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{{Short description|German basketball coach (born 1957)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Dirk Bauermann
| image = Dirk Bauermann press conference 4.jpg
| caption = Bauermann in 2016
| position = [[Coach (basketball)|Head coach]]
| image_size = 250
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1957|12|10}}
| birth_place = [[Oberhausen]], [[West Germany]]
| draft_year = 1979
| career_start = 1975
| career_end = 1981
| coach_start = 1989
| coach_end = 
| years1 = 1975–1981
| team1 = BBC Krefeld
| cyears1 = 1986–1988
| cteam1 = [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 1988–1989
| cteam2 = [[Bayer Giants Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] (assistant)
| cyears3 = 1989–1998
| cteam3 = Bayer Leverkusen
| cyears4 = 1994
| cteam4 = [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]
| cyears5 = 1998–1999
| cteam5 = [[BC Oostende|Oostende]]
| cyears6 = 1999–2000
| cteam6 = [[Apollon Patras B.C.|Apollon Patras]]
| cyears7 = 2000–2001
| cteam7 = [[BBV Hagen]]
| cyears8 = 2001
| cteam8 = [[Dafnis B.C.|Dafnis]]
| cyears9 = 2001–2008
| cteam9 = [[Brose Baskets]]
| cyears10 = 2003–2011
| cteam10 = [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]
| cyears11 = 2010–2012
| cteam11 = [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)|Bayern Munich]]
| cyears12 = 2013
| cteam12 = [[BC Lietuvos rytas|Lietuvos rytas]]
| cyears13 = 2013–2014
| cteam13 = [[Poland national basketball team|Poland]]
| cyears14 = 2014–2015
| cteam14 = [[BC Krasny Oktyabr|Krasny Oktyabr]]
| cyears15 = 2015–2017
| cteam15 = [[Iran national basketball team|Iran]]
| cyears16 = 2016–2018
| cteam16 = [[s.Oliver Würzburg]]
| cyears17 = 2018–2019
| cteam17 = [[Sichuan Blue Whales]]
| cyears18 = 2019
| cteam18 = [[Karşıyaka Basket|Pınar Karşıyaka]]
| cyears19 = 2020–2021
| cteam19 = [[Rostock Seawolves]]
| cyears20 = 2020–2022
| cteam20 = [[Tunisia men's national basketball team|Tunisia]]
| highlights = '''As a head coach:'''
*4× [[Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year|German League Coach of the Year]] (1990, 1991, 2003, 2004)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalSport|Head Coach for {{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA EuroBasket|EuroBasket]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[EuroBasket 2005|2005 Serbia and Montenegro]]|[[Germany national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalSport|Head Coach for {{IRN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Asia Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 FIBA Asia Championship|2015 Changsha]]|[[Iran national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalSport|Head Coach for {{TUN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA AfroBasket]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[FIBA AfroBasket 2021|2021 Rwanda]]|[[Tunisia national basketball team|Team]]}}
}}
'''Dirk Bauermann''' (born 10 December 1957) is a German professional [[basketball]] coach.

==Playing career==
Bauermann played [[sports club|club]] basketball in the German senior club of BBC Krefeld, from 1975 to 1981.

==Club coaching career==
Bauermann was an assistant coach at [[Fresno State University]], with the [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State Bulldogs]], from 1986 to 1988.

He was then an assistant coach with the [[Basketball Bundesliga|German League]] club [[Bayer Giants Leverkusen|TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen]] during the 1988-89 season, before becoming the team's [[head coach]] prior to the 1989-90 season. With Leverkusen, he won 7 [[German champions (basketball)|German League championships]] and 4 [[German Basketball Cup|German Cups]], and was twice named the German League's Coach of the Year.

He then coached the [[Ethias League|Belgian League]] club [[BC Oostende|Oostende]], and after that, the Greek club [[Apollon Patras BC|Apollon Patras]], which was competing in the [[HEBA A2|Greek Second Division]] at the time.

He then coached the German League club [[Brandt Hagen]], before coaching the [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] club [[Dafni BC|Dafni]].

He coached the German League club [[Brose Baskets]], from 2001 to 2008. With Brose, he won two German League championships, and was twice named the German League's Coach of the Year.

He next coached the German club [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)|Bayern Munich]], before coaching the [[Lithuanian Basketball League|Lithuanian League]] club [[BC Lietuvos Rytas|Lietuvos Rytas]].

In 2014, he signed with [[BC Krasny Oktyabr|Krasny Oktyabr]] in Russia. In 2016, he signed with German League club [[s.Oliver Würzburg]].

