Successful coach Tuomas Iisalo leaves the Bonn basketball team. The 40-year-old took over the club for the 2021/22 season and formed it into a top Bundesliga team.
Under Iisalo, the Telekom Baskets won the Champions League this year and only had to admit defeat in the final of Ratiopharm Ulm in the race for the German championship.
Family and sporting reasons for Iisalo’s departure
“I don’t think anyone could even dream of what we have achieved together in these two years. We have written club history in several ways and won the first club title,” said Iisalo, according to the club’s announcement on Wednesday.
He is leaving Bonn because he wants to offer his family stability and for sporting reasons. He has not yet announced how things will continue for the Finn.
In any case, we cannot offer him a Euroleague perspective economically.
Baskets President Wolfgang Wiedlich
“Tuomas is an ambitious head coach who is reaching for the stars. It’s just his dream to test his concepts in the top European league. That’s completely understandable for me,” said Baskets President Wolfgang Wiedlich. You can’t offer him a Euroleague perspective yourself.
