Roland Geggus

Roland Geggus (born November 1, 1948 in Berghausen (Pfinztal) , † October 20, 2011 in Wöschbach (Pfinztal)) was a German basketball official . From 1994 to 2006 he was President of the German Basketball Federation (DBB).

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Geggus, actually a special school teacher at a school for the visually impaired, worked in various commissions at the World Association Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) and the continental association FIBA Europe and was also a member of the national board of popular sports in the German Sports Confederation . After completing his work as DBB President, Geggus was appointed Honorary President of the Basketball Federation in 2006 and, in addition to the DBB's ring of honor, also received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Geggus had been appointed youth warden of the Baden-Württemberg basketball association as early as 1972 and held various functions in this regional association. In the Bundesliga basketball season 1976/77 he was assistant to coach Hans Leciejewski at the then German men's record champions, USC Heidelberg , and took over the position of full-time coach for the double winner in the following season. The title as cup winner could be defended in 1978, in the championship they finished second just behind the new champion MTV 1846 Giessen . In the following two seasons, personnel departures could no longer be compensated and at the end of the 1979/80 season, the club rose from the Bundesliga for the first time. Geggus then made his position as a trainer available.

As a functionary, Geggus was elected in 1988 as vice-president for leisure and recreational sports of the regional association in the same function at the federal association DBB. Six years later he was elected President of the Basketball Federation in 1994 to succeed Manfred Ströher . During his tenure, in addition to popular sports, he supported initiatives for alternative forms of play such as streetball and beach basketball . In 1998 he campaigned for the organization of the women's basketball world championship in Germany. The wheelchair basketball players also appreciated the work of the special school teacher Geggus as president and made the DBB honorary president ambassador for the 2007 European wheelchair basketball championship in Wetzlar . The signing of the basic contract in 1999, with which the Basketball Bundesliga became independent and founded a Spielbetriebs- GmbH with the association, is seen as a groundbreaking decision . In 2011 Roland Geggus died suddenly and unexpectedly in Wöschbach in his home town of Pfinztal.

The annual award for the best newcomer in the youth basketball league bears his name ( Roland Geggus Award ). The prize has been awarded since 2010.

Individual evidence

↑ GER - In Memoriam Roland Geggus. FIBA , October 24, 2011, accessed October 26, 2011 .
↑ DBB mourns Roland Geggus / Honorary President of the German Basketball Federation died last week. DBB , October 24, 2011, accessed October 6, 2012 .
↑ The “basketball” phenomenon ( Memento from October 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Peter Wittig: USC history: II. Downward spiral / 1. Swan song and decline (77/78 to 80/81). (No longer available online.) USC Heidelberg , archived from the original on May 3, 2012 ; Retrieved November 26, 2012 .
↑ Andreas Joneck: The German wheelchair basketball mourns Roland Geggus. (No longer available online.) Behältensport-News.de, October 24, 2011, archived from the original on October 5, 2015 ; Retrieved October 26, 2011 .
↑ Presidium, management and associations of Beko BBL mourn the loss of Roland Geggus ( Memento from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
↑ Awards of the youth basketball league - JBBL . In: Junior and Youth Basketball Bundesliga - NBBL & JBBL . ( nbbl-basketball.de [accessed on December 3, 2016]).

personal data
SURNAME	Geggus, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German basketball official
DATE OF BIRTH	November 1, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berghausen (Pfinztal)
DATE OF DEATH	October 20, 2011
Place of death	Wöschbach (Pfinztal)

[1] GER - In Memoriam Roland Geggus. FIBA , October 24, 2011, accessed October 26, 2011 .

[2] DBB mourns Roland Geggus / Honorary President of the German Basketball Federation died last week. DBB , October 24, 2011, accessed October 6, 2012 .

[3] The “basketball” phenomenon ( Memento from October 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Peter Wittig: USC history: II. Downward spiral / 1. Swan song and decline (77/78 to 80/81). (No longer available online.) USC Heidelberg , archived from the original on May 3, 2012 ; Retrieved November 26, 2012 .

[5] Andreas Joneck: The German wheelchair basketball mourns Roland Geggus. (No longer available online.) Behältensport-News.de, October 24, 2011, archived from the original on October 5, 2015 ; Retrieved October 26, 2011 .

[6] Presidium, management and associations of Beko BBL mourn the loss of Roland Geggus ( Memento from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

[7] Awards of the youth basketball league - JBBL . In: Junior and Youth Basketball Bundesliga - NBBL & JBBL . ( nbbl-basketball.de [accessed on December 3, 2016]).