Sandis Buškevics (born 28 January 1977 in

Ventspils Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It ...

, Latvia) is a Latvian professional

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coach and former player. He is currently an interim head coach for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the

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(LKL). Buškevics was also a member of the

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Coaching career

In January 2018, Buškevics became the head coach of

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. December 11, 2021 became interi
head coach
of Neptūnas Klaipėda after Tomas Gaidamavicius stepped out the post due to bad results in 2021–2022 season.

References

1977 births Living people ASK Riga players BC Dynamo Moscow players BC Lietkabelis coaches BC Rytas players BK Liepājas Lauvas players BK Ventspils players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Latvian men's basketball players People from Ventspils PBC Ural Great players Point guards {{latvia-basketball-bio-stub