{{Short description|Estonian basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography |name= Alar Varrak |image= |size= |caption= |league = Korvpalli Meistriliiga<br>Estonian-Latvian Basketball League |team = TalTech |position = Head coach |height_ft = 6 |height_in = 0 |weight_lbs = |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1982|4|20|mf=y}} |birth_place= Jõgeva, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |high_school = |draft_year= |career_start = 1999 |career_end = 2005 |career_position = Point guard |career_number = |coach_start = 2006 | years1 = 1999–2002 | team1 = Tallinna Kalev | years2 = 2002–2003 | team2 = Ehitustööriist/Kalev | years3 = 2003–2004 | team3 = Tallinna Kalev | years4 = 2004–2005 | team4 = Audentese Ülikool | cyears1 = 2006–2007 | cteam1 = Noortekoondis/Audentes (assistant) | cyears2 = 2007–2008 | cteam2 = Noortekoondis/Triobet | cyears3 = 2007–2008 | cteam3 = Triobet/Dalkia (assistant) | cyears4 = 2008–2017 | cteam4 = Estonia (assistant) | cyears5 = 2008–2012 | cteam5 = BC Kalev (assistant) | cyears6 = 2012–2017 | cteam6 = BC Kalev | cyears7 = 2018 | cteam7 = Dzūkija Alytus | cyears8 = 2018–2019 | cteam8 = Estonia (assistant) | cyears9 = 2019 | cteam9 = Ural Yekaterinburg | cyears10 = 2020–2021 | cteam10 = BC Kalev (assistant) | cyears11 = 2021–present | cteam11 = TalTech |highlights= '''As player:''' * Korvpalli Meistriliiga champion (2002) * Estonian Basketball Cup winner (2001) '''As coach:''' * 3× KML Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2016) * 7× Korvpalli Meistriliiga champion (2009, 2011–2014, 2016, 2017) * 4× Estonian Basketball Cup winner (2008, 2015, 2016, 2020) * I Liiga champion (2007) | medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalSport|Head Coach for {{bk|EST}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B}} {{MedalBronze| 2022 Georgia | U20 Team}} }} '''Alar Varrak''' (born 20 April 1982) is an Estonian basketball coach and a former point guard. He is the head coach of TalTech/ALEXELA of in the Estonian–Latvian Basketball League.
==Career== Varrak was born in Jõgeva, and spent his short playing career in the Estonian League. In 2008 he became the assistant coach of Kalev/Cramo and succeeded Aivar Kuusmaa as the head coach on 24 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=AMETLIK: Kalev/Cramo lõpetas Kuusmaaga koostöö, peatreenerina jätkab Varrak|language=Estonian|accessdate=17 March 2014|publisher=Delfi|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=6251}}</ref> Varrak was fired from Kalev/Cramo in November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kalev/Cramo tüüri juurest lahkuv Varrak: klubi tegi õige otsuse|date=22 November 2017|language=Estonian|accessdate=22 November 2017|publisher=ERR Sport|url=http://sport.err.ee/644210/kalev-cramo-tuuri-juurest-lahkuv-varrak-klubi-tegi-oige-otsuse}}</ref> In January 2018 he became the head coach of Lithuanian League team Dzūkija Alytus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alar Varrakust sai Leedu klubi peatreener|date=25 January 2018|language=Estonian|accessdate=25 January 2018|publisher=ERR Sport|url=https://sport.err.ee/677233/alar-varrakust-sai-leedu-klubi-peatreener}}</ref> He left for health reasons in April. In July 2018 he was elected as the sporting director of the Estonian Basketball Association.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kauaaegsest Kalev/Cramo treenerist sai korvpalliliidu spordidirektor|newspaper=Err|date=27 July 2018|language=Estonian|accessdate=27 July 2018|publisher=ERR Sport|url=https://sport.err.ee/849541/kauaaegsest-kalev-cramo-treenerist-sai-korvpalliliidu-spordidirektor}}</ref> He resigned from the sporting director position in July 2019 and signed with Russian Basketball Super League 1 team Ural Yekaterinburg.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alar Varrakust sai Venemaa klubi peatreener|date=4 July 2019|language=Estonian|accessdate=24 July 2019|publisher=ERR Sport|url=https://sport.err.ee/958182/alar-varrakust-sai-venemaa-klubi-peatreener}}</ref> He was fired from the team in November 2019 due to poor results.
==Achievements with club==
===As player=== ;Tallinna Kalev *Korvpalli Meistriliiga (1): 2001–02 *Estonian Basketball Cup (1): 2001
===As coach=== ;Noortekoondis/Audentes * I Liiga (1): 2007
;Kalev/Cramo *Korvpalli Meistriliiga (7): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17 *Estonian Basketball Cup (4): 2008, 2015, 2016, 2020
==Season by season results as head coach== <small>Abbreviations:<br>SF; semi finals.<br>T16; top sixteen.<br>RS; regular season (group stage).<br>QR2; qualification round 2.<br>DNP; did not participate. </small>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" |- !width="150" rowspan=2|League !width="150" rowspan=2|Club !width="100" rowspan=2|Season !colspan=2|Domestic Competitions !colspan=2|Regional Competitions !colspan=2|European Competitions |- !width="70"|Championship !width="70"|Cup !width="70"|BBL !width="70"|VTB !width="140"|Competition !width="70"|Position |- |rowspan=6|Korvpalli Meistriliiga !rowspan=6|Kalev/Cramo !2012–13 |style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:#CD7F32"|3rd |style="background:#CD7F32"|3rd |RS |colspan=2|DNP |- !2013–14 |style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:silver"|2nd |DNP |RS |<small>'''2'''</small> EuroCup |RS |- !2014–15 |style="background:silver"|2nd |style="background:#CD7F32"|3rd |T16 |9th |colspan=2|DNP |- !2015–16 |style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:gold"|1st |DNP |14th |<small>'''3'''</small> Europe Cup |RS |- !2016–17 |style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:gold"|1st |4th |11th |colspan=2|DNP |- !rowspan=2|2017–18 |(fired) |''No comp.'' |DNP |(fired) |<small>'''3'''</small> Champions League |QR2 |- |Lietuvos krepšinio lyga !Dzūkija Alytus |(resigned) |SF |DNP |DNP |colspan=2|DNP |- |Super League 1 !Ural Yekaterinburg !2019–20 |(fired) |(fired) |''No comp.'' |DNP |colspan=2|DNP |- |}
==See also== *Estonia national basketball team *Estonian League *Kalev/Cramo
==References== {{reflist}}
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