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Martin Schiller

Austrian professional basketball coach (born 1982)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ31665622 ↗
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Martin Schiller (born 8 March 1982) is an Austrian professional basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the University of Utah.

Coaching career

Schiller, the son of an Austrian father and a British mother, moved to Germany with his family when he was ten years old and then grew up in the Hamburg area, where he played basketball in the youth set up of TSG Bergedorf. He studied at the German Sport University Cologne, while coaching youth teams and working as assistant coach at 2. Bundesliga side Düsseldorf Magics. Schiller subsequently worked for WBC Wels in Austria.

From 2010 until 2015, he served as an assistant coach for the Artland Dragons, and afterwards for the Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). On 23 August 2017 Schiller was named the head coach of the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. Schiller has also been an assistant coach for the German national team since 2015, where he worked with Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen.

Schiller was named the NBA G League Coach of the Year for the 2019–20 season after leading the Stars to a 30–12 record.

On 14 July 2020 Schiller was announced as the new head coach of BC Žalgiris.

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