Jānis Gailītis
Gailītis in 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| SIG Strasbourg | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | Pro A | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 1985 Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Latvian | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2002–2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As a player: | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | BK Skonto | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | ASK Juniors | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | VEF Rīga | ||||||||||||||
| As a coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | VEF Rīga (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2024 | VEF Rīga | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Latvia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Mitteldeutscher BC | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | SIG Strasbourg | ||||||||||||||
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Jānis Gailītis (born 23 April 1985) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach for Mitteldeutscher BC and an assistant to head coach Luca Banchi in the Latvian National Team.