Aivar Kuusmaa
Aivar Kuusmaa is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional basketball player who currently serves as head coach for Tartu Ülikool of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. He played mostly at the shooting guard position.
He won the USSR Premier Basketball League in 1991 as a member of the Tallinn Kalev basketball team. Kuusmaa mostly played in Estonia, but he also spent three seasons in Greece, with Panathinaikos and one season in Belgium, with Liege Basket. Also, during the service in the Soviet Army, Kuusmaa was stationed in Latvian SSR and played in the local army sports club Rīgas ASK. After retiring in 2005 he has been coaching BC Kalev/Cramo, TTÜ KK and AVIS Utilitas Rapla. Kuusmaa has also greek citizenship under the surname Magoulas. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2020.
Achievements
As a player- 1985–86 Estonian SSR Championship
- 1986–87 Latvian SSR Championship
- 1987–88 Estonian SSR Championship
- 1988–89 Estonian SSR Championship
- 1989–90 World Basketball League Championship
- 1990–91 Soviet Union Championship
- 1991–92 Estonian League Championship
- 1992–93 Estonian League Championship
- 1995–96 Greek Basketball Cup
- 1998–99 Estonian Basketball Cup
- 1998–99 Estonian League Championship
- 1999–00 Estonian League Championship
- 2003–04 Estonian Basketball Cup
- 2005–06 Estonian Basketball Cup
- 2005–06 Estonian League Championship
- 2006–07 Estonian Basketball Cup
- 2010–11 Estonian League Championship
- 2011–12 Estonian League Championship
Season by season results as head coach
Abbreviations:QF; quarter-finals.
T16; top sixteen.
R1; first round.
DNP; did not participate.