Daniel Jansson (born 11 June 1979) is a Finnish basketball coach and a former player. He is currently working as the

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of German

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team

Tigers Tübingen Tigers Tübingen is a basketball team from Tübingen, a college town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany, playing in the ProA, the country's second tier league. Founded as SV 03 Tübingen, is affiliated with the multi-sports club SV 03 Tübinge ...

Early life

Jansson was born in Sollentuna, Sweden to Finnish mother and Swedish father. He is of Lebanese descent on his father's side. Jansson moved to Finland at the age of three, when his parents divorced.

Playing career

Jansson played in the youth teams of Kouvot. He played briefly in the men's premier division in 1998–99 season, and played in under-16 and under-18 youth national teams. After that, he spent four years in the United States studying and playing basketball. He also played in the

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and

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, and graduated as MBA in the Maastricht University. He returned to Finland and played in the highest tier

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first with Porvoon Tarmo and last with Pussihukat, and ended his playing career at the age of 27, focusing more on coaching.

Coaching career

Jansson started his coaching career in

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with Pussihukat, the club he had played for before.

Ratiopharm Ulm

In 2014, Jansson moved to Germany and was appointed as a youth coach for

Ratiopharm Ulm Ratiopharm Ulm, officially stylized as ratiopharm Ulm, is a professional basketball club based in Ulm, Germany. The club has two teams, one professional team, which plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, the major German professional league and one ...

youth academy teams. In 2016, when coaching the Ulm U19 academy team in the NBBL, he was named the coach of the year in the league. He also led Weißenhorn Youngstars, the development team of Ulm, to

ProB The ProB is the third-tier level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 24 teams, separated into a Northern and a Southern Division. Officially, the ProB is part of the ''2. Basketball Bundesliga'', which consi ...

championship, and to win a promotion to ProA in 2017. During 2019–2020, Jansson was the assistant coach of the Ratiopharm Ulm first team.

Tigers Tübingen

In 2020, Jansson signed with

, playing in ProA. In March 2021, he extended his contract with the club until the summer 2023. He was named The Coach of the Year in ProA consecutively in 2022 and 2023. Jansson led the club to win ProA championship and to earn the promotion in 2022, but the club surrendered the league license for financial reasons. In 2023, Tübingen finished 2nd in the league and won the promotion again, and this time they were promoted to the

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. In the summer 2023, Jansson was named the head coach, alongside Anton Mirolybov, of the Finland Universiade team, for the postponed

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, China. On 20 December 2023, Jansson renewed his contract with Tübingen, on a deal until the end of the 2024–25 season.Kontinuität! Trainer Danny Jansson verlängert Vertrag um ein weiteres Jahr
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jansson, Daniel 1979 births Living people Finnish basketball coaches Finnish expatriate basketball people in Germany Finnish expatriate basketball people Tigers Tübingen coaches Finnish expatriates in Germany