Denis_Wucherer
Denis Wucherer
German basketball player and coach
Denis Wucherer (born 7 May 1973 in Mainz) is a German professional basketball coach and former player. He is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall and played shooting guard.
.jpg) Wucherer in 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Skyliners Frankfurt | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||
| League | ProA | |||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Born | (1973-05-07) 7 May 1973 (age 50) Mainz, West Germany | |||||||||||
| Nationality | German | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1995: undrafted | |||||||||||
| Playing career | 1991–2007 | |||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2009–present | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| As player: | ||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | TV Langen | |||||||||||
| 1992–1998 | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Sony Milano | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Varese Roosters | |||||||||||
| 2001 | DJK Würzburg | |||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Frankfurt Skyliners | |||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Benetton Treviso | |||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Telenet Oostende | |||||||||||
| As coach: | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Germany (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Bayern Munich (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Gießen 46ers | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | RheinStars Köln | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Baskets Würzburg | |||||||||||
| 2023–present | Skyliners Frankfurt | |||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
As a player
As a coach
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Medals
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As player
Wucherer has played professional basketball in Germany (TV Langen, Bayer Giants Leverkusen, DJK Würzburg and Frankfurt Skyliners), Italy (Sony Milano, Varese Roosters, Benetton Treviso) and Belgium (Telindus BC Oostende). Most notable was his time for the Bayer Giants Leverkusen where he won 6 national titles and was known for triple doubles which he accomplished on several occasions.
As coach
Wucherer coached the Basketball Bundesliga team Gießen 46ers several years before he became head coach for the ProA team RheinStars Köln in 2017.[1] He later joined s.Oliver Würzburg as head coach.[2]
Wucherer has played for the German national basketball team 123 times.[3] His biggest success there was the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2005.[4]
As player:
- 4× German League champion: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–1996
- 2× Belgian League champion: 2005–06, 2006–07
- 2× German Cup champion: 1993, 1995
- Italian Cup champion: 2005
As head coach:
- National Championships:
- German 2nd League champion: 2014–15
- "Denis Wucherer: "Der Aufstieg ist kein Selbstläufer"" (in German). Köln.Sport/FOCUS Online. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- Baskets: Nils Haßfurther wartet noch auf Punkte Stefan Mantel (Main-Post), 31. October 2019. Accessed 30 April 2021.(in German)
- Büge, Alexander (3 June 2017). "Neuer RheinStars-Coach Denis Wucherer: Als Bruce Willis mich unter den Tisch trank…" (in German). Express.de. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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