnovMuižnieksGomelskyEuroBasket 1963 – Gold medalMinashviliKalniņšTravinHladunKhryninLepmetsSoviet Union basketball squad1964 Summer Olympics – Silver medalBagleyMoseshviliEuroBasket 1965 – Gold medalPaulauskasSakandelidze1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup championsBochkaryovSemyonovAlekseev1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup champions1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup championsAndreevSelikhovKapranov