{{Short description|American-German basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Doug Spradley | image = | position = Head coach | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = | nationality = American / German | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|09|14}} | birth_place = Tacoma, Washington | high_school = | college = Gonzaga (1985–1989) | draft_year = | career_start = 1989 | career_end = 2001 | years1 = 1989–1992 | team1 = Canadians Amsterdam | years2 = 1992–1996 | team2 = Paderborn | years3 = 1996–1998 | team3 = SG Braunschweig | years4 = 1998–2000 | team4 = SSV Weißenfels | years5 = 2000–2001 | team5 = Paderborn | cyears1 = 2001–2009 | cteam1 = Paderborn | cyears2 = 2009–2013 | cteam2 = Bremerhaven | cyears3 = 2014–2016 | cteam3 = Würzburg | cyears4 = 2017–2018 | cteam4 = Rasta Vechta | cyears5 = 2019–2020 | cteam5 = Tigers Tübingen | cyears6 = 2022–present | cteam6 = ZZ Leiden | league = BNXT League | team = ZZ Leiden | highlights = '''As head coach:'''<br> * 2× German Second Division champion (2006, 2017–18) * BNXT League champion (2023) * 2× Dutch League champion (2023, 2024) * Dutch Cup winner (2023) * 2× Dutch Supercup winner (2023, 2024) * BNXT Dutch Coach of the Year (2023)
}} '''Douglas "Doug" Spradley''' (born September 14, 1966) is an American-German professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach of ZZ Leiden.
Spradley has won the 2. Basketball Bundesliga in 2006 with Paderborn, and in 2018 with Rasta Vechta. He coached ZZ Leiden to the triple crown (BNXT League champion, Dutch champion, Dutch Cup winner) in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title=Basketballers Leiden veroveren 'treble' door ook BNXT League te winnen |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2478827-basketballers-leiden-veroveren-treble-door-ook-bnxt-league-te-winnen |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}</ref>
== Playing career == Spradley played college basketball at Gonzaga University (1986–89), where he earned West Coast Conference First team honors in 1987-88 and 1988-89 as well as Honorable Mention status in 1986-87. He amassed 1,427 points during his GU career and became a member of Gonzaga's 40 Point Club after scoring 40 points against Loyola Marymount on February 18, 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016-17 Gonzaga Men's Basketball Record Book |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gonz/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/1617MBBRecordBook.pdf |access-date=2017-02-14 |website=Gonzaga University |archive-date=2017-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215021224/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gonz/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/1617MBBRecordBook.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Coming out of college in 1989, Spradley signed with the Amsterdam Canadians, a professional basketball team from the Netherlands. He spent three years with the club, before accepting an offer from the Paderborn Baskets of Germany. He helped the team earn promotion to Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga in 1994. He left Paderborn in 1996 and spent two years at SG Braunschweig, followed by another two years at SSV Weißenfels before rounding out his playing days with the Paderborn team in the 2000-01 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An International League |url=http://magazine.gonzaga.edu/2012/an-international-league |access-date=2017-02-14 |website=Gonzaga University}}</ref>
== Coaching career == Following his playing career, Spradley took over as head coach of the Paderborn Baskets in 2001. In 2005-06, he led Paderborn to an undefeated season, which resulted in winning the 2. Bundesliga championship and gaining promotion to the first German division.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nw.de/sport/basketball/paderborn_baskets/20753174_Ein-Sieg-und-eine-Serie-fuer-die-Ewigkeit.html|title=Ein Sieg und eine Serie für die Ewigkeit|last=Schulze|first=Jochem|newspaper=Paderborn Baskets|access-date=2017-02-14|language=de}}</ref> In 2009, Spradley left Paderborn after eight years at the helm to take on a new challenge at Eisbären Bremerhaven. During his four-year tenure, he guided Bremerhaven to the Bundesliga semifinals in 2010 and to the quarterfinals one year later. Spradley parted company with the Eisbären organization at the conclusion of the 2012-13 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Auslaufender Vertrag wird nicht verlängert: Die Eisbären und Doug Spradley gehen getrennte Wege |url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/newsarchiv/2013/auslaufender-vertrag-wird-nicht-verlaengert--die-eisbaeren-und-doug-spradley-gehen-getrennte-wege/ |access-date=2017-02-14 |website=Basketball-Bundesliga |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/100909/coach-doug-spradley-eisbaren-bremerhaven-part-ways.html|title=Coach Doug Spradley, Eisbaren-Bremerhaven part ways|newspaper=Sportando|access-date=2017-02-14|language=en}}</ref>
In May 2014, he was appointed as the new head coach of s.Oliver Würzburg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Douglas Spradley ist der neue Cheftrainer in Würzburg |url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/newsarchiv/2014/douglas-spradley-ist-der-neue-cheftrainer-in-wuerzburg/ |access-date=2017-02-14 |website=Basketball-Bundesliga |language=de}}</ref> In his first year at the helm, Spradley steered the team to promotion to Germany's top tier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aufstiegs-Check: s.Oliver Baskets |url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2015/6-juni/aufstiegs-check-s-oliver-baskets/ |access-date=2017-02-14 |website=Basketball-Bundesliga |language=de}}</ref> In 2015-16, he coached Würzburg to a quarterfinal appearance in the Bundesliga playoffs. On December 30, 2016, he was sacked by s.Oliver Würzburg<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/221776/soliver-wuerzburg-coach-doug-spradley-part-ways.html|title=S.Oliver Wuerzburg, coach Doug Spradley part ways|newspaper=Sportando|access-date=2017-02-14|language=en}}</ref> after seven defeats in ten games.
