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ESCCA
Euroleague Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association
The ESCCA is the official association of the strength and conditioning coaches that are currently members or were employed in the past by teams competing in the Euroleague. Its goals are:

Performance Consultants

Professional Support

Strength & Conditioning

Basketball performance

Member Development

Community


Mission Statement
The ESCCA will use its global reach to share its members' knowledge and experience and to the promote the of advancement basketball strength and conditioning worldwide

Events
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Featured Coaches

Andreas Gkatzoulis
The two-time Euroleague winner (2012-13) has been a S & C for Olympiacos for the last 15 years. During his 25-year career, the former middle-distance runner has worked with some of the greatest players and coaches in European basketball.
Andreas Gkatzoulis
Andreas has been the Strength & Conditioning and Rehabilitation coach at Olympiacos since 2008, his 13-year tenure in the “Reds” makes him one of the most experienced trainers in Euroleague. With Olympiacos he has celebrated 2 Euroleague Trophies (back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013) and participated in 5 Final Four Final Games, 6 Final Fours (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017). In the same period of time Olympiacos won 3 Greek League titles, 3 Greek Cups and the Intercontinental Cup in 2014.
He started working as a Strength & Conditioning and Rehabilitation coach in Larissa back in 1994. After a five-year tenure in Larissa he then moved to Maroussi, where he worked for 9 years (until 2008). It was the prime time of Athenian club, winning the Saporta Cup in 2001 and played in the FIBA Eurocup Final in 2004, the Greek League Finals (2004) and the Greek Cup Final (2002, 2005). There he worked with coach, Panagiotis Giannakis, which he followed to Olympiacos and the Chinese National Team as a Strength & Conditioning advisor.
Larissa, Maroussi and Olympiacos all have one common name: that of Vassilis Spanoulis. The top scorer in Euroleague history has been Andrea’s protege since a very young age. Besides him Andreas has also worked with the greatest Greek players and many international talents. The latest is Aleksey Pukosevski, who is now playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He worked with him on a daily basis from 2015 since the day he was drafted (No17).
Before his basketball coaching career Andreas was a middle distance runner and a track & field coach.

Pepe Silva
A native of Spain, Pepe is the head strength and conditioning coach of Alba Berlin. During his long career he has coached in various teams and settings through out Europe. Coach Silva was a speaker in the 1st ESCCA Summit and an active member in the Euroleague coaches community.
Pepe Silva
A native of Villanueva de Cordoba, Spain, Jose obtained his bachelor’s degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences in 1994 from the University of Valencia, Spain, with a specialization in basketball. Since then, he has continuously worked as a basketball athletic development coach in several teams and settings in different countries, namely in Valencia Basket, Ros Casares, Fenerbahce BC Women’s team, Kastoria, Romania’s Women’s National Team and Sibiu.
Currently, he is the head strength and conditioning coach of Alba Berlin that competes in the prestigious Euroleague, as well as the German professional league. In Alba, Coach Silva has found an ideal environment to apply his cumulative experience and knowledge in performance enhancement and rehabilitation, as the team fully supports his work by providing him all the necessary tools to achieve his pursuits.
Apart from coaching, Pepe is passionate about learning and thus he takes advantage of every opportunity to expand his knowledge, whether it is reading scientific publications, attending events or talking to other professionals in the sports’ world. His long and diverse career has allowed him to have a wealth of experiences working in all categories of basketball, from children to senior, male and female, in different countries and cultures and interacting with different coaches, assistants and therapists.

Regev Fanan
Regie has tight his name with Maccabi Tel Aviv, for two decades. First as a player, winning three Euroleague titles and then as the team’s strength coach (also a trophy winner on 2014). One of the founding members of ESCCA, Regie has played an active role in the formation and growth of this Association.
Regev Fanan
Regev “Reggie” Fanan is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of the legendary Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club since 2015. Before he was named head strength coach, he was an assistant at Tel Aviv for three years and part of the team that won the 2014 Euroleague trophy. Apart from Maccabi, Reggie has worked as head strength and conditioning at the Israeli Women National Team and personally trains elite basketball and soccer players that seek to maximize their athletic potential.
Fanan is a graduate of Zinman school for coaches and the Wingate Institute with a specialization of strength and conditioning for basketball and soccer. He also attended the Tel Aviv University School for Coaches studying weight training. Reggie’s extensive experience in basketball includes him being a professional basketball player for eight years, again in his beloved Maccabi, when he has won three Euroleague titles.
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