Alar Varrak (born 20 April 1982) is an Estonian

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coach and a former point guard. He is the assistant coach of Kalev/Cramo of in the

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Career

Varrak was born in

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, and spent his short playing career in the Estonian League. In 2008 he became the assistant coach of Kalev/Cramo and succeeded

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as the head coach on 24 November 2012. Varrak was fired from Kalev/Cramo in November 2017. In January 2018 he became the head coach of Lithuanian League team Dzūkija Alytus. He left due to health reasons in April. In July 2018 he was elected as the

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of the

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. He resigned from the sporting director position in July 2019 and signed with

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team Ural Yekaterinburg. He was fired from the team in November 2019 due to poor results.

Achievements with club

As player

;Tallinna Kalev *

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(1): 2001–02 * Estonian Basketball Cup (1): 2001

As coach

;Noortekoondis/Audentes * I Liiga (1): 2007 ;Kalev/Cramo *

(7): 2008–09,

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, 2011–12,

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, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17 * Estonian Basketball Cup (4): 2008, 2015, 2016, 2020

Season by season results as head coach

Abbreviations:
SF; semi finals.
T16; top sixteen.
RS; regular season (group stage).
QR2; qualification round 2.
DNP; did not participate.

References