On February 8, 2017, struggling Bundesliga side SC Rasta Vechta announced the appointment of Doug Spradley as head coach,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Doug Spradley ist Rastas neuer Trainer |language=de |work=SC Rasta Vechta |url=https://www.rasta-vechta.de/home/einzelansicht/dooug-spradley-ist-rastas-neuer-trainer/ |access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> but could not avoid relegation from the German top tier.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rastas Abstieg durch Bayerns Übermacht besiegelt |language=de |work=SC Rasta Vechta |url=https://www.rasta-vechta.de/home/einzelansicht/rastas-abstieg-durch-bayerns-uebermacht-besiegelt/ |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> In the 2017-18 season, he led Vechta to the ProA championship and thus to promotion to the Bundesliga. He parted ways with Vechta at the end of the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bundesliga-Aufsteiger: Vechta findet neuen Trainer in den eigenen Reihen |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/basketball/vechta-bundesliga-aufsteiger-vechta-findet-neuen-trainer-in-den-eigenen-reihen_a_50,1,2342682639.html |access-date=2019-01-09 |website=Nordwest-Zeitung |language=de}}</ref>
Spradley was named head coach of German ProA team Tigers Tübingen prior to the 2019-20 season. He was sacked on January 1, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2020 |title=Doug Spradley nicht mehr Trainer der Tigers Tübingen |url=https://tigers-tuebingen.de/doug-spradley-nicht-mehr-trainer-der-tigers-tuebingen/ |website=Tigers Tübingen}}</ref> Under Spradley's guidance, Tübingen won eight of 16 games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tabelle ProA |url=https://www.2basketballbundesliga.de/tabelle-proa/ |website=2. Basketball-Bundesliga}} </ref>
After the Tigers, he went on to have a sabbatical of two years. On August 14, 2022, Spradley signed a one-year contract with current BNXT League champion ZZ Leiden from the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Douglas Spradley nieuwe coach ZZ Leiden |url=https://www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl/actueel/nieuws/bericht/douglas-spradley-nieuwe-coach-zz-leiden |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=ZZ Leiden |language=nl}}</ref> On 12 March 2023, he won the Dutch Basketball Cup with Leiden after defeating Landstede Hammers in the final<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-12 |title=Leiden wint spannende basketbalfinale van Zwolle, dat die beker maar niet kan winnen |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2467229-leiden-wint-spannende-basketbalfinale-van-zwolle-dat-die-beker-maar-niet-kan-winnen |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}</ref> and added a Dutch championship in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-30 |title=Basketballers ZZ Leiden pakken na bizarre slotfase tegen Donar nationale titel |url=https://drimble.nl/regio/groningen/groningen-stad/91371689/basketballers-zz-leiden-pakken-na-bizarre-slotfase-tegen-donar-nationale-titel.html |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=drimble.nl}}</ref> In June 2023, he completed another championship run with his Leiden team by winning the BNXT League.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title=Basketballers Leiden prolongeren titel in BNXT League |url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/sport/artikel/5390349/basketballers-leiden-prolongeren-titel-bnxt-league |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=RTL Nieuws |language=nl}}</ref> Spradley won a second Dutch championship in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basketballers ZZ Leiden prolongeren landstitel na winst op Den Bosch |url=https://sportnieuws.nl/basketbal/nieuws/basketballers-zz-leiden-prolongeren-landstitel-na-winst-op-den-bosch-2024060421161495197/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Sportnieuws.nl}}</ref>
== Personal life == Spradley was granted German citizenship in 1998. He has two children with his German wife Tanja.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basketball-Bundesliga – Zwei Trainer, eine Philosophie und ein Ziel – Goettinger-Tageblatt.de |url=http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Sport/Sport/Regional/Zwei-Trainer-eine-Philosophie-und-ein-Ziel |access-date=2017-02-14 |website=Göttinger Tageblatt |language=de}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/coach/Douglas_Spradley/Germany/SC-Rasta-Vechta/6657 Eurobasket profile]
{{ZZ Leiden current roster}} {{BNXT League Coach of the Year}}
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