Indrek Visnapuu

Indrek Visnapuu
Audentese SG/Noortekoondis
Position	Head coach
League	Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Personal information
Born	May 4, 1976 (age 48); Tartu, Estonia
Nationality	Estonian
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
College	University of Tartu
Playing career	1993–2003
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1995–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1994	Tartu KK
1998–2000	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
2000–2002	BC Hotronic
2003	TTÜ/A. Le Coq
As coach:
1995–1997	Tähtvere Sports Club (youth coach)
2000–2005	TTÜ KK (youth coach)
2002–2004	TTÜ/A. Le Coq (assistant coach)
2005–2006	Noortekoondis/Audentes
2005–2006	Estonia (assistant coach)
2005–2007	Estonia U18
2007–2008	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (assistant coach)
2008	Estonia U20
2008–2012	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
2012–present	Audentese SG/Noortekoondis
2016–present	Estonia U20
Career highlights and awards
	As player: Korvpalli Meistriliiga (2000); Estonian Basketball Cup (2000); As coach: 2× Korvpalli Meistriliiga (2008, 2010); 4× Estonian Basketball Cup (2003, 2009–2011); BBL Cup (2010);

Indrek Visnapuu (born May 4, 1976) is an Estonian professional basketball coach and a retired player who played mostly at the point guard position.

Professional career

Indrek Visnapuu played his whole professional career in Korvpalli Meistriliiga, first for his hometown club Tartu Ülikool/Rock and later in Tallinn for BC Hotronic and TTÜ/A. Le Coq. With Tartu Rock he won the Estonian Championship and the Estonian Cup in 2000.

Coaching career

Visnapuu started goaching children in the Tähtvere Sports Club near Tartu and later became a youth coach for TTÜ KK in Tallinn. In 2002 he became an assistant coach in KML team TTÜ/A. Le Coq. With the team he won the 2003 Estonian Cup. In 2005 he was appointed as the head coach of the newly formed Noortekoondis/Audentes and he also served as the assistant coach Estonia national basketball team in 2005 and 2006.

In 2007 he moved back to his hometown Tartu and became an assistant coach in his former team Tartu Ülikool/Rock. He also coached the Estonia U18 and U20 national teams. In late December 2008 Visnapuu was named the head coach of Tartu Rock after Üllar Kerde resigned.^[1] During his tenure in Tartu Rock he won the Estonian Championship twice and the Estonian Cup three times. The team also won a bronze medal in the Baltic Basketball League in 2009 and reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four in 2008. In January 2012 Visnapuu resigned from the head coach position.^[2] Since September 2012 he has been the head coach of Audentese SG/Noortekoondis.^[3]