AZS Koszalin
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AZS Koszalin is a Polish
basketball
team, based in Koszalin
, playing in the Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK), the Polish Basketball League..
and Szczecin
.
It was assumed that the newly founded club would take part in actively promoting sports and physical education among students. The accepted action plan for the areas of work for the AZS was based on the development of traditional academic team disciplines as well as on occasionally performed individual disciplines. In the beginnings of its existence the club had many active subsections including: volleyball, basketball, swimming, athletics, badminton and judo.
Throughout its growing process, the AZS started to co-operate with local schools in Koszalin
. The effects of this co-operation were many successes of local teams on a national and even international scale. Alumni of these schools were known Olympic athletes as well as athletes representing Poland internationally (the Wołujewiczówny sisters, Leszek Doliński, Dariusz Zelig, Wiesława Reut, Ryszard Razik, Krzysztof Janicki, Wioleta Gawęcka, Małgorzata Janowicz and others).
Ultimately the AZS focuses mainly on their men's basketball team, slowly moving away from their women's basketball team, which has stopped competing since 1999.
At the present time, the clubs entire attention is focused on the first team. The training of children and youngsters is limited leading to giving up this field of activity. Focusing entirely on the first team results in the team's advance to the first league and following that to the ekstraklasa league.
Charles Barton (coach), Sharaud Curry
, Aleksander Perka, Marquise Gray, Damien Kinloch and Marcin Sroka.
Roster: Michael Kuebler, Dante Swanson, Piotr Urbański, Igor Milicić, George Reese, Adam Metelski, Grzegorz Arabas, Vladimir Tica, Adam Metelski, Mirko Kovač
, Greg Surmacz, Sebastian Balcerzak, Tomasz Stępień
Left during the season: Rade Mijanović (coach), Gediminas Navickas, Łukasz Wiśniewski, Łukasz Diduszko.
(head coach after 4 matches), Leszek Doliński (assistant coach)
Roster: Jeff Nordgaard
, Dante Swanson, Javier Mojica, Igor Milicić, George Reese, Ime Oduok, Grzegorz Arabas, Przemysław Łuszczewski, Adam Metelski, Paweł Bogdan, Łukasz Diduszko, Michał Strach, Piotr Urbański
Roster: Jeff Nordgaard
, Rafał Stolarek, Mariusz Bacik, Darryl James Thompson, Phil Goss, Chris Burns, Denis Korszuk, Grzegorz Arabas, Przemysław Łuszczewski, George Reese
Roster: Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Vladimir Colić, Josh Gomes, Michael Haynes, Chris Hunter
, Brahima Konare, Denis Korszuk, Mateusz Mruczkowski, Łukasz Seweryn, Brandon Spann, Dawid Witos
Roster: Dariusz Aziewicz, Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Steffon Bradford
, Chudney Gray, Paweł Kowalczuk, Grzegorz Radwan, Milos Sporar, Maciej Stefanowski, Garnett Thompson, Krzysztof Wiechowski, Dawid Witos
Roster: Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Tomasz Briegmann, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Chudney Gray, Paweł Kowalczuk, Marek Miszczuk, Marcin Sroka, Jamal Thomas, Sasa Vukas, Krzysztof Wiechowski, Jovan Zdravković
Roster: Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Tomasz Briegmann, Brant Darby, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Andrzej Karaś, Robert Klocek, Paweł Koczan, Paweł Kowalczuk, Mirosław Rajkowski, Bartłomiej Tomaszewski, Souleymane Wane, Krzysztof Wiechowski
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team, based in Koszalin
Koszalin
Koszalin ; is the largest city of Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland. It is located 12 km south of the Baltic Sea coast. Koszalin is also a county-status city and capital of Koszalin County of West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
, playing in the Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK), the Polish Basketball League..
Team history
The AZS Koszalin sports club was founded on 8 October 1968. The founding fathers participating in the meeting, together with invited guests, decided that the creation of a sports club was vital and would contribute to the sports life of the city. The emergence of the AZS Koszalin sports club was supposed to fill in the geographic gap that existed in the region between GdańskGdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
and Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
.
It was assumed that the newly founded club would take part in actively promoting sports and physical education among students. The accepted action plan for the areas of work for the AZS was based on the development of traditional academic team disciplines as well as on occasionally performed individual disciplines. In the beginnings of its existence the club had many active subsections including: volleyball, basketball, swimming, athletics, badminton and judo.
Throughout its growing process, the AZS started to co-operate with local schools in Koszalin
Koszalin
Koszalin ; is the largest city of Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland. It is located 12 km south of the Baltic Sea coast. Koszalin is also a county-status city and capital of Koszalin County of West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
. The effects of this co-operation were many successes of local teams on a national and even international scale. Alumni of these schools were known Olympic athletes as well as athletes representing Poland internationally (the Wołujewiczówny sisters, Leszek Doliński, Dariusz Zelig, Wiesława Reut, Ryszard Razik, Krzysztof Janicki, Wioleta Gawęcka, Małgorzata Janowicz and others).
Ultimately the AZS focuses mainly on their men's basketball team, slowly moving away from their women's basketball team, which has stopped competing since 1999.
At the present time, the clubs entire attention is focused on the first team. The training of children and youngsters is limited leading to giving up this field of activity. Focusing entirely on the first team results in the team's advance to the first league and following that to the ekstraklasa league.
Arena
- Name: Hala Gwardii
- Address: Juliana Fałata 34 Street
- City: 75 - 445 KoszalinKoszalinKoszalin ; is the largest city of Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland. It is located 12 km south of the Baltic Sea coast. Koszalin is also a county-status city and capital of Koszalin County of West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
- Capacity: 1,697
AZS in Polska Liga Koszykówki
| Season | Final Place | Regular Season | Coach |
| > 10th | |||
| > 9th | |||
| > 7th | |||
| > 7th | |||
| > 11th | |||
| > 10th | |||
| > 10th | |||
| > 11th | |||
| > 11th | |||
| > 7th | |||
| > 7th | Dariusz Szczubiał/Jeff Nordgaard Jeff Nordgaard Jeff Wallace Nordgaard is a naturalized Polish professional basketball player who grew up in the United States.... |
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| > 6th | Rade Mijanovic/Mariusz Karol | ||
| > 8th | Charles Barton/Mariusz Karol |
Current roster
- 2010/2011
Head Coach: 
Poland Mariusz KarolAssistant Coach: Poland Wojciech Królik4 
United StatesWinsome Frazier 02.06.1982 193 cm SG Shooting guardThe shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...44 
Croatia PolandIgor Milicić 09.06.1976 196 cm PG Point guardPoint guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...5 PolandMateusz Bartosz 29.03.1987 205 cm PF Power forward (basketball)Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...9 United StatesGeorge Reese 08.05.1978 201 cm SF Small forwardThe small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
/PFPower forward (basketball)Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...13 PolandGrzegorz Arabas 27.12.1978 190 cm SG Shooting guardThe shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...41 PolandMirosław Łopatka 02.06.1977 213 cm C Center (basketball)The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...31 United StatesGrady Reynolds 26.02.1980 204 cm C Center (basketball)The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...43 
SerbiaSlavisa Bogavac 10.04.1980 201 cm SF Small forwardThe small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...10 PolandMateusz Bieg 08.01.1980 198 cm SG Shooting guardThe shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...7 PolandTomasz Śnieg 03.06.1989 187 cm PG Point guardPoint guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...14 PolandRobert Gibaszek 1993 188 cm PG Point guardPoint guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
/SGShooting guardThe shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
- Left during the season
Charles Barton (coach), Sharaud Curry
Sharaud Curry
Sharaud Curry is a former guard for the Providence College men's basketball team. Curry graduated from Joseph Wheeler High School in Georgia, where his team won basketball state championships in 2003 and 2005. As a freshman at Providence, Curry was named to the Big East all-rookie team. *...
, Aleksander Perka, Marquise Gray, Damien Kinloch and Marcin Sroka.
2009/2010 Roster
Staff: Rade Mijanović (head coach)/Mariusz Karol (head coach after 8 matches), Wojciech Królik (assistant coach)Roster: Michael Kuebler, Dante Swanson, Piotr Urbański, Igor Milicić, George Reese, Adam Metelski, Grzegorz Arabas, Vladimir Tica, Adam Metelski, Mirko Kovač
Mirko Kovac (basketball)
Mirko Kovač is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently playing in Polish PLK team AZS Koszalin.-External links:*...
, Greg Surmacz, Sebastian Balcerzak, Tomasz Stępień
Left during the season: Rade Mijanović (coach), Gediminas Navickas, Łukasz Wiśniewski, Łukasz Diduszko.
2008/2009 Roster
Staff: Dariusz Szczubiał (head coach)/Jeff NordgaardJeff Nordgaard
Jeff Wallace Nordgaard is a naturalized Polish professional basketball player who grew up in the United States....
(head coach after 4 matches), Leszek Doliński (assistant coach)
Roster: Jeff Nordgaard
Jeff Nordgaard
Jeff Wallace Nordgaard is a naturalized Polish professional basketball player who grew up in the United States....
, Dante Swanson, Javier Mojica, Igor Milicić, George Reese, Ime Oduok, Grzegorz Arabas, Przemysław Łuszczewski, Adam Metelski, Paweł Bogdan, Łukasz Diduszko, Michał Strach, Piotr Urbański
2007/2008 Roster
Staff: Dariusz Szczubiał (head coach), Leszek Doliński (assistant coach)Roster: Jeff Nordgaard
Jeff Nordgaard
Jeff Wallace Nordgaard is a naturalized Polish professional basketball player who grew up in the United States....
, Rafał Stolarek, Mariusz Bacik, Darryl James Thompson, Phil Goss, Chris Burns, Denis Korszuk, Grzegorz Arabas, Przemysław Łuszczewski, George Reese
2006/2007 Roster
Staff: Arkadiusz Koniecki (head coach), Leszek Doliński (asstistant coach)Roster: Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Vladimir Colić, Josh Gomes, Michael Haynes, Chris Hunter
Chris Hunter (basketball)
Chris Hunter is an American professional basketball player.Hunter played collegiately for the Michigan Wolverines of the University of Michigan as a power forward.-Pro career:...
, Brahima Konare, Denis Korszuk, Mateusz Mruczkowski, Łukasz Seweryn, Brandon Spann, Dawid Witos
2005/2006 Roster
Staff: Piotr Baran, (head coach), Leszek Doliński (assistant coach)Roster: Dariusz Aziewicz, Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Steffon Bradford
Steffon Bradford
Steffon Bradford - American basketball player, from Clewiston, Florida. He graduated from University College Nebraska.Married Erica Aaron on 09/04/2010 in Omaha, Nebraska.- Career :* 1998-1999: Compton CC...
, Chudney Gray, Paweł Kowalczuk, Grzegorz Radwan, Milos Sporar, Maciej Stefanowski, Garnett Thompson, Krzysztof Wiechowski, Dawid Witos
2004/2005 Roster
Staff: Jarosław Zyskowski/Jacek Gembal (head coach)Roster: Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Tomasz Briegmann, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Chudney Gray, Paweł Kowalczuk, Marek Miszczuk, Marcin Sroka, Jamal Thomas, Sasa Vukas, Krzysztof Wiechowski, Jovan Zdravković
2003/2004 Roster
Staff: Jerzy Olejniczak (head coach)Roster: Sebastian Balcerzak, Paweł Bogdan, Tomasz Briegmann, Brant Darby, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Andrzej Karaś, Robert Klocek, Paweł Koczan, Paweł Kowalczuk, Mirosław Rajkowski, Bartłomiej Tomaszewski, Souleymane Wane, Krzysztof Wiechowski