On 25 May 2017, he signed with Chinese club [[Sichuan Blue Whales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=四川队官方宣布签约鲍曼|url=http://sports.163.com/18/0525/13/DILF9IM70005877V.html|website=sports.163.com|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=Chinese}}</ref>

He has signed a 1,5 year contract with Pınar Karşıyaka on 21 February 2019. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/spor/basketbol/pinar-karsiyakada-dirk-bauermann-donemi|title=Karşıyaka'da Dirk Bauermann dönemi|date=21 February 2019|publisher=CNN Türk|language=Turkish|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> He parted ways with Pınar Karşıyaka at the end of season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/pinar-karsiyakaa-dirk-bauermann-part-ways/|title=Pinar Karsiyakaa, Dirk Bauermann part ways|date=June 23, 2019|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> In January 2020, he was named head coach of German second-tier side [[Rostock Seawolves]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Finken|first=Jan|last2=Rostock|title=Basketball-Trainer Bauermann: „Ich hatte, gelinde gesagt, die Schnauze voll“|language=de|work=FAZ.NET|url=https://www.faz.net/1.6571584|access-date=2020-07-05|issn=0174-4909}}</ref> Bauermann guided Rostock to the ProA regular season championship in 2020-21 and parted company with the team at the conclusion of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-05-21|title=Christian Held wird Nachfolger von Dirk Bauermann|url=https://seawolves.de/2021/05/christian-held-wird-nachfolger-von-dirk-bauermann/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-23|website=Rostock Seawolves|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521134603/https://seawolves.de/2021/05/christian-held-wird-nachfolger-von-dirk-bauermann/ |archive-date=2021-05-21 }}</ref>

==National team coaching career==
[[File:Dirk Bauermann by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|left|2011]]
Bauerman was the head coach of the senior men's [[German national basketball team]] at the [[1994 FIBA World Championship]]. He also coached Germany at the [[EuroBasket 2005]], where Germany won the silver medal. In addition to that, he also coached Germany at the following tournaments: the [[2006 FIBA World Championship]], the [[EuroBasket 2007]], the [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympic Games]], the [[EuroBasket 2009]], the [[2010 FIBA World Championship]], and the [[EuroBasket 2011]].

He became the head coach of the [[Polish national basketball team]] in 2013. He led his team to a disappointing [[EuroBasket 2013]], recording only one win. In January 2014 he decided to not extend his contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Poland Search For Bauermann's Successor|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.season_2015.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.coid_688Od8w9GKU-SIeDZomDj3.articleMode_on.html|accessdate=14 January 2014|newspaper=FIBA|date=8 January 2014}}</ref>

He became the head coach of the [[Iran national basketball team|Iranian national basketball team]] in 2015. With Iran he won the bronze medal at the [[2015 FIBA Asia Championship]]. He stepped down from his post as head coach of the Iranian national team in January 2017, shortly after agreeing terms with s.Oliver Würzburg.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2017/01/03/1285933/dirk-bauermann-parts-company-with-iran-basketball-team|title=Tasnim News Agency - Dirk Bauermann Parts Company with Iran Basketball Team|newspaper=Tasnim News Agency|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>

In 2021, he guided Tunisia to gold at the [[FIBA AfroBasket 2021|FIBA AfroBasket]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ndongo|first=Oumar|title=Afrobasket 2021: le coach Dirk Bauermann dédie la victoire au peuple tunisien|url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/breve/afrobasket-2021-le-coach-dirk-bauermann-dedie-la-victoire-au-peuple-tunisien/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Sport News Africa|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Bauermann stepped back as Tunisia's head coach in September 2022 for personal reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bauermann nicht mehr Tunesiens Nationaltrainer |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/basketball/2022/09/bauermann-nicht-mehr-tunesiens-nationaltrainer |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Sport 1 |language=de}}</ref>

==Honors==
'''As head coach:'''
*International Championships:
**[[AfroBasket|FIBA African Championship]]: 2021
*National Championships:
**9× [[Basketball Bundesliga|German League]] [[German champions (basketball)|champion]]: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2007
*National Cups:
**4× [[German Basketball Cup|German Cup]] winner: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
*Individual:
**4× [[Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year|German League Coach of the Year]]: 1990, 1991, 2003, 2004

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=JSI Euroleague.net Coaching Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201433/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/inte/vide/inte/p/cp//langid/1/newsid/23367/roundid//inte.html Video interview with Dirk Bauermann @ FIBA.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080612064824/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/team/p/openNodeIDs/672/roundID/3507/selNodeID/672/teamNumber/288/fe_teamPlay_teamCoac.html FIBA.com Profile]

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