Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis


Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis is a BK Ventspils head coach.

Career

From 2011 till 2016 he worked as a head coach of Latvijas Universitāte. 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..

National teams

In 2015 he was named Latvian U16 team head coach 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. In 2017, Visockis-Rubenis was also appointed as an assistant for Men's National Team.
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.

Awards

In November 2018 Visockis-Rubenis was awarded Latvian Coach of the Year award.