Soviet basketball coach (1935–2020)
Vladimir Obukhov (Russian : Владимир Николаевич Обухов) (21 August 1935 – 16 July 2020) was a Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach . He was a Merited Coach of the Soviet Union and Honoured coach of Russia .
Life and career
Obukhov was born in Moscow . He graduated from the Regional Pedagogical Institute in Moscow in 1959.[ 1] He started his career as coach with the Soviet Union national under-18 team in 1968 and was coach of the team until 1989. In 1972 Obuchov became assistant coach at MBC Dynamo Moscow . The team twice won third place in the USSR Premier Basketball League (1975 and 1976). In 1985 Obukhov became coach of the Soviet Union men's national basketball team . With the team he won gold at EuroBasket 1985 . In 1986 he won the silver medal at 1986 FIBA World Championship .
In 1990, Obuchov was hired as the head coach of Úrvalsdeild karla club Valur .[ 2] He guided Valur to a 7–19 record for the 1990–91 season.[ 3] He was fired on 31 October 1991, after losing 4 of the first 6 games at the start of the 1991–92 season, and replaced with Tómas Holton .[ 4]
In 1992 he was coach of the Malta men's national basketball team . Obuchov died on 16 July 2020, aged 84.[ 5]
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