Alexander Gomelsky

Alexander Gomelsky
Personal information
Born	18 January 1928; Kronstadt, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	16 August 2005 (aged 77); Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet / Russian
Career information
Playing career	1945–1953
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career	1949–1991
Career history
Playing
1945–1948	SKIF Leningrad
1949–1953	SKA Leningrad
Coaching
1949–1952	Spartak Leningrad (women)
1953–1965	Rīgas ASK
1970–1979, 1985–1986	CSKA Moscow
1988–1989	Tenerife AB
1990–1991	CSP Limoges
Career highlights
	As a head coach 4× EuroLeague champion (1958–1960, 1971); FIBA EuroStar (1999); Honored Coach of the USSR (1956); Master of Sports of the USSR International Class (1965); 12× Soviet League champion (1955–1958, 1971–1974, 1976–1979); 2× Soviet Cup winner (1972, 1973); 4× Soviet Union Men's Basketball Coach of the Year (1967, 1977, 1982, 1988); Honored Coach of the Lithuanian SSR (1982); Olympic Order (1998); Contributor to Russian Basketball (2004); 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008);
	Basketball Hall of Fame
	FIBA Hall of Fame
Men's Basketball
Head coach for Soviet Union
FIBA EuroBasket
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games

Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (Russian: Александр Яковлевич Гомельский; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.

Alexander Gomelsky was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee in 1998. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.