Tuomas Iisalo (born 29 July 1982) is a Finnish basketball coach and former player. He currently is the head coach of the Telekom Baskets Bonn. Standing at , Iisalo played as

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during his playing career. He also played for the Finnish national basketball team.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career he was appointed as head coach of Tapiolan Honka and was an assistant with Finland U15. In March 2016, he signed with Crailsheim Merlins. With the team, he won promotion from the ProA to the

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. In the 2017–18 season, Crailsheim was promoted to the Bundesliga once again as the ProA season's runners-up. Iisalo managed to establish the club in the Bundesliga and in 2020-21 guided the Merlins to their first ever Bundesliga playoff berth. In May 2021, he inked a two-year deal with fellow Bundesliga side Telekom Baskets Bonn.

References

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