New coach for Russian national team

Fotis Katsikaris should be the new head coach of the Russian National Team according to rumors. The 45-year old Greek coach is said to have agreed in principal to a four-year deal with the Russian Federation, to replace David Blatt.

The hurdle is the rule in the Spanish ACB which denies coaches the right to have a dual function (coaching a club team and a national team). Katsikaris is currently coaching the Spanish Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket. The parties are working on the issue and hope to find a solution so they can finalize the deal.

At the same time Russian newspaper “Izvestia” also reports that there has been contact between the Russian Federation and Serbian Coach Zeljko Obradovic who is currently available.