Crailsheim Merlins
Established in 1986, the club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest professional league in Germany.Until 1994, the team was only active at the lower local leagues and had problems in finding a hall to play at.A year later, the club found a new home in the barracks of departed American armed forces.In the 2020–21 season, coach Tuomas Iisalo guided the Merlins to their first Bundesliga playoff appearance in club history.[2] Iisalo left Crailsheim at the conclusion of the 2020–21 campaign, Sebastian Gleim was named the new head coach.