USC Heidelberg

A Triumphant Legacy The team was dominant in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as in the West German Basketball League, winning a total of 9 German championships (1957–1962, 1966, 1973, 1977). In the 2020–21 season, Heidelberg won its first-ever ProA championship and gained promotion to the first level Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Return to the Basketball Bundesliga (2021–present) Heidelberg finished the 2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga season with 11 wins and 23 losses in 15th place out of 18, after surprisingly winning their first three Bundesliga games. With that cushion, the underdog was always able to stay out of the relegation spots despite the losing streak that followed. Despite the success in 2021–22, Heidelberg changed its head coach for the 2022/23 season and brought in six new players. Branislav Ignjatovic had served as head coach for eight years. In 2022, the Finish head coach Joonas Iisalo then took over. He came from Telekom Baskets Bonn, where he assisted his brother Tuomas as an assistant coach. The brothers' team had taken Bonn from a medium power to second place and qualified for the playoff semifinals. The Iisalos' tactics were known for a lot of passing. As in the promotion season, the goal for the second year was to stay in the league, according to general manager Matthias Lautenschläger. Kuppe's departure was a surprise, which is why Leon Friederici, who was actually scheduled to leave, ==Names==

• TB Heidelberg (1947–1953) • USC Heidelberg (1953–present) • MLP Academics Heidelberg (2012–present) ==Arenas==

During the majority of the club's existence, Heidelberg played at the Olympiastützpunkt Rhein-Neckar, where it was based from 1972. In 2021, the club entered the newly built SNP Dome, which has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. On 25 March 2021, the inaugural game in the arena was played against the Eisbären Bremerhaven. In late December 2022, Heidelberg played against FC Bayern Munich in the nearby SAP Arena (Mannheim), where the team drew a record crow of 10,454 visitors. For each ticket sold, a donation was made to the Courage Foundation for the support of chronically ill children. ==Players==

Current roster {{Basketball roster header Depth chart Retired numbers Notable players :To appear in this section a player must have played at least two seasons for the club AND either: – Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. – Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time. ==Trophies==

• German Championship / Basketball Bundesliga :Champions: 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77 :Runners-up: 1950, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1974, 1975, 1978 • BBL-Pokal :Winners: 1977, 1978 :Runners-up: 1975 • 2. Basketball Bundesliga (II) :Champions: 1981, 1983 • ProA (II) :Champions: 2020–21 ==Season by season==

• Anton Kartak (1956–1960) (National Champion 1957–60) • Kurt Siebenhaar (1960–1961) (National Champion 1961) • Oskar Roth (1961–1963) (National Champion 1962) • Theodor Schober (1964) • Kurt Siebenhaar (1965–1968) (National Champion 1966) • Hannes Neumann (1968–1971) • Volker Heindel (1972) • Dick Stewart (1972–1973) (National Champion 1973) • Hans Leciejewski (1973–1974) • Dick Stewart (1974) • Hans Leciejewski (1975–1977) (National Champion 1977) • Roland Geggus (1977–1980) • Hans Leciejewski (1980–1985) • Dietrich Keller (1985–1987) • Thomas Benson (1987–1988) • Thomas Riedel (1988–1990) • Eugen Tallo (1990–1991) • Thomas Riedel (1991–1994) • Thomas Dröll (1994–1995) • Jochen Knell (1995–1999) • Achim Waßong (1999–2000) • Harald Rupp (2000) • Markus Jochum (2000–2007) • Torsten Daume (2008–2011) • Uwe Sauer (2011–2012) • Anthony Garbelotto (2012–2014) • Branislav Ignjatovic (2014–2022) • Joonas Iisalo (2022–2024) • Ingo Freyer (2024) • Daniel Jansson (2024–present) ==References==