Michael Stepwieser
Michael Stepwieser (born June 4, 1967 ) is an Austrian basketball coach , official and former player. From 1993 until the end of 2017 he was the trainer of the Kapfenberg Bulls (with an interruption of 233 days) . In every season he led the team into the championship round. With five Austrian championship titles , four Supercup titles and three victories in the cup , Stepwieser is the most successful Austrian basketball coach. From 2001 to 2006, in addition to his work for the Kapfenberg Bulls, he was also the coach of the Austrian national team. Stepwieser studied sports science and lives in Aflenz Kurort .
Coaching career
After stepwieser had been an active player in the Kapfenberg Bulls since the club was founded in 1976, he took over the coaching position of the Bundesliga team in 1993 as a supposed “cheap solution”. Stepwieser was previously the general manager of the club's youngsters. In the first season, stepwieser and the team took fifth place in the championship.
In the following years, Stepwieser led the team to the top of the Austrian A-League . In the years 1996 to 1998 he finished third in the championship, in 1999 and 2000 two runner-up titles followed.
In 2001, after beating the Wörthersee Pirates in the final series, he was able to achieve his first championship title as a coach. The title went to Kapfenberg again in 2002, with the Fürstenfeld Panthers being defeated in the final.
In autumn 2002, stepwieser retired to the sporting direction of the Kapfenberg Bulls. His successors were first Toni Vujanic, later Stefan Koch , who led the team to first place in the basic round and then into the final series against Gmunden . After two defeats in this best-of-five final series, the Bulls had their backs to the wall. Stepwieser took over the coaching position again, the Kapfenberg Bulls won the remaining three games and were able to secure the championship title.
In 2004, stepwieser reached the fourth championship in a row with the Bulls, also against Gmunden, who was to remain the last for years. Stepwieser won his first cup title in 2007.
The Bulls were also regularly represented in international competitions under Stepwieser. The best result to date was a third place finish in the Central European Basketball League after winning all six group stage games. This result is also the best placement of an Austrian basketball team in an international competition.
In 2014 he led the Bulls to their second cup win.
In 2015, stepwieser stepped onto the pitch during the semi-final game of his Kapfenberg Bulls at the Güssing Knights, stood in the way of a referee and gesticulated at him and his two colleagues. After he was excluded from the game and a folder wanted to accompany him from the field, he pushed it. For this behavior, stepwieser received a ban of 8 games and a fine of 3500 euros.
In the 2016/17 game year, in which he led the bulls to win the championship title and the cup, stepwieser was awarded the Bundesliga coach of the year for the first time.
At the end of 2017, he left Kapfenberg and moved to the Austrian Basketball Association, where he was General Secretary. From October 2015 he already held the office of ÖBV sports director. In November 2018 he announced that he would be leaving the ÖBV in March 2019 and taking up a job in the private sector.
Activity as national coach
In January 2001 Michael Stepwieser took over the coaching of the Austrian national team in addition to looking after the Kapfenberg Bulls. In his work as national team coach, he won 13 of 28 games. Against Macedonia , he just missed promotion to Division A.
In January 2006, Stepwieser voluntarily resigned as team manager. In an open letter to the then Association President Martin Bartenstein founded Schrittwieser his resignation to the lack of professionalism in the Austrian Bundesliga and grave struggles by the basketball officials .
Trainer title
| year | title | society |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | master | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2002 | master | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2002 | Supercup | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2003 | master | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2003 | Supercup | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2004 | master | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2007 | Cup | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2014 | Supercup | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2014 | Cup | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2017 | master | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2017 | Supercup | Kapfenberg Bulls |
| 2017 | Cup | Kapfenberg Bulls |
literature
- Ernst Weiss (Ed.): Basketball Guide 2008/09. Self-published, Vienna 2008.
- Helga Papst: Sport in Kapfenberg. 1898-2008. Municipality of Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg 2009.
- History of the Kapfenberg Bulls
- Michael Stepwieser, Egon Theiner : Basketball. Everything about technique, tactics and training. BLV, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-405-16727-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The cops are now in top form , Kleine Zeitung (Mürz Valley), January 14, 2009
- ↑ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Kapfenberg is a cup winner . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on September 13, 2017]).
- ↑ 8 games ban for Kapfenberg coach. Kurier.at, May 12, 2015, accessed on May 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Kapfenberg basketball champion for the fifth time . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed September 13, 2017]).
- ↑ Christopher Käferle: ece bulls Kapfenberg are cup winners 2017. Accessed on September 13, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Christopher Käferle: Michael Stepwieser is "Coach of the Year". Retrieved September 13, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Michael Stepwieser new General Secretary in ÖBV - Basketball Austria. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .
- ↑ ÖBV General Secretary Michael Stepwieser switches to private sector! - Basketball Austria. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Frustration in basketball: Stepwieser resigned as national team coach , News.at, January 10, 2006 (accessed on July 11, 2009)
- ↑ Stepwieser resigns as men's team manager. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at: ORF ON Sport. Retrieved July 11, 2009
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Step wieser, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian basketball player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th June 1967